It’s Pretty Hard to Fix L.A. When Its Leaders are Wrecking It
By KENNETH ALPERN As mentioned previously in recent CityWatch articles, we’re going into a Denaissance, not a Renaissance. As aphorisms, hashtag politics, and feel-good laws and policies overcome the bastions of Western free-thinking and critical/rational thought, bad things happen to good people who rely on (and pay ever more generously for) their leaders […]
Vagrants– Rising Crime in Our Backyard
. By Stephen Frank, California Political News and Views California has become a toilet bowl—figuratively and literally—San Fran has declared itself a toilet bowl per its new District Attorney. Then you have the homeless assaulting people, ruining neighborhoods and for good measure ALLOWED to steal up to $950 worth of goods from your car, a […]
A Case for the Death Penalty
By Sigrid Weidenweber An old lawyer friend once told me during a conversation—we were discussing the merits of the death penalty—that he had hardened his stance on the matter. Over his life time, he had seen too many defendants in death-penalty cases that were changed to life imprisonment, walk free eventually. So, here […]
New DNA tool helps identify murder victims and elusive killers and rapists
By Michele Hanisee . They’re neighbors. Church leaders. Business executives. . They’re also murders and rapists who share a common bond in addition to their horrific crimes: they were all identified with a cutting-edge new tool called investigative genetic genealogy, or IGG. . IGG itself is not new – it’s what millions of genealogists, family […]
Trump Grants Full Pardons To 5 People
AUDREY CONKLIN REPORTER President Donald Trump granted full pardons Monday to five individuals previously involved in offenses like transporting marijuana and drug-trafficking. The president decided John Richard Bubala, Roy Wayne McKeever, Rodney Takumi, Michael Tedesco and Chalmer Lee Williams were worthy of Executive Grants of Clemency after “a careful review of the files” of […]
U.S. Attorney’s Office Brings Federal Charges
. .. By Michele Hanisee In the past election cycle, we commented on candidates running for district attorney whose campaign promises involved ignoring criminal statutes they disagreed with and minimizing punishment of those who violate the law. Fortunately, in California, those efforts were soundly rejected by voters. Not so in Philadelphia. In 2018, a defense attorney […]
Enjoy the Great Outdoors? So do the Crooks!
If you thought crooks were watching, would you be more mindful of your surroundings? With spring here and longer days, perhaps it’s time for some outside athletic activities: such as bicycling, walking, hiking, or playing sports. The Simi Valley Police Department would like to remind the community by taking preventive steps you can reduce […]
City of Ventura 2018 Part I Crime Statistics (January 1- December 31, 2018)
In 2018, Part I Crimes in the City of Ventura totaled 3,959, representing an overall decrease of 155 Part I Crimes or 3.77 percent from 2017. The Per Capita Crime Index decreased slightly to 35.6 crimes per thousand residents, compared to 37.7 in 2017, 38.04 in 2016, and 39.2 in 2015. Ventura’s Violent Crime decreased […]
Thousand Oaks | Increase in Crime – Prevent It While You Dine
A recent increase in residential burglaries has been occurring in the city of Thousand Oaks and surrounding communities. These burglaries share some commonalities, including being located near open space. Recently, residential properties have been targeted that are typically near open spaces, or have large open spaces or hiking trails to the rear of the residence. […]
2018 Uniformed Crime Reports (UCR) Crime Statistics Countywide
In 2018, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office saw a 16-percent decrease in Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) crime statistics for Part 1 crimes (Homicide, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Theft and Arson) as compared to 2017. The data represents the information collected from the five contract cities and the unincorporated areas of the county. The Sheriff’s […]
