By Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times
The 2.8-square-mile area west of downtown has picked the mayor in every vote since 2001. This year, interviews suggest that it also shares the apathy and ambivalence of voters elsewhere in the city.
By Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times
More than 25% of gay or lesbian couples in the Utah capital and its outskirts are rearing children, a new study says. Among states, Mississippi is tops with 26%.
By Jason Song, Times Staff Writer
Zev Yaroslavsky advocates tearing down part of the Men's Central Jail and building a facility to house inmates who are mentally ill or addicted to drugs.
By Jeff Gottlieb, Los Angeles Times
Testimony reveals emails discussing pay and employment details with the doctor who administered the fatal dose of propofol to Michael Jackson.
By Richard Winton and Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times
Reyes 'Ray' Vega and two others are accused of staging a holdup in which a fake bomb was attached to the assistant manager.
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times
Respiratory therapists, nursing aides and surgical technicians are striking over staffing, pay and pension reform. Citing safety, a judge rules that about 450 employees cannot take part.
By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times
The utility would admit that it failed to prevent a company from installing cable on utility poles that sparked a blaze that burned 3,836 acres.
By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times
Deputies should try to gain the public's trust by focusing on gang intervention rather than relying on suppression, study says.
By Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times
In an unusual move, judge finds that Robert Redd feared for his life when he fired the shot that killed houseguest Joseph Rubalcaba in Pico Rivera in 2011. The ruling shocks the victim's family.
By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times
In an unusual show of unity, they're demanding that the healthcare provider come up with an alternate proposal and explain the reasons for rate increases.
By George Skelton
The Republican who dares to consider going up against Brown will have to do better than his mistaken example of the problems with inmate realignment.
By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times
Letters show inability of Southern California Edison and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to agree on a long-range repair plan for the facility, off-line since January 2012.
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
L.A. Unified reverses a decision that cost a top-performing campus about $300,000 in anti-poverty funding after parents found evidence of a bureaucratic error.
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times
As patient care workers plan a two-day walkout at the five facilities, UC says it will do everything possible to ensure patient safety.
By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times
'Working smarter' and reorganization can go only so far. It's not clear that the public is ready to make the investment.
By Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times
No museum officials or collectors involved in the Southern California probe have been indicted, and no seized objects have been returned to their countries.
By Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times
Boom-bust cycles leave the millennial generation more wary of credit card debt and more prone to thrifty lifestyles.
By David Zahniser and Maloy Moore, Los Angeles Times
By Saturday, the expenditures had exceeded $33 million, with outside money playing a dominant role heading into Tuesday's election. The biggest single donor is Working Californians, a pro-Greuel "super PAC."
By Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
L.A. mayor candidates Garcetti and Greuel have similar track records on city transportation problems, but there are a few notable differences.
By Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times
Incumbent Nancy Pearlman is being challenged for her L.A. Community College seat by David Vela, a political aide, in a low-profile race. The candidates have sharply different profiles.
By Steve Lopez
The weather should be nice (what else?) for Tuesday's municipal election, so roll out of bed and start humming Randy Newman. Maybe we'll hit 25% turnout.
By Michael Finnegan, Maeve Reston, Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times
The controller appears in South L.A. with Magic Johnson and Rep. Maxine Waters. The councilman, who leads in a new poll, warns workers not to take victory for granted.
By Nita Lelyveld, Los Angeles Times
For those who will live in the posh abodes, there'll be no need ever to come in contact with the grungier realities of Hollywood.
By Larry Gordon and Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times
The school's 'all hands on deck' effort to lure Arthur Toga and Paul Thompson from UCLA included money and the prospect of new collaborations, as well as less tangible personal perks.
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
Latest survey also shows 11% of likely voters still undecided, meaning the dynamics of the race could still shift before Tuesday's runoff.
By Mark Z. Barabak and Richard Simon, Los Angeles Times
Lawmakers and candidates are increasingly feeling they can accomplish more at the state level than in Washington, where many would be serving in the minority.
By Sandy Banks
There is no simple fix for disruptive behavior, but we owe it to struggling students to focus on ways to keep them in the classroom, not shut out of it.
By Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
Antonio Sanchez, 31, has the former, which has helped him attract big support from labor, while Monica Ratliff, 43, has the latter, making her the favorite of educators.
By Abby Sewell, Angel Jennings and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Marcel Melanson, once considered a charismatic department hero, pleads not guilty to stealing expensive radios while a battalion chief and denies setting a fire to cover up the theft.
By Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Business and labor groups have helped push spending on the Cedillo-Gardea race to more than four times that of previous campaigns in the small district near downtown.