Stories matching tag 'Melissa Runnels'

Is the President’s new drug policy just more of the same?

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy released its new Drug Control Strategy for 2012. It spends about as much on incarceration as treatment. Some wonder whether that strategy works or whether a new approach is needed. [...]

South LA pocket park gets a facelift

Hoover Recreation Center got a $150,000 grant to improve and beautify its park. Thanks to contributions, the simple additions make the park much more welcoming. [...]

City redistricting battle may head to the courts

The L.A. Redistricting Commission voted late Wednesday to approve re-drawn city council maps. The new maps dramatically affect Council District 8 and 9 in South LA. [...]

South LA mom in drowning case under psychiatric evaluation

Lorna Valle, the South LA mother arrested on suspicion of drowning one daughter and attempting to drown another is under psychiatric evaluation. We have special coverage of the story, including an interview in Spanish with the Consul General of Guatemala who talks about his conversation with the mother. [...]

Demonstrators arrested in downtown anti-Wall Street protests

A march ends with the arrest of a group of anti-Wall Street protesters after they entered a downtown Bank of America on Thursday afternoon. [...]