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Devising a Plan B BY LEILONI DE GRUY, Staff Writer 01.JAN.09 Worried that the state budget crisis could cost the city millions in redevelopment funds, Compton looks for new ways to keep the city solvent.

The Compton Sheriff's Station held a "Gifts for Guns" event on Saturday. The event was held in the parking lot of a Ralph's supermarket on the 200 block of East Compton Boulevard.

Here's a look at some of the events happening around Southern California this weekend.

Authorities say two women were in critical condition and a third had moderate wounds after a shooting erupted inside a home in an unincorporated area near Compton Wednesday night.

Compton assigns funds to sobriety checkpoints BY LEILONI DE GRUY, Staff Writer 25.DEC.08 Concentrating mainly on holiday seasons and at a cost of $94,000, Compton initiative will last at least through ...

Motorists, be prepared for slick roadways today as forecasters predict back-to-back storms this week.

The Willowbrook Avenue development sits on 6.5 acres and is considered one of Compton's biggest redevelopment success stories.

EAT Cole's French Dip What: L.A.'s oldest saloon and sandwichery revitalized by Cedd Moses has a Neal Fraser remastered menu and Sasha Petraske and Eric Alperin classically stocked bar waiting for you.

Heavy exchange on a bullet market Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Haralon Hicks looks over some of the hundreds of weapons turned in last weekend during an annual holiday season exchange.

Compton will contribute only $100,000 to a multimillion dollar plan to make significant improvements to Compton Creek.

Prosecutors will once more consider the case of a driver whose cousin was killed this weekend while both were allegedly street racing.

Bludso's serves fantastic barbecue, says TonyC . "What cue this is!" There's beef brisket smoked with apple, hickory, and sometimes oak wood, for 13 to 15 hours.

A man killed in a racing crash early Sunday morning in Norwalk was identified, authorities.

Dec 7, 2008 9:38 pm US/Pacific COMPTON In yet another sign of a struggling economy, a record 965 firearms were taken out of circulation during Compton's annual "Gifts for Guns" program, the Sheriff's Department ...

Someone in Compton has stolen thousands of dollars worth of donations meant for injured U.S. troops.

The Ferraras had filled their motor home chest-deep with boxes of zip-up hoodies, underwear and eagle-emblazoned blankets -- a rolling trove of gifts intended for U.S. troops abroad.

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More guns were taken off the streets today during Compton's annual "Gifts for Guns" program, the Sheriff's Department reported.

In an effort to make the city of Compton a safer place, authorities on Saturday gave $100 gift cards to people who turned in firearms and $200 gift cards for assault weapons.