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Every victim of an unsolved homicide deserves to have a reward offered for information leading to capture and conviction of the killer or killers, according to a victims' advocate and mother of a murdered 16-year-old girl. | Related: Money rarely useful in solving crimes | Database: Rewards offered for information leading to conviction

There's a beauty pageant of sorts taking place in our fair land these days. Perhaps "beauty" is a poor choice of words.

What do Linda Hecht of Redlands, Laureen Pittman of Riverside and Joy Brown Meredith of Palm Springs have in common?

When students return to Rowland Elementary on Aug. 19, they'll find that one of the district's oldest schools has been transformed into the newest, thanks to a $3 million renovation over the past six months.
Photo gallery: Remodeled Rowland Elementary

Offering financial rewards to the public in exchange for help in solving violent crimes seems like an effective crime-fighting tool that would appeal to a common human desire for personal profit. However, rewards are rarely useful in solving crimes. | Database: Rewards offered for information leading to conviction

From January 2008 to April 2013, 372 rewards were offered by the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for information leading to the conviction of a suspect or suspects in criminal cases. Of those, only 15 have been paid out.

MONROVIA -- A police officer was involved in a crash late Friday while speeding to assist other officers detain a group of men accused of attacking another man and robbing him of a skateboard earlier in the day, officials said.

GLENDORA -- A grass fire along the 210 Freeway in Glendora grew to more than an acre in size and threatened a home Saturday before firefighters beat back the flames, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES - In a telephone interview Friday from the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail, a man who once posed as a member of the Rockefeller family and was convicted for his role in a 1985 San Marino bludgeoning murder said he could prove his innocence.

ALTADENA - The yesteryears of a tight-knit eastside Los Angeles community will be brought to the forefront today by about 400 people in Altadena.