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Gang interventionist gunned down after confronting tagger

Ronald Lamonte Barron, 40, a former gang member who was among Los Angeles' most trusted gang intervention workers, was fatally shot on Pico Boulevard in front of 'numerous witnesses.' After years in the L.A. street gang world, Ronald Lamonte Barron devoted his life to preventing young people from following in his footsteps.

Bike footrests aren't weapons, state Supreme Court says

Ruling comes in the case of a youth convicted of carrying a metal cylinder as a weapon. Despite police contentions that gang members deploy bicycle footrests as illegal metal knuckles, state law does not prohibit people from carrying them, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday, overturning two lower courts.

L.A. County's handling of mudslide warnings is questioned

Officials defend their decision not to evacuate before mud damaged dozens of homes early Saturday. But their actions stand in stark contrast to the frequent warnings issued during last month's storms. George Allen said the calls came regularly last month, telling him and other La Ca񡤡 Flintridge residents to evacuate as rain soaked the wildfire-scorched hillside above their homes.

D.A. launches inquiry into Carson mayor's use of a mute button

Mayor Jim Dear reportedly shuts speakers' microphones down with a before their allotted three minutes are up. 'It's a very unique complaint,' a district attorney's official says. Carson's mayor has a tool that almost any politician would love to have: a mute button. If someone talks too much at a City Council meeting, with a flick of the finger, the microphone goes dead.