In 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order leading to a possible reduction in phone charges at Los Angeles County jails. Inmates won't find out until next week whether or not they'll be charged less for phone calls across the board. The order issued by the FCC isn't set to take effect until June [...]
Recently, three women thwarted an individual's attempt at date rape at a Los Angeles restaurant. According to reports, the three women were dining at The Fig in Santa Monica when they noticed a man drop something into his date's drink when she got up to use the restroom. The women immediately alerted the lady in [...]
A couple weeks back, witnesses report that a small dog hopped out of a minivan on East First Street in Los Angeles. The driver then got out himself, pursued and captured the dog, then proceeded to punch it and slam it against the sidewalk until it died. One of the witnesses took a picture of [...]
It's a police officer's job to protect us, sometimes from each other, and sometimes from ourselves ("click it or ticket," anyone?). It's easy to sit back and assume one will act accordingly when the need arises, but when circumstances are such that doing their job requires a police officer to put themselves in significant danger, [...]
Community involvement is important to everyone, and that's why we at SCV Bail Bonds decided to sponsor the Bad News Bears of the Palmdale Little League. Children's sports organizations, whether local or national, provide a fun and engaging environment where kids can interact with their peers, learn to work as a team, foster leadership qualities [...]
Recently, the LAPD has been cracking down on the misuse of parking placards. According to officers, police have confiscated over 500 illegal handicapped parking placards from motorists in the past 7-months. Some of the placards have been made of paper, while others have been obvious fakes or from out-of-state. Some of the placards police collected [...]
It's time for the County of Los Angeles Cinco De Mayo 2016 celebration! For those who aren't aware, Cinco de Mayo means the 5th of May, and it marks the date that Americans like to commemorate Mexico's defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1862. Often, people here in the US [...]
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Wednesday, April 27th is Denim Day at the Santa Clarita Domestic Violence Center. Denim Day is a day when women the world over are obliged to wear denim jeans in support of victims of domestic violence. Denim Day was started by the organization Peace Over Violence as a reaction to [...]
As many of you are well-aware, Proposition 47 was passed in November of 2014 with the intention of provided much needed relief to California's dangerously overcrowded prison system. Under the proposition, several commonly-committed, yet nonviolent felonies were reduced to misdemeanors with penalties that included less time behind bars. In needing to house fewer criminals, the [...]
Cities across the county are taking measures to help curb the rising crime rates across Los Angeles. While the San Fernando Valley has enlisted the help of volunteer patrols to be the eyes and ears of the LAPD, Manhattan Beach amps up deterrence with the installation of license-plate reading cameras. This fall, 7 license-plate reading [...]
