Acting on complaints about lawyer solicitation, the State Bar of California is sending letters to victims of the Sept. 12 Metrolink accident to educate them about lawyer behavior that is unethical and, in some cases, criminal.
The letter also is going to...
No on Proposition 5
Proposition 5 means well, but the measure aimed at rehabilitating addicts would create chaos.
Proposition 5 follows in the tradition of California ballot measures lined with good intentions and stuffed with...
Santa Clara County supervisors Tuesday voted to oppose two state proposals, arguing policy and budget concerns.
Supervisors oppose Proposition 5, the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act because the measure could divert crucial funding for existing...
SACRAMENTO - California drivers chafing at the ban on holding cellphones can soon forget about texting, too: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has banned motorists from sending, writing or reading messages on electronic devices starting Jan. 1.
Schwarzenegger...
Over the last few weeks, we have experienced some crime trends new to our area. Numerous community members discovered their vehicle sitting on cement blocks with the tires and rims missing as they approached it. All the vehicles involved were high-end models,...
IRS rule would eliminate early retirement options
Rule would alter public employee pensions
IRS plan, which could eliminate early retirement options, is set to be implemented in 2010
CARSON CITY -- A major...
Under the program, people who want to provide information on crimes, but keep their identity secret, can text to CRIMES (274637), type in LAPD and text any information they might have on a crime. They will receive a text message back that the tip was received...
Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
LAPD Honor Guard prepares for funeral services at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels for Los Angeles Police Officer...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An ordinance allowing Los Angeles County to sue taggers and their parents or guardians to recover graffiti-related costs willgo into effect today.
Supervisor Gloria Molina led the effort to draft the law in response to the fatal...
Allan and Sha Moran, the parents of LAPD Officer Spree Desha, and her sister, Mariah, center, attend a memorial for the officer at Holy...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Veteran prosecutor Ken Lamb, who tried more than 600 felony cases during a 25-year career with the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, has died of cancer, authorities said today. Lamb -- who was called the 'Babe Ruth of felony...
Los Angeles -- Angelenos who want to provide anonymous crime tips to the Los Angeles Police Department can do so via cell phone text message and also on the department's Web site, beginning today.
LAPD detectives are hoping the systems encourage anyone...
The Los Angeles Police Historical Society on Saturday presented Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley with its Jack Webb Award at the society's annual gala dinner.
Named after the actor who played Sergeant Joe Friday on the radio and...
Terry K. Pearson, a former detective for the Los Angeles Police Department and beloved jokester, passed away at home last month, according to his family. He was 60.
Pearson died Aug. 26 after a long battle with brain cancer, but according to Mahin...
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The LAPD will announce a new way to make anonymous tips about crime via text...
LOS ANGELES - A federal appeals court has temporarily halted new LAPD financial disclosure rules for gang and narcotics officers who routinely handle cash and contraband, and set a December hearing on the policy.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Steve Poizner joins race for California governor The Republican insurance commissioner says state government needs 'serious reforms.'
SACRAMENTO -- California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner took the first step toward a run for...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD The parents of Los Angeles police Officer Spree Desha, who was among the 25 people killed in Friday's Metrolink crash, praised their daughter Monday as a "wonderful person" who was honored to dedicate her life to the department and the city....
Metrolink officials say trains crashed after their engineer drove through red light Federal transportation officials say it's too early to determine what caused the crash that has killed at least 25 people and left 135 more injured, 40 of them...
By John Scheibe
Ventura County Star
Sep 15, 2008
Los Angeles police Officer Laura Gerritsen rushed to the Metrolink crash in Chatsworth Friday afternoon along with hundreds of her fellow officers, unaware that her best friend and co-...
LAPD officer killed in crash was a standout Colleagues and department officials describe Officer Spree Desha, 35, a seven-year veteran, as a solid, serious cop. Desha recently started a new job at headquarters downtown.
By Andrew...
The Los Angeles Police Department is mourning the loss of one of their own after the Officer was killed during the crash between a Metrolink Commuter Train and Freight train Friday afternoon.
Hard as it may be to believe, it was just six months ago that Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa celebrated his managerial triumph by getting the long troubled L.A. Housing Authority (HACLA) back in the good graces of the federal government.
The mayor boasted...
Mayor Villaraigosa outlined his vision for LA's future ... housing, transit, economy ... recently in a speech at the LA Business Council's Mayoral Housing Summit. Here's what the Mayor had to say. "The LABC's Scorecard underscores precisely what we must do to...
Sacramento - The Board of Directors of the California State Association of Counties (CSAC) voted today to formally oppose Proposition 5 on the November ballot because of the initiative's staggering cost to state and local government. CSAC's Board of Directors...
Walter Moore wrote yesterday that LAPD - and by extension, Mayor Villaraigosa - are understating the city's crime rate by using an inflated population estimate. When I saw the number - 4,220,260 - it looked suspicious so I...
By Rick Orlov, Staff Writer
Neighborhood councils got another step closer Tuesday to being able to put specific items like fixing potholes directly on City Council agendas rather than having to convince a council member to put it on for them.
...
From wire reports
LOS ANGELES - The City Attorney's Office will ask a judge today to issue an injunction that would prevent members of six South Los Angeles gangs from associating in public or possessing weapons and graffiti tools.
The request for...
The stolen paintings included works by Hans Hofmann, Chaim Soutine, Arshile Gorky, Emil Nolde, Lyonel Feininger and Kess van Dongen.
The...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Police Department has hired 181 officers since July 1 -- about a quarter of the department's goal for the year, the Police Commission was told today.
The LAPD expects to hire 780 officers by June 30, 2009, which is the...
