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THOMAS WATKINS
Convict appears in court in cold-case killings
- A serial killer serving a life term for killing four women returned to court Thursday to face charges of committing four additional murders in a spree starting more than two decades ago.
L.A. homicides up 4.3 percent, other crimes down
- The city's homicide rate rose 4.3 percent the first half of the year, but crime in every other category dropped, officials said Wednesday.
Not-guilty pleas in LA gang racketeering case
- Thirty alleged members and associates of a northeast Los Angeles gang pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering and drug-related offenses Tuesday.
LA parks open late to keep kids out of gangs
- In a bid to prevent a summertime spike in gang violence, police and other officials unveiled a plan Monday to keep several city parks open late into the night.