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Gunfire, Terror on Venice Beach

A pleasant day at the beach can include surf, sand...and gunfire.Long considered to be safe, the boardwalk at Venice Beach can now be added to the...
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Altadena Crime Blotter Feb. 16-18, 2011: How teenagers should handle police stop

“If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck….” Those words are sometimes said in response to the shooting of young men who...
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Suspected Hollywood prowler shot and killed by LAPD, officer injured

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  • February 19, 2011
A suspect with a handgun was fatally shot during a foot chase by Los Angeles Police officers in the east part of Hollywood on Saturday morning. The...
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Altadena Crime Blotter Feb. 9-14, 2011: Murder on West Palm Street

One of the words used to describe the west Altadena area known as Janes Village is “peaceful.” Mountains to the north, city lights to...
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Celebrating MLK in the shadow of Tucson

This year's Martin Luther King celebrations occur at an apt time, one of political ferment. The shots that rang in Tucson, killing and wounding...
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Tragedy in Arizona: preventable violence

Every few years a national tragedy occurs that reminds us just how dangerous untreated mental health problems can be. Often shortly after these...
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Hold your fire when the New Year arrives, LASD and LAPD warn

What goes up must come down, and a bullet comes down with the same velocity it ascends. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which...
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Riots in California follow Mehserle verdict

A Los Angeles jury reached a verdict Thursday afternoon in the criminal case of a white Oakland transit officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed...
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Shooting over Big 12 Championship evokes bad memories for Los Angeles fans

Sports bring out the worst in us.I love going to San Francisco because it's an amazing city, but hate the nightmare that is being a Dodgers fan at...
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Trayvon Martin autopsy reveals he was on drugs when he met Zimmerman

New medical reports released today suggest Trayvon Martin had drugs in his system when he encountered security volunteer George Zimmerman and was...
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