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Top Story: Sheriff Baca: last call for costly overtime

Sheriff Baca: last call for costly overtime

Outlaws beware: Los Angeles County’s top cop could soon be slapping the cuffs on you—personally. And why not? “I’m in perfect physical health. I run 8 miles a day,” said Lee Baca, a former Marine, now in his third term as sheriff. Because of the county’s fiscal crunch, Baca said in an interview Wednesday... [Read more]

Community Law Enforcement
Supervisors to consider probation department oversight plan

Supervisors to consider probation department oversight plan

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, March 2, will take up Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky’s motion to scrutinize the Probation Department’s internal affairs and child-abuse investigations and report back in 90 days with findings. After former Chief Probation Officer Robert Taylor’s retirement and the naming of an interim director until newly... [Read more]


• Sheriff’s overtime practices criticized [updated]
Justice and the Courts
Inmate firefighters get home beyond Malibu

Inmate firefighters get home beyond Malibu

In a deal that will be welcome news to Malibu homeowners, the Los Angeles County Fire Department has struck a three-year agreement to house fire teams staffed with state prisoners at a juvenile probation camp in the Angeles National Forest. The agreement ends the Fire Department’s search for a long-term home for the crews, a quest that sparked protests in... [Read more]


• Unlikely duo writes new script for inmates
Disaster Readiness and Relief
Images of Haiti from returning heroes

Images of Haiti from returning heroes

The LA County Fire search and rescue team that was hailed for its heroics in Haiti is on its way home. For a look at some of what they encountered and accomplished, click through this gallery of photos the team sent home and posted on Facebook. The team is expected to arrive in L.A. later this afternoon. ... [Read more]


• A super Sunday for County rescuers in Haiti