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10

Jul 2012

Summer heat can be deadly for children, pets left in cars

PANORAMA CITY - The noontime temperature Tuesday registered 93 degrees, with the humidity pushing the misery index to triple-digit territory. Inside an LAPD patrol car with the windows shut, a large block of ice quickly melted into a...

09

Jul 2012

Nearly 1,200 DUI arrests made in 10-day July 4th crackdown

Nearly 1,200 DUI arrests were made throughout Los Angeles County during 10 days of beefed-up law enforcement efforts designed to combat drunken driving in connection with the Fourth of July holiday period, authorities reported Monday. The...

05

Jul 2012

Calif. underestimated number of prisoners sent to county jails under realignment

A unit of Pelican Bay prison in California. (Michael Montgomery/KQED). Nearly 250 more criminals will serve their time in county jails instead of state prisons each year under a new California law, a sharp increase from the state's...

01

Jul 2012

LAPD embracing 'predictive policing'

In this photo taken Friday, June 29, 2012, Jeff Brantingham, anthropology professor at the University of California Los Angeles, displays a computer generated "predictive policing," zones at the Los Angeles Police Department Unified...