It's Academic: Dec. 29, 2012

• Man arrested in connection with 6 San Fernando Valley sexual assaults in one day

  

• D4vd's cellphone contained large amount of underage pornography, LA County prosecutors say

  

• Fremont's new police chief to focus on reducing property crime, deadly crashes

  

• PSPCA looking for person of interest after puppies abandoned in Philadelphia

  

• Downtown Dallas ramps up for World Cup crowds as June rush nears

  

• Sebastopol farmworker housing tenants sue management alleging fraud

  

• Smoke from South Georgia wildfires spreads across 30,000 acres. See where they're all burning on our interactive map.

  

• Pal Joey's pizzeria in Chicago's west suburbs to close after 53 years