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LA County Supes Aim at Gun Violence With Call for Stricter County Firearm Regulations & Creation of An Office of Violence Prevention
On Tuesday March 13, LA County Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Sheila Kuehl will ask their...
Pomona Police Officer Killed in 15-Hour Stand-Off With Suspect, Who is Reportedly a Mentally Ill Vet
Pomona PD Officer Greggory Casillas was sworn in only six months ago, and was nearly finished with...
ACLU Sues DHS & ICE for Separating Asylum-Seeking Parents From Their Kids
On November 1, 2017, a Congolese woman and her six-year-old daughter arrived at the U.S. Port of...
Prop. 47 Not Responsible for Crime Rate Increases in 2015, Says New UCI Study—Prosecutors Disagree, UPDATED
by Taylor Walker & Celeste Fremon California’s voter-approved Proposition 47—which...
Bill Update: Compensation for the Wrongfully Convicted, Independent Autopsies, and Gun Control
As California’s 2018 legislative session has been starting to gain momentum in February and...
LA County Supes Approve $5.9 Million Settlement for Mentally Ill Pretrial Inmate Who Sustained Brain Injury
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $5.9 million...
Nobody Knows How Many Kids Get Caught With Guns in School. Here’s Why.
By Jen Fifield One day after a Florida teenager walked into his former high school and carried out...
How the Worst Kind of Personal Sorrow Led LA Violence Reduction Expert Aqeela Sherrills to Help Newark, NJ, Lower Its Murder Rate
Aqeela Sherrills, a former Grape Street Crip, who was one of the primary architects of the famous...
Gov. Brown, the State’s Analyst, & Youth Advocates Argue Over Raising the Age Limit for State Juvie Lock-ups
In January, California Governor Jerry Brown released a budget blueprint that included several...