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Los Angeles mayor picks new police chief

Deputy Chief Charlie Beck, a 32-year veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department, has been chosen to replace Chief William Bratton, the Los Angeles mayor's office said Tuesday.

Two men shot at California synagogue

A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt shot two men at a North Hollywood synagogue on Thursday morning, wounding them in their legs, police said.

SI.com: Jon Wertheim: The man trying to bring NFL back to L.A.

The windowless suite on the second floor of the Pacific Palms, a resort 20 miles east of Los Angeles, is prosaically named the NFL Presentation Room. In this sterile bunker, decorated with maps, charts, schematics, architectural models and a wall-mounted flat screen tuned to the NFL Network, Southern California real estate developer Ed Roski greets visitors and lays out his plan to build a gleaming pro football stadium a few miles down the road, where the 57 and 60 freeways intersect in the City of Industry.

People.com: Cheech Marin Marries!

The actor weds longtime girlfriend Natasha Rubin in a sunset ceremony at their Malibu home

Mayors want funds to fix their cities

Mayors across the country are calling on President-elect Barack Obama to invest in their cities when he takes office in order to get the economy back on track.

People.com: Britney Flips the Switch on L.A. Christmas Tree

The pop star serves as special guest with the mayor for a gala holiday ceremony

Authorities: One of California wildfires 'human caused'

One of three major wildfires burning in southern California appears to be "human caused," a spokesman for the state's fire agency said Sunday.

Thousands who fled fires may be able to return, official says

Officials are close to lifting the evacuation orders for thousands of people that fled raging wildfires that have torched more than 20,000 acres of Southern California terrain, Los Angeles mayor said Tuesday.

Time.com: Los Angeles Mayor Announces Bold Housing Plan

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa unveiled a $5 billion plan to provide 20,000 affordable homes in the city over the next five years, but acknowledged he'll have to reach far and wide to raise the funds amid the financial meltdown

Human error led to fatal train collision, spokeswoman says

Friday's two-train collision killed 25 people and injured more than 130 others near Los Angeles after an engineer failed to heed a traffic signal, a spokeswoman for Metrolink commuter trains said.

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