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24

Jul 2009

After spending untold millions of dollars in its implementation, the Los Angeles Police Department has at long last been freed from the federal consent decree under which it has been operating for the past eight years. The decision to...

23

Jul 2009

Swine flu outbreak infects 20 at Los Angeles County jails

There have been 20 confirmed cases of swine flu in the Los Angeles County Jail system, with most of the infected inmates housed at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, the Sheriff's Department reported today. Inmates diagnosed with...

23

Jul 2009

No recovery in California until 2011, forecast says

(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)A job seeker waits to use a phone at a career center in Richmond, Calif. Economist Jack Kyser predicts that the state's jobless rate will average 12.6% next year, but other economists call his prediction...

23

Jul 2009

Mayor Approves Fire Dept. Budget Cuts

Los Angeles (myFOXla.com) - Unable to win concessions from the firefighters union, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa today approved a plan to reduce the Fire Department's projected $39 million budget deficit by not staffing several fire companies...