Law Enforcement

Crime alerts for Sunland, Eagle Rock and nine other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 11 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Eight neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Sunland was the most unusual, recording three reports compared with a weekly average of 0.5 over the last three months. Eagle Rock topped the list of three neighborhoods with property crime alerts.
Los Angeles Times

Juveniles booked in shooting of LAPD officers in Koreatown
Two juveniles taken into custody Saturday night in connection with the shooting of two undercover LAPD officers in Koreatown have been booked on suspicion of attempted murder, police officials said. Sgt. Cathy Reyes of the LAPD's Olympic station, where the two injured officers were assigned, said the juvenile suspects, who were held overnight at the station, were booked downtown late Sunday morning. The suspects' names have not been released. Authorities said earlier Sunday that police were searching for additional suspects in a red Nissan or Mitsubishi sedan. Those suspects are still outstanding, Reyes said.
Los Angeles Times

SUVs' third-row seats a target of thieves
Thieves targeting the third-row seats in SUVs are getting bolder, smashing car windows to get their loot and picking vehicles based on requests for specific models, police say. On Wednesday, thieves hit two Enterprise Rent-A-Car lots in the San Fernando Valley and made off with several seats, said Detective John Perez, auto theft coordinator at LAPD's Topanga Division. Those incidents followed two weeks of increased activity, in which several seats were taken from vehicles parked in residential areas in the San Fernando Valley.
Los Angeles Daily News

Crime victims will get emails tracking offenders' status
A bill introduced by state Sen. Tom Harman (R-Costa Mesa) and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this week seeks to bring crime-victim notification into the 21st century. Senate Bill 852 takes effect immediately and enables the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to update various persons affected by violent offenders about the attackers' status through email, along with the traditional phone call and certified mail.
Los Angeles Times

Winnetka gang member convicted of murder for cohort's death during police pursuit
A gang member who led police on a high-speed pursuit last year that ended in a crash in Canoga Park that left one of his passengers dead was convicted Friday of second-degree murder and other charges. The Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated two days before returning its verdict against Ali Fateh, 19, of Winnetka, according to the District Attorney's Office.
Los Angeles Daily News

Pensions

Tax-exempt debt in longest winning streak since '02
U.S. public pension-fund assets grew 17.6 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier as state and city retirement systems continued to recoup losses from the 2008 credit crisis. Assets of the 100 largest public-worker pension plans rose to $2.77 trillion by the end of June from $2.36 trillion a year earlier, the U.S. Census Bureau said today. The gains were driven by increases in U.S. stocks, corporate bonds and international securities.
Bloomberg

Prisoner Transfer & Release

California's counties brace for an influx of inmates
Local officials across California are bracing to manage more parolees and nonviolent felons as a new law went into effect Saturday requiring them to take on what had long been a state responsibility. Under the new law, prisoners who commit nonviolent and non-sex-related crimes, such as low-level drug offenders or thieves, will be kept in county jails instead of going to state facilities. And, when released, those prisoners will be left for county probation officials to monitor.
Los Angeles Times

State's radical prison reform plan ready to start
Starting Monday, California will radically change the way it sentences criminals, sending the first of thousands to serve time behind bars in their local county jails instead of in state prisons. Drug dealers, shoplifters and other felons deemed to be nonviolent or non-sex offenders will become wards of the counties in which they are convicted, under a plan signed in April by Gov. Jerry Brown to reduce the flow of inmates entering the overcrowded state prison system.
San Francisco Chronicle

22 years on, Los Angeles rape victim dreads attacker's impending release
She's been many things during her long and colorful life: charm school teacher, makeup artist, civil rights advocate - to name just a few. But at age 84, the one identity she wants to forget still haunts her daily: rape victim. On Saturday, the man who raped her in her Los Angeles home 22 years ago is set for release. "I am leaving," the woman told The Associated Press on Thursday as she fielded return calls from landlords with vacant homes. "I have no choice but to run and flee."
Associated Press

Occupy Los Angeles Protest

Occupy Los Angeles protesters camp for second night at City Hall
Protesters who have camped outside Los Angeles City Hall since Saturday, inspired by on-going Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York, spent a second night sleeping on the pavement. Loosely organized by a group called Occupy Los Angeles, several hundred people marched and rallied Sunday, holding signs that blasted corporate influence on government. They used Internet sites to mobilize and get attention. Tents and blankets dotted the lawn in front of City Hall on Sunday, as people came and went from the encampment.
Los Angeles Times