The conflagrations began downtown and quickly spread, with the most memorable attacks coming that afternoon at the intersection of Florence and Normandie. The Los Angeles Police Department, handicapped by the absence of its chief (Daryl Gates was...

Illegal immigrants will be spared. This edict made national news and Los Angeles became a major laughing stock - once again. Beck failed so miserably he should be ashamed to call himself police chief. Chief Daryl Gates was the last chief who made the...