Christine Pelisek

Lawless

Chaos in the Casitas

Watch the video exclusive surveillance tape of murdered casita victim Rosa Garcia. All along busy Florence Avenue, between Halldale and South Denker, two block...
Credit: Charlie Beck

Villaraigosa Chooses Beck as Next L.A. Police Chief

Charlie Beck will be Los Angeles' next police chief. The mayor is expected to announce his choice at a press conference at 11 a.m. this morning at the Getty House in Hancock Park. Beck headed the LAPD's Detective Bureau and oversaw the testing of thousands of untested rape kits. He......
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Judge Throws Out City's Digital Billboard Settlement

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled today that the city's billboard settlement agreement that allowed 840 digital billboards citywide is invalid. Superior Court Judge Terry Green ruled that the settlement agreement between the city and billboard giants Clear Channel and CBS Outdoor was invalid because it exempted the digital......
Chief Charlie Beck.

Three Finalists For LAPD Police Chief Named

The three finalists for police chief of the Los Angeles Police Department are Assistant Chief Jim McDonnell, Deputy Chief Charlie Beck and Deputy Chief Michel Moore. The three finalists were chosen unanimously by the police commission after a three-and-a-half hour closed-door meeting this afternoon. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is scheduled to......