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RAND Study: LA Crime Increased When Pot Dispensaries Closed; City Attorney Says Data 'Deeply Flawed'

September 21, 2011, 2:49 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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Okay, medical marijuana fans, is this the study you've been waiting for? The RAND Corporation yesterday released a report called "Regulating Medical Marijuana Dispensaries — An Overview with Preliminary evidence of Their Impact on Crime." (Read the study here (pdf). … Continue reading »

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L.A. Police Identify Suspect in Bryan Stow Attack

May 22, 2011, 7:08 pm • Posted by Dan Brekke
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The Los Angeles Times reports that the L.A. Police Department has identified a man arrested this morning as a suspect in the beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow as Giovanni Ramirez, 31. The Times says Ramirez has been booked on … Continue reading »

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Morning Splash

December 24, 2010, 7:10 am • Posted by Dan Brekke
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Navy Considers Medal, 65 Years After a Heroic Act (Bay Citizen) Carl E. Clark, 94, served in World War II to defend America, not to win glory. “We just figured it was a war that had to be won,” said … Continue reading »

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But 111 in the shade...

September 27, 2010, 8:56 pm • Posted by Jon Brooks
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This is really quite something. Los Angeles just hit 113 degrees, the city's highest recorded temperature in 133 years of record-keeping.

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