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Protect Your Cell Phone From Theft
The Los Angeles County Sheriff says cell phone theft is on the rise. But there are ways to protect your phone.

Anthea Raymond is a journalist and educator who has lived in Silver Lake since 2002.
Her reports have been heard on National Public Radio for over twenty years.
She has taught communications history and audio production at UCLA, USC, and Hunter and Santa Monica colleges.
A former LA Press Club president, she has a JD and an MBA from UCLA, and was the first senior editor at KPCC.
At KPCC, she supervised a team of award winning journalists including Frank Stoltze, John Rabe, Adolfo Guzman Lopez and Ilsa Setziol for almost two years.
She has also served as a Show Editor at NPR's News and Notes--the network's ground-breaking show on the African-American experience--and the Senior Producer of Bloomberg Politically Speaking.
A graduate of Palisades High, she has taught kayaking at UCLA's Marina Aquatic Center for many years.
She was one of the founding members of the Edendale Library Friends Society (ELFS) in 2004. She produced several benefits for the group at the Echo and Echoplex.
Raymond has also served on the advisory board of the Echo Park Recreation Center.
She is the eldest of six siblings, and the daughter of Joseph Raymond, former Associate Director of UCLA Medical Center.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff says cell phone theft is on the rise. But there are ways to protect your phone.

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The men were apprehended at Belmont Avenue and Clinton Street after a chase after police stopped what they believed to be a stolen vehicle.
Click through to see the amazing mix of venues and live music at the 2nd annual Echo Park Rising coming Saturday. There are even DJs and house music at Blue Collar Dog.
Power was fully restored just after 10 p.m. Tuesday.
Scott McKenzie died Saturday at his home in Silver Lake.
This nearby performing arts academy is ranked among Flavorpill's most "beautiful and imaginative public schools in the world."
Burglaries have spiked this summer in Silver Lake, Echo Park and Los Feliz. Protect yourself with some sensible strategies.
The city council was expected to vote on the following motion Friday.
The band, which started its career at clubs in Silver Lake, claimed the campaign played its "Panic Switch" at a rally without permission.
Police hope to release a composite sketch shortly.
About 125 of the intensely curious combed the project site Thursday.
Giselle Nguyen would have traveled with it to the world championships of kayak polo in Poland next month. She is offering a $200 reward for information leading to its return.
The Echo Park based group includes professionals and businesses from Silver Lake and Downtown L.A. too.
A new sign appeared early this week above PETA's West Coast headquarters in Echo Park.
The sale will apparently not affect the opening of the new gastropub Mess Hall at the historic landmark.
State senor Kevin DeLeon, who recently moved his field office to Echo Park, authored SB 1201.
The cast and crew of the NBC reality series "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" will be near the Silver Lake Rec Center Tuesday.
It happened around 8:15 p.m. in the 800 block of North Occidental Boulevard in Silver Lake.
You can see them on the MyHistoricLA website, created by the city for input to its landmark historic resources survey.