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  • Police nab arson suspect in string of fires in Sherman Oaks

    Police nab arson suspect in string of fires in Sherman Oaks

    The Los Angeles Police Department announced Thursday the arrest of a man suspected of setting a series of fires in October to vehicles, dumpsters and a commercial building in Sherman Oaks. In a statement, the department identified the man as 42-year-old Ricardo Villanueva of Van Nuys. Villanueva, who was taken into custody Wednesday after a…

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  • The council adopted a budget that deviated in many ways from what was proposed in a compromise budget by the city’s mayor at its Dec. 11 meeting.

    St. Paul budget draws attention — and tension — over police costs

    About a $19 difference in property taxes per median homeowner in St. Paul sparked frustration between the City Council and mayor last week as both proposed 2025 budgets for the city.  The council adopted a budget that deviated in many ways from what was proposed in a compromise budget by the city’s mayor at its…

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  • Driver fleeing police hits, kills driver in Orange County

    Driver fleeing police hits, kills driver in Orange County

    A woman died after a theft suspect crashed into her car while fleeing police in La Palma on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The victim, identified only as a woman in her 60s driving a blue BMW, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Fullerton Police Department. The driver of the other vehicle —…

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  • Newport Beach police called him a killer. So why has he been set free?

    Newport Beach police called him a killer. So why has he been set free?

    More than a week after Newport Beach police announced they’d found and arrested a suspect in a four-decade-old homicide case, the man has been freed and county prosecutors say they don’t expect to charge him. On Dec. 6, the Newport Beach Police Department announced in a social media post that it had arrested 70-year-old Michael…

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  • L.A. D.A. Hochman to fire Gascón's police shootings prosecutor

    L.A. D.A. Hochman to fire Gascón’s police shootings prosecutor

    Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he intends to terminate the contract of a special prosecutor that George Gascón hired to reopen investigations into fatal police shootings, a move that could shake up high-profile cases that involve controversial killings by officers. The district attorney’s office said in a statement that it will “no…

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  • After CEO's killing, San Francisco police gave FBI a tip about suspect’s identity

    After CEO’s killing, San Francisco police gave FBI a tip about suspect’s identity

    NEW YORK —  The day after a masked gunman killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City, police in San Francisco gave the FBI a potentially valuable tip about the identity of the suspect: He looked like a man who had been reported missing to them the previous month, Luigi Mangione. San Francisco police provided…

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  • UCLA police chief, blasted for security lapses that led to protest violence, is out

    UCLA police chief, blasted for security lapses that led to protest violence, is out

    UCLA Police Chief John Thomas, who was blasted for serious security lapses and failing to protect students during a melee at a pro-Palestinian encampment last spring, has left his job at the university, the campus police department said Wednesday night. In a post on the social media platform X, the UCLA Police Department said that…

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  • Fresno woman fatally shot by her toddler, police say

    Fresno woman fatally shot by her toddler, police say

    The tensile strength necessary to pull the trigger of a nine-millimeter Kel-Tec firearm is roughly 5½ to 6½ pounds. That trivia became important this week to Fresno police as they investigated how a toddler could have shot his own mother. Authorities arrested an 18-year-old gun owner and were scrutinizing how a 2½-year-old child found the…

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  • New interviews crack 41-year-old murder in Newport Beach, police say

    New interviews crack 41-year-old murder in Newport Beach, police say

    Nearly 41 years after a carpenter was found beaten to death in his home, Newport Beach Police arrested a 70-year-old man in connection to the cold case. Larry Manatt was arrested Friday on suspicion of killing Ronald Gaskey, the Newport Beach Police Department announced in a social media post. Manatt, a Huntington Beach resident, was…

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  • Long Beach police release video of fatal shooting on church steps

    Long Beach police release video of fatal shooting on church steps

    Video released by Long Beach police on Saturday shows portions of a standoff outside a neighborhood church that led to officers shooting a man whose family said he was suffering a mental health crisis. Brandon Boyd, 38, was fatally shot by police outside a Long Beach church hours after police showed up in response to…

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