Prop. 47: 'Reckless experiment' or hope for criminal justice reform?
Nearly two years after a state law passed that turned some serious drug offenses into minor ones, a new study has stirred up renewed discussion on whether the measure is working.Voters gave Prop. 47...
View ArticleWashington city 'changed forever' as authorities hunt gunman in mall shooting
BURLINGTON, Wash. >> A gunman police who said killed five people in a Washington state mall remained at large Saturday as authorities appealed for help in identifying the suspect but said there...
View Article6 stabbed at Pasadena house party; suspect arrested
PASADENA >> A man stabbed six other men, critically wounding two, at a house party in Pasadena early Saturday, authorities said.Police jailed Aaron Hong Te, 21, of San Gabriel on suspicion of six...
View ArticleWoman robbed at knifepoint in Monterey Park
MONTEREY PARK >> A man robbed a woman of her wallet at knifepoint along Atlantic Avenue early Saturday, police said.The crime took place about 9:35 a.m. in the
View ArticleHomicide investigation launched after child calls Fullerton police to report...
FULLERTON >> Police are investigating a triple homicide in Fullerton after getting a 911 call from a child.At about 8:20 a.m. Saturday, police dispatchers received a call from a young girl who...
View ArticleCharlotte police video gives new details of shooting of black man
CHARLOTTE, N.C.>> Charlotte police released dramatic video footage Saturday that shows officers surrounding a black man with his hands at his side before shots are fired and he buckles to the...
View ArticleTeen slashed with knife during robbery in Montebello
MONTEBELLO >> Police are seeking a man who slashed a teen's hand with a knife during a robbery along Whittier Boulevard Saturday morning, officials said.The teenage boy was walking at
View ArticleMan shot to death in South El Monte
SOUTH EL MONTE >> Homicide detectives are seeking the killer or killers of a man found shot to death inside an SUV in a South El Monte parking lot Saturday night.Deputies first received a report...
View ArticlePolice: Washington mall shooting suspect 'zombie-like' at arrest
BURLINGTON, Wash. >> The 20-year-old suspect in the deadly Washington state mall shooting said nothing and appeared "zombie-like" when he was arrested by authorities nearly 24 hours into an...
View ArticleCharlotte police release video of shooting but doubts remain
CHARLOTTE, N.C. >> Newly released police video of a black man's fatal shooting, sought by protesters for days, isn't settling questions about whether the man threatened police with a gun before...
View ArticleSun Valley, Fort Irwin men and 17-year-old girl arrested in Fullerton triple...
FULLERTON >> Homicide arrests were made Sunday in the slaying of three people at a home in Fullerton that sparked a frantic search for a missing teenage girl a day earlier.The missing teen,...
View ArticleLas Vegas man arrested in series of Pasadena robberies
PASADENA >> Police arrested a Las Vegas man Sunday in connection with a string of at least four strong-arm robberies in northwest Pasadena over recent days, including one targeting a 12-year-old...
View ArticleWhy Backpage.com escort ads continue -- in spite of law enforcement objections
Five years after the National Association of Attorneys General urged classified advertisement website Backpage.com to remove its "escort" listings, law enforcement officials appear no closer to...
View Article9 hurt in Houston shooting; gunman dead, was a lawyer
HOUSTON -- A disgruntled lawyer who had numerous weapons randomly shot at drivers in a Houston neighborhood Monday morning, hitting six people, one critically, before he was shot and killed by police,...
View ArticleHigh speed chase ends with standoff, arrest at San Bernardino freeway overpass
SAN BERNARDINO >> A driver in a stolen car led officers on a high speed chase for more than two hours Monday from Cabazon to Los Angeles County and back to the Inland Empire. It ended on a...
View ArticleBassett standoff suspect smashes SWAT robot, jumps in pool
BASSETT >> A man accused of firing a shotgun near his mother barricaded himself in a home for nearly seven hours and damaged a sheriff's robot before a SWAT team flushed him out using tear gas...
View ArticleInjured Bakersfield man turns up in hospital after Pasadena shooting
PASADENA >> A 22-year-old Bakersfield man was shot in the arm in a neighborhood cul de sac in north-central Pasadena Sunday night.Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said officers received reports...
View Article2 firefighters hurt, four homes damaged in Monrovia fire
MONROVIA >> Fire broke out early Monday morning injuring two firefighters and burning four homes and a garage.Monrovia Fire Chief Brad Dover estimated damages at $450,000 to the structures and...
View ArticleCalifornia toughens laws on selling, possessing Spice
Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills into law over the weekend that strengthen a ban on the selling and possession of "Spice," which sickened dozens of people on Skid Row this summer.Senate bills 139 and...
View ArticleViolent crime rises in California, U.S. - but is still low compared to past
Violent crimes increased in California and across the nation in the past year but continue to remain well below historic peaks, according to FBI data released Monday. Murder increased nearly 11 percent...
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