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Sep 2009
The $74-million detention center is likely to be left empty due to cost of hiring additional staff while inmates are held in decrepit Parker Center facility.
For more than four decades, a dreary, two-level jail in a corner of the Los...
30
Sep 2009
DEBATE: Some argue that additions are unwise in time of economic distress.
With a class of 37 police recruits poised to begin training in October, the City Council debated Tuesday whether Los Angeles really needs a 10,000-officer force...
30
Sep 2009
The House passed Wednesday a bill aimed at preventing arson-caused fires, such as the massive Station Fire that tore through the Angeles National Forest last month.
The legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. Adam Schiff, would create a national...
30
Sep 2009
SAVINGS: Move will cut costs, avoid some layoffs, furloughs.
The City Council on Wednesday approved a revised plan to offer 2,400 municipal employees cash bonuses to retire early in an effort to save payroll costs and reduce the need for...
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