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Crime in California 2024 by Steve Smith | July 15, 2025 On July 1, as it has for over 50 years, the California Department of Justice released three statistical reports covering crime in general, homicides, and juvenile crime. On the positive side, there are some reductions particularly in violent crime and auto thefts. Yet sexual assaults are up, statistical flaws remain, and clearance rates were very low. Unreported crimes and low clearance rates expose the ...
Watch Videos from PRI’s 2025 California Ideas in Action Conference
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LA divorces itself from coal. Is it really a defining moment?
With the immodesty of an experienced braggart, the city of Los Angeles announced on Dec. 4 that it has ended its relationship with coal. No longer will it receive power generated from that particular fossil fuel. Mayor Karen Bass called it “a defining moment” that will take the city closer “building a clean energy economy that benefits every Angeleno.” The announcement was hardly more than a photo-op that will do little to improve LA air quality. By “clean,” she means ...
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