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Beck Before The Badge

 



Hail to the chief (of police, that is). William Bratton's LAPD has been credited with transforming MacArthur Park from crime-ridden to nearly crime-free in just a handful of years. In this 2006 Life & Times story, correspondent James Hill looks at how they did it. Along the way he talks to Charlie Beck, the man the mayor has picked to be the new chief.

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Update: Hung Out To Dry?

Last week, we heard from LA residents who faced big insurance bills after FEMA declared their homes to be in flood zones. We follow up, this time, it's Ventura county.

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Am I In A Flood Zone?

Check out this interactive map, and then visit Floodsmart.gov to get your flood risk profile.

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Up In Smoke

Los Angeles now has more medical marijuana clinics than it can count. Correspondent Judy Muller hits the streets to find some of these clinics and drills city council members on why they have had so much trouble enforcing a moratorium on new dispensaries.

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Help Wanted: Chief Film Flack

Wanted: CEO and chief lobbyist for Motion Picture Association. Former Congress member or governor with acting experience preferred.

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Feds, Local Cops Do Marijuana Do-Si-Do

In an ironic twist, the feds are now softening their stance on medical marijuana dispensaries even as local authorities promise a crackdown.

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Dissing Distracted Driver Shriver

TMZ catches Cali First Lady breaking cell phone law. Governor tweets, promises "swift action". Public amused.

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Pot Shots

Who leads in pot clinics: LA or SF? Are the clinics undercutting the Mexican cartels? What's the world saying about our abundance of cannabis parlors?

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Is It Illegal to Sell Medical Marijuana?

The LA District Attorney says, in his legal opinion, virtually every medical marijuana clinic in the county is breaking the law. And he's promising to shut them all down.

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Texting While Driving

What's more dangerous - a drunk driver, or a driver who's texting? Correspondent Vince Gonzales hit the test track, with a cell phone and a bottle of vodka, to find out.

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Govt. Document: Hands-free No Safer

A 2002 government report found no difference in risk to drivers between hand-held and hands-free mobile devices. But the government never released the report. You can read it here.

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A Texter's Confession

Watch a powerful video about one tragic incident involving texting and driving. It was produced by Zero Fatalities, a safety group in Utah, which has the nation's toughest anti-texting law.

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No Text Technology

Mobile cell phone technology has created a host of distractions for drivers that are proving deadly. Can technology also provide the cure by preventing drivers from talking and texting while in motion?

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