Los Angeles Crime

Crime Down In LA, But For How Long?

LA Daily News | Posted 02.18.2010 | Los Angeles

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Despite the recession, Los Angeles saw a 10 percent decline in crime at the beginning of this year, but police Chief Charlie Beck warned today that mi...

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LA's Crime Rate Lowest In 50 Years

AP | Posted 03.18.2010 | Los Angeles

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LOS ANGELES — Authorities say the 2009 crime rate in Los Angeles was the lowest in 50 years, with drops reported in everything from homicides to...

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Elderly LA Shopkeeper Murdered In Botched Robbery (VIDEO)

Posted 03.18.2010 | Los Angeles

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Fereidoun Kohanim, a 72 year old shopkeeper in the Pico-Union neighborhood near Downtown Los Angeles, was brutally murdered in his store by 3 suspecte...

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LA Weekly's Medical Pot Story is Half-Baked

Vince Beiser | Posted 03.18.2010 | Los Angeles

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Real reporting meets "Reefer Madness" in LA Weekly's cover story on "LA's Medical Weed War." The piece is a rare hybrid: part careful, thorough reporting, part hysterical, unproven allegations.

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