Law Enforcement

For Kids In Afterschool Boxing Program, Committing To Hard Work Is Half The Fight
Local kids are being taught respect, discipline and life skills at a very unlikely venue in Van Nuys. The Van Nuys Jeopardy Program conducts its operation in a rundown former dental office just off Woodman Avenue. The program is run by the Los Angeles Police Department for children ages 9 to 17 who are at-risk or are facing difficult life challenges.
CBS Los Angeles

Suspect released in video showing gun flashed near LAPD officer
A man arrested in connection with an online video showing someone flash a gun after filming a Los Angeles police officer has been released after posting bail. Los Angeles Police Officer Liliana Preciado said Thursday that 35-year-old Alex Izquierdo was arrested Wednesday on a warrant for having a loaded firearm in a car. Police say Izquierdo, who has a prior conviction for a similar offense, was the person in the video holding a gun after filming LAPD officers.
CBS News

Man Who Survived Shot In Head By LAPD Officer In Los Feliz Speaks Out
Walter DeLeon survived a gunshot wound to the head by a Los Angeles police officer and now speaks exclusively with Eyewitness News about his road to recovery and a special message he has for the Los Angeles Police Department. DeLeon is alive after being in a two-week coma and undergoing four surgeries. Now he has a permanent disability. His mother wants the public to see images of her son's disturbing head wounds, but what he wants exposed is a message. "It's that my words are not said in vain. That something does happen. That there is some type of change in the police force," he said.
ABC 7

Police: Victim in cop shooting threatened officers with hand gesture
A suspect who was killed by Los Angeles police in Van Nuys last weekend had not only thrown a beer bottle through the rear window of a patrol car, leading the officers inside to believe they were being shot at, but also pointed his hand at them while holding a dark object after they got out of the cruiser, police said Thursday. The shooting took place at 11:30 p.m. Saturday at Victory and Sepulveda boulevards. Police Chief Charlie Beck said earlier that two officers were inside the patrol car stopped at a red light.
mynewsLA.com

$50K reward offered for tips on 3-year-old cold-case murder
A Los Angeles city councilman on Thursday joined family members of a 51-year-old woman who was gunned down in the Westlake District to announce a $50,000 reward in hopes of solving the nearly three-year-old murder case. Officers responding to a call of shots fired on Dec. 11, 2012, found Lorri Ann Anderson on the sidewalk in the area of Eight and Coronado streets suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. She was pronounced dead at a hospital. Los Angeles Police Department investigators say a man got out of a dark- colored car and shot her, but they have no idea why.
mynewsLA.com

City Government

Hollywood nightclubs put on notice for bad behavior
Hollywood nightclubs that serve drunken patrons, admit minors and fill the dance floor beyond capacity should be prepared to answer to the city's building inspectors, a Los Angeles city councilman said Thursday. Standing on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Councilman Mitch O'Farrell warned nightclub owners that the city's building inspectors would cite them for any violations of their operating permits.
Los Angeles Times

State Government

Jerry Brown signs electronic search warrant law
Gov. Jerry Brown has rebooted his thinking on protecting personal digital information from police searches. After rejecting several similar proposals in years past, Brown on Thursday signed the sweeping Senate Bill 178, which will require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrants before accessing someone's electronic devices or requesting the private communications stored on them, such as e-mails, text messages and geolocation data.
The Sacramento Bee, Los Angeles Times

Pension

Daniel Borenstein: Latest Chuck Reed pension initiatives address attorney general's past concerns
Former San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed has twice rolled out statewide pension reform initiatives. Each time, Attorney General Kamala Harris effectively killed the measures before Reed could start collecting signatures to place them on the ballot. This time might be different. On Monday, Reed and former San Diego Councilman Carl DeMaio submitted two new initiative proposals. Harris must now write the ballot title and summary.
Contra Costa Times