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Many in the community condemned Aurelio Mattucci's statements, but some online commenters approved.

The mayor noted a balanced budget, low unemployment rate, the opening up of new businesses and newly-formed international connections, as some of the city's recent accomplishments.

Pamela Price, a new district attorney in Northern California, is the latest to reopen cases that had seemingly been shut, including one from more than 15 years ago.

Opinions were split between community members who praised the officers for their short response time and those who felt that more is needed to improve the department's transparency and accountability.

A few weeks ago, the Contra Costa County district attorney released the results of an investigation that found up to 40% of police officers in Antioch, a Bay Area enclave

Racism within the ranks of law enforcement has long been a contentious issue. But a new California law may force departments to clean house when clear bias is proved.

Robbery with weapons decreased 21 percent; Commercial and residential burglary have each seen a slight uptick, the former rose 9 percent and the latter crawled up 5 percent; robbery with strong arm, in which the defendant doesn’t use a deadly weapon, has jumped 51 percent, said Hart during a community update this week.

Two police officers were indicted for the 2018 fatal shooting of a Black man in Torrance, California. Los Angeles County District Attorney George

Torrance cops Matthew Concannon and Anthony Chavez pleaded not guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Christopher Deandre Mitchell.

Torrance cops Matthew Concannon and Anthony Chavez pleaded not guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of Christopher Deandre Mitchell.