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Violent crime is up in California. So is the public's fear of crime. And so is the poll-driven, tough-on-crime political rhetoric.

LOS ANGELES — A Black member of a television production crew has sued the city of Los Angeles and members of its Police Department over a 2021 traffic stop in which he alleges he was racially profiled and held at gunpoint without cause.

LOS ANGELES — For some of L.A.'s most outspoken left-leaning activists, the first sign of trouble came when U.S. Rep. Karen Bass unveiled her plan for ending homeless encampments on the city’s streets and sidewalks.

Suspect was tackled while holding a 10-month-old child

LOS ANGELES — A 10-month-old baby was left with a skull fracture after an LAPD officer tackled his father to the ground last month following a hit-and-run crash and pursuit, and police are reviewing the use of force, authorities said this week.

A Los Angeles Police Department bomb disposal squad ignored concerns repeatedly expressed by one technician that they were overloading a containment chamber inside a tractor-trailer with homemade fireworks, according to an inspector general's report. The chamber exploded in 2021 on the street in the middle of a Los Angeles neighborhood,…

LOS ANGELES — Under a new policy adopted Tuesday, Los Angeles police can no longer use minor violations as an excuse to investigate motorists, bicyclists or pedestrians for more serious crimes unless they first have information that justifies the intrusion.

LOS ANGELES — Before members of the LAPD bomb squad destroyed part of a South L.A. neighborhood by exploding a stash of illegal fireworks last summer, they repeatedly ignored warnings from one of their most experienced technicians that the plan was not safe, according to a new report by the…

LOS ANGELES — Under proposed new rules, Los Angeles police officers who fail to explain why they escalate mundane stops into criminal investigations will be forced to undergo training and then face increasingly severe punishments.

Authorities imprisoned Bethany K Farber for 13 days before realizing they had the wrong suspect wanted for crimes in Texas

Police swooped to stop Bethany K. Farber boarding a plane to Mexico and took her into custody for almost two weeks but her family came forward to prove it was a big case of mistaken identity