Atty. Gascón and voted no on Proposition 36. California and Los Angeles County are getting tougher on crime. The stiffer penalties on some drug and theft crimes that voters recently approved with ...

one year after the motion to expand the surveillance program was approved by the Los Angeles City Council. The LAPD hopes to eventually have one real-time crime center in each of its 21 divisions ...

Nathan Hochman waits in the wings before being sworn in as Los Angeles district attorney at the Hall of Justice downtown. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) ...