LAPD's Next Generation of Officers Begins Careers Wearing Black Bands of Mourning
Wearing white dress gloves and black bands of mourning across their new badges, LAPD's next generation moved from cadet to officer Friday during a subdued academy graduation ceremony that reflected tumultuous events across the nation, and the slaying of five Dallas officers by sniper fire only the night before. "They have joined an organization that will protect them," LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told family members of the 37 new officers during the ceremony in the courtyard of the downtown police headquarters. "They are going to lead lives that will matter — live of significance...so don't be afraid. Be proud."
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The ambush killings of 4 CHP officers that changed California policing in 1970
It was the 4 1/2 minutes that forever changed the California Highway Patrol. In 1970, four CHP officers died in a fierce gunfight with a pair of heavily armed motorists outside a Valencia coffee shop after a seemingly routine traffic stop. In 2008, a five-mile stretch of Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita that runs past the shooting scene was renamed in honor of the dead officers as surviving family members and witnesses recalled what generations of CHP officers know as the “Newhall Incident.” Patrol officials said the rampage permanently changed the agency from a corps of highway helpers to hard-core cops. It also prompted police departments across the country to adopt tough procedures for cautiously pulling over cars and carefully taking suspects into custody.
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Man Shot and Killed Outside Nightclub in Westlake: LAPD
A man was shot and killed outside a nightclub in Westlake early Sunday, Los Angeles Police Department officials said. According to witnesses, an argument took place outside the nightclub about 1:50 a.m. in the 2800 block of Beverly Boulevard and at least one person took out a gun and shot the victim, Lt. Ryan Rabbett said. The victim was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds and died, officials said. He was described as a Hispanic man in his 20s and he has not been identified.  No weapon or suspects were found at the scene, Rabbett said.
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Fake bomb shut down downtown LA: Suspect nabbed
A 36-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a “hoax device” that prompted the closure of a downtown Los Angeles Metro station for several hours and prompted a sheriff's bomb squad response.  Thirty-six-year-old Jayson Lionel Epps was arrested after Transportation Policing Division deputies observed him wearing the exact clothing described from the incident one day earlier, said Deputy Grace Medrano of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Information Bureau. “Based on statements made by the man, he was arrested for possession and placement of a hoax bomb device,” Medrano said. “There is no indication or evidence the suspect was acting in concert with any other individuals or affiliations,” she said. The ongoing investigation is being handled by the LASD Arson and Explosives Detail and the FBI's Counter Terrorism Unit. 
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South L.A. slated to get its first high-rise tower. But residents are divided, fear gentrification
Signs of gentrification have been popping up in Los Angeles neighborhoods south of the Santa Monica Freeway for several years now. But what developers want to do at the intersection of La Cienega and Jefferson boulevards would be dramatic even by the standards of the development boom hitting the city. There, next to an Expo Line station, they want to build a 30-story tower complex that would include upscale apartments, some with floor-to-ceiling views of the Pacific Ocean, Hollywood and downtown L.A., along amenities residents have yearned for: a supermarket, sit-down restaurants and open green space.
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It only took a month to count California's votes. Here's why, and why it may get better
Well, that's a relief.  For the last four weeks, Californians have ceased to be those goofy people on the left coast. For the last four weeks, we have been the people who can't count.  And now the votes from the June 7 primary, more than 8.5 million of them, have been counted; they are due to be certified by Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Friday.  The lingering question isn't who won the presidential primaries or the Senate race; the margins in those races, and most other regional and local contests across the state, were big enough that the winners have been known almost since primary day.  No, this was the question: What took you so long?  The answer: It's complicated. More than voters know. But it may be about to get faster.
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