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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Friday at a White House ceremony recognizing the inaugural graduating class of the University of Chicagos pioneering Communi

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Friday at a White House ceremony recognizing the inaugural graduating class of the University of Chicagos pioneering Communi

LAPD statistics show that violent crime — including homicides, rapes, robberies and shootings — is down this year, but there's a lingering sense that the city is getting less safe.

This Saturday, April 22, the Council Office will present the 57 organizations that received funding (reallocated from law enforcement) to augment their services in Council District Eight.  

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A teenager and a woman are in custody and a third suspect remains at large in connection with the slaying of rapper PnB Rock in South L.A.

A teen and a woman are in custody and a 3rd suspect, the teen's father, remains at large in connection with the slaying of PnB Rock in South L.A.

The Philadelphia hip-hop artist, 30, was targeted for his jewelry while he was eating at the South L.A. restaurant, police said.

LOS ANGELES — Jewelry and other items stolen from rapper PnB Rock, who was shot and killed Monday at Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles in South L.A., could hold the key to finding the gunman. Los Angeles Police Department detectives have put pawn shops on alert about items stolen

L.A. detectives have alerted pawn shops about items stolen during the shooting at Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles in hopes of finding the killer.