We've written about how some juries have been reluctant to help put pot shop owners who have been prosecuted for selling marijuana behind bars. It appears one ma
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The Riverside County city of Menifee is not even two years old, but it's already dealing with some grown-up problems.
On Thursday, City Manager George Wentz res
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While Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa was giving his State of the City address at the Police Administration Building yesterday, a federal trial was getting underway a cou
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Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates died this morning at his home in Newport Beach. He was 83.
The New York Times describes him as “the unyielding chief of the Los A
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Contestant Devon Pedde is in the spotlight, both literally and figuratively. A slender, rakishly handsome young man with a look equal parts austere, intellectual poe
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is pondering deep cuts, including laying off 20 percent of its non-contact workforce, as it faces a $250 million budget def
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A Florida sugar baron who was in Los Angeles last week for Oscar-related festivities said he and his wife were robbed — reports stated perhaps “millions&
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In December we told you that Los Angeles has the worst roads in America, according to a national transportation research organization. But by now you know: Any trip
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Louie Lujan, the boy mayor of La Puente, pleaded guilty today to perjury and agreed to pay a $1,000 fine, the San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports.
Lujan admitted to f
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The invitation came from the president and first lady in the form of phone calls and e-mails. Would I like to attend a concert at the White House in honor of Black H
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Storm evacuations in some foothill communities near the mud-swamp Station Fire burn area are becoming so common they almost have a rhythm. It's that time again:
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When the water pouring into her Jeep reached her chest, Amanda Kusovich knew: If she didn't move, she would die.
She had already lost the ability to drive the ve
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