MTA approves South L.A.-South Bay light-rail line

Some officials and residents, worried that problems encountered by other lines could be repeated on the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, want more of it built underground.

Metrolink's CEO could be moved aside

David R. Solow has been under pressure since last year's deadly Chatsworth crash. An interim chief may be named as early as today.

Cortines unveils plan to dismantle and rebuild Fremont High

City leaders and the U.S. secretary of education applaud L.A. superintendent's strategy, which includes getting rid of the staff and forming integrated hiring committees. The union president objects.

L.A. lawyer's shooting death in Rolling Hills Estates declared a homicide

Investigators are looking at Jeffrey Tidus' casework for a possible motive and have not ruled out anything from a targeted killing to an unplanned confrontation.

Polanski lawyer asks appeals panel in L.A. to toss original case

The justices are weighing whether a trial judge can consider the director's dismissal request without the filmmaker's return to California.

Final phase of Playa Vista approved

The Los Angeles Planning Commission OKs the 'centerpiece' of the development project. The Village would add 2,600 homes in addition to more offices, parks and retail space.

Water board moves to enforce ban on trash in L.A. River

Cities along the watershed are required by 2016 to keep all trash out of their storm drains. Those that don't comply will now be in violation of the federal Clean Water Act.

2 charged in huge Santa Barbara wildfire

The men failed to get a required permit and sparked the May blaze using gas-powered weed cutters to clear a trail, a prosecutor says.

Promised stairs to the sea are not all built

Coastal panel learns that in Orange and San Diego counties, 25% exist only on paper or are not open to the public.

Moreno Valley barbers win partial settlement of lawsuit alleging racial profiling

Five black-owned barbershops were raided by police and state agents in 2008. The settlement will require the state Board of Barbering and Cosmetology to adopt new rules against discrimination.

LAPD officer killed in motorcycle crash had been drinking at Police Academy bar

Officer Kenneth Aragon, 47, spent several hours celebrating at an unofficial but regular 'payday Wednesday' gathering. A police official says he had a blood-alcohol level well over the legal limit.

UC charges higher fees to broader range of graduate students

Future social workers, architects and urban planners will be considered 'professional' degree candidates and will be required to pay up to $8,000 more a year in additional fees.

Mystery deepens as no weapon is found by L.A. attorney's body

Sheriff's detectives say a coroner's autopsy should give them a better idea if the man was killed or took his own life outside his Rolling Hills Estates home.