Law Enforcement

Crime alerts for Lincoln Heights and six other L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in seven L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Three neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Lincoln Heights was the most unusual, recording six reports compared with a weekly average of 1.9 over the last three months. Harvard Park topped the list of four neighborhoods with property crime alerts.
Los Angeles Times

Investigation underway into officer-involved shooting in Harbor City
An investigation is underway into an officer-involved shooting in Harbor City in which a suspect was killed, authorities said. An officer was on patrol about 10.30 p.m. Friday at the intersection of Lomita Boulevard and Frampton Avenue when he spotted a man on a bike armed with a handgun, according to LAPD spokeswoman Norma Eisenman.
Los Angeles Times

Killer collected unemployment checks while in jail, authorities say
A convicted killer who got caught because he'd tattooed a graphic mural of the murder scene on his chest allegedly raked in more than $30,000 in unemployment benefits while he sat in the Los Angeles County jail system, a sheriff's spokesman said. Anthony Garcia had family and friends cashing his $1,600-per-month government assistance checks while he served time, said Capt. Mike Parker, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Los Angeles Times

Woman injured in hit-and-run skid row crash
A woman sleeping in a tent on Los Angeles' skid row was injured in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A car attempted to hit another pedestrian at 5th Street and Towne Avenue about 2:30 a.m. but instead ran into Christina Silver in her tent, LAPD Officer Karen Rayner said. Silver was hospitalized with serious injuries but is in stable condition, the LAPD said.
Los Angeles Times

Homicide unit investigating death of woman found in driveway
Burbank police officers believe a woman found dead in a parked car just over the line in Los Angeles was a victim of foul play, a police sergeant said Saturday. Burbank firefighters were called to a report of a passed-out woman in a car in the 500 block of North Sparks Street about 7:30 p.m. Friday. They found a dead woman, and Burbank police later determined the body was just within the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Division, said Burbank police Sgt. Darin Ryburn.
Los Angeles Daily News

Woman arrested after six-hour standoff in West L.A.
A woman who had been in a standoff with police in West Los Angeles for more than six hours was taken into custody Sunday evening, officials said. Police were summoned to the Mar Vista Gardens public housing development in the 4900 block of Marionwood Drive shortly after 10 a.m. The woman, who was not identified, was believed to have been armed, and barricaded herself inside a building.
Los Angeles Times

'Southland' puts viewers on L.A.'s mean streets
The gritty TNT crime series uses former gang members and off-duty LAPD personnel to bolster the reality quotient of story lines that are usually filmed on location. This kind of authenticity is the hallmark of the show, now midway through its fourth season, which has garnered critical acclaim if moderate ratings for its attention to detail, gritty realism and ability to credibly portray the tribulations of LAPD street cops and detectives.
Los Angeles Times

Prisons

Corrections chief hails the end of triple bunks at California prisons, symbols of overcrowding
For the last decade, the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy was so overcrowded that officials had to jam 650 inmates into a makeshift dormitory inside the prison gymnasium. Deuel Quad Sgt. Corey Johnson said having so many bunks in the gym made it difficult to see when inmates engaged in illegal activities. But today, the gym at Deuel is empty. It's the result of an ongoing decline in California's prison population prompted by a federal court order.
KPCC

Legislation

Proposed legislation bodes ill for California's food trucks
Mireya Ingham follows her favorite food trucks on Twitter so she knows when the movable feasts set up curbside in her East Hollywood neighborhood. But some recent foodie tweets are giving her heartburn: A state lawmaker wants to significantly limit where lunch wagons can operate, keeping them even farther from schools than marijuana dispensaries. That could put many of the mobile kitchens out of business just as the industry is surging with creativity.
Los Angeles Times

City Government