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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Suicide rate in U.S. is up

Science | October 21, 2008
After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999, driven by an alarming increase among middle-age adults, researchers said Monday. Read more
 

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Crime watch unites Westside

California | Local | By Tami Abdollah | August 27, 2008
When Terri Tippit opened the door of her Rancho Park home last week, a man stood before her and introduced himself as part of a “literacy program.” Read more
 

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

West Los Angeles residents on alert over what they call a mini-crime wave

California | Local | By Tami Abdollah | August 26, 2008
When Terri Tippit opened the door of her Rancho Park home last week, a man stood before her and introduced himself as part of a “literacy program.” Read more
 

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

2008 homicide toll in L.A. is slightly lower than this time last year

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein | July 22, 2008
After rising nearly 40% earlier this year, killings in the city of Los Angeles have fallen below last year’s levels, according to LAPD statistics. Read more
 

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Violent crime, except homicide, down in L.A.

California | Local | By Phil Willon | July 3, 2008
Violent crime in Los Angeles dropped 7.2% during the first half of 2008 compared to the same period last year – with the exception of homicides, which rose 4.3%, newly released crime statistics show. Read more
 

Thursday, June 19, 2008

California | Local | By Andrew Blankstein | June 19, 2008
Even as gang-related homicides have been dropping in the last several years, the proportion of such killings in which race was a factor has increased, Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said Wednesday. Read more
 

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Homicide rise not race-based, LAPD says

California | Local | March 19, 2008
Los Angeles Police Department officials, alarmed by the continued rise in the homicide rate this year, sought Tuesday to debunk the notion that racial animosity has been at the heart of many of the killings. Read more
 

Thursday, March 6, 2008

After 5 years of decline, L.A. homicide rate rising

California | Local | March 6, 2008
Homicides in Los Angeles have sharply increased in the first two months of this year, reversing nearly five years of decline and posing a puzzling challenge for Police Chief William J. Bratton. Read more
 

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

41% of ‘07 killings end in arrest

California | Local | February 19, 2008
Times reporters Jill Leovy and Doug Smith crunched the 2007 Los Angeles County homicide numbers to determine how many cases were solved. Read more
 

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Violent crimes drop 17% in parts of Ventura County

California | Local | January 31, 2008
Property crime in areas patrolled by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department rose slightly in 2007, while violent crime dropped to its lowest level in years, authorities said Wednesday. Read more
 

Monday, January 14, 2008

Downward trend for homicides in Southland

California | Local | January 14, 2008
The number of homicides in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties either saw a sharp drop or remained mostly unchanged last year compared to 2006, according to new crime statistics. Read more
 

Friday, January 4, 2008

Property crimes up in county

California | Local | January 4, 2008
While homicide rates fell significantly, serious crime in the dozens of communities patrolled by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rose 4% overall in 2007 – prompting Sheriff Lee Baca to warn that a worsening economy could present a tough crime picture for 2008. Read more
 

Monday, December 24, 2007

Killings in L.A. sharply decline

California | Local | By Hector Becerra and Richard Winton | December 24, 2007
Los Angeles is on track to end the year with fewer than 400 homicides for the first time in nearly four decades – a hopeful milestone for a city so long associated with gangs, drive-by shootings and sometimes random violence. Read more
 

Sunday, December 23, 2007

Man and boy killed in Compton shootings

California | Local | By Rebecca Trounson | December 23, 2007
A 44-year-old man and a boy, whose age was not known, were killed in separate shootings in Compton on Saturday afternoon, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said. Read more
 

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Hate crimes decline in L.A., state

California | Local | By Richard Winton and Tina Marie Macias | November 20, 2007
California and Los Angeles bucked a national trend last year by reporting a slight drop in hate crimes, while law enforcement agencies throughout the nation reported an 8% increase, according to data released Monday. Read more
 

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Violent crime climbs in Bay Area

California | Local | By Doug Smith and Maria L. La Ganga,, Richard Winton | November 11, 2007
In a grim twist on the longtime rivalry between Northern and Southern California, a group of Bay Area cities has won the disturbing distinction of seeing violent crime rise as it continues to plummet in Los Angeles. Read more
 

Friday, November 9, 2007

Japan’s police see no evil

World | By Bruce Wallace | November 9, 2007
Photos of the teenager’s corpse show a deep cut on his right arm, horrific bruising on his neck and chest. Read more
 

Anti-drug chief cites rising prices as sign of success

World | By Chris Kraul | November 9, 2007
Interruptions of the flow of cocaine to the United States are causing street prices to rise, a sign that the “war on drugs” is working, the White House anti-drug chief said here Thursday. Read more
 

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Apprehensions of illegal border-crossers drop 20%

National | By Richard Marosi | November 7, 2007
A large increase in Border Patrol agents, additional fencing and expanded prosecution of illegal border-crossers contributed to a 20% drop in apprehension of undocumented migrants this year at the U.S.-Mexico frontier, immigration officials announced Tuesday. Read more
 

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Uptick in crime spurs push for more police

National | By Theo Milonopoulos | October 30, 2007
During the 1990s, as the crime rate fell to its lowest levels in decades, President Clinton used a simple formula – more cops equals less crime – to explain that dramatic decline. Read more
 
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