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Jun 2009

California drivers ranked fourth worst in the nation

Leaving the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Canoga Park Tuesday, 20-year-old Alex Martinez was ecstatic, having just passed the written portion of the state's driving test. On his seventh attempt. "I'm not good with tests," says...

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Jun 2009

Union's Call for Editorial Staff Ouster Raises Ownership Questions

By Tim Eavenson Last week, I posted a summary of a LERA presentation on the benefits of private equity firms using labor pension funds to invest in struggling businesses. One of the upshots discussed at the lunch was that the pension funds...

01

Jun 2009

Study: LAPD Improved Since Corruption Scandals

Harvard University study released Friday of the Los Angeles Police Department found the department greatly improved since corruption scandals forced it under a federal consent decree in 2002. The Kennedy School of Government's study, which...

01

Jun 2009

LAPD Detectives Find a Suspected Serial Killer - Just Not the One They Were Looking For

Searching for a serial killer who has stalked South L.A. for decades, LAPD detectives were surprised by DNA evidence tying a string of 1970s Westside slayings to 72-year-old John Floyd Thomas. By the time homicide Det. Dennis Kilcoyne met...