By Ari B. Bloomekatz and Hector Becerra
A sense of kinship and progress in East Los Angeles as riders and residents celebrate the opening of the Gold Line extension. The area had long been among the most transit-dependent yet underserved.
By Larry Gordon
Some campuses are luring students away from UC and Cal State schools with grants and assurances.
By George Skelton
California's biggest statewide problem is -- and always has been -- how to share water. But it's really a local issue.
By John Hoeffel
The small city enforces a strict ordinance and eliminates the drama that plagues L.A.
By Martha Groves
Michael York, Richard Dreyfuss, Jason Alexander and hundreds of others lent their voices to quite a creation: a 79-CD, elaborate audio portrayal of the Old and New Testaments.
By Carla Rivera
The sleek, eco-friendly structure fits in with the neighborhood's historic architecture and hip demographic.
By Cara Mia DiMassa and Nicole Santa Cruz
LAPD officers had offered Flor Medrano a range of options to ensure her protection from a suspected abuser, but she refused and returned home. That evening, she was stabbed to death.
By Alejandro Lazo
The event, in its third year, is helping art fans to discover the city's somewhat obscure scene -- and its artists to find one another.
By Ann M. Simmons
Personal information on up to 355 applicants to the school in 2003, including Social Security numbers, was potentially accessible online until recently, the school says.
By Joel Rubin
Chief-designate Charlie Beck has been with the LAPD more than 30 years -- and learned from what he calls the department's 'dark days.' He hopes his ideas will infiltrate the very fiber of his officers
By Steve Lopez
The incoming mayor of Malibu says it's time to replace the septic tanks that are fouling the Malibu coast.
By Ari B. Bloomekatz
Wilshire or West Hollywood? As a subway extension draws closer to reality, the debate over the route intensifies.
By Mitchell Landsberg
The adversarial aura remains as students at Daniel Pearl journalism magnet high school and Birmingham charter high school settle into their new, segregated arrangement.
By Jean Merl
Linda Ackerman and Chris Norby appear to be front-runners among five candidates in Tuesday's 72nd Assembly District election. A majority vote for either would avoid a runoff, but that's unlikely.
By Ruben Vives
Friends, family and dignitaries pay tribute to the Long Beach girl.
By Cathleen Decker
The real political rift, a Times/USC poll reveals, is between east and west.
By Susan King
The 2009 Governors Awards are given to actress Lauren Bacall, 85; producer-director-writer Roger Corman, 83; and cinematographer Gordon Willis, 78.
By Yvonne Villarreal
A line is already snaking from Mann's Village and Bruin theaters as Twi-hards queue, most hoping for a glimpse of Robert Pattinson.
By Steve Harvey
Airborne reporters are still a big part of freeway commutes, but the job isn't as colorful as when the 'Ladybirds,' Cal Worthington and Max Schumacher were patrolling the skies.
By Baxter Holmes
The $898-million project is lauded at formal dedication ceremonies. The six-mile route goes from downtown L.A. through Boyle Heights and into East Los Angeles.
By Kate Linthicum
The 20-year-old who rocked ACORN with a series of secret videos addresses college students about guerrilla warfare.
By Paloma Esquivel
O.C. authorities round up teenagers and call their parents to stress curfew enforcement.
By Paul Pringle
But the inquiry into the blaze fails to address key questions about the agency's actions on Day 2.
By Baxter Holmes
Six foothill homes in in La Cañada Flintridge are damaged after a surprise downpour triggers a debris flow.
By Rich Connell
After receiving protests from thousands of riders, board members opted to review a range of possible alternatives to the ticket price increase.
By John Hoeffel
The latest version from the city attorney's office raises the idea of capping the number of dispensaries by council district. It also clarifies that edible marijuana products will be allowed.
By Sandy Banks
Pasadena's Bernard Melekian is moving to Washington, D.C., to become the national face of community policing.
By Andrew Blankstein
Sheriff's deputies say they saw the suspect posting 'Who is John Scott?' stickers in a downtown subway station. They say he is the oldest alleged street vandal ever captured.
By Seema Mehta
Blasting their horns while driving past City Hall, more than 400 big-rig drivers try to draw attention to new environmental rules that they say threaten their livelihoods.
By Michael Rothfeld
Governor will speak at Saban Center before heading to Iraq, aide says.
By Carol J. Williams
Manuel L. Real was entrusted with $33.8 million meant for victims of the late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos. A federal appeals court calls his accounting 'curious.'
By Maura Dolan
El Dorado County's chief prosecutor responds to three letters that the man accused of kidnapping and raping Jaycee Lee Dugard sent from jail to a Sacramento television station.
By Teresa Watanabe
Rental van was found with four flat tires, but searchers never located four German visitors who disappeared in 1996.
By David Kelly
Steve Di Memmo, the only council member to avoid indictment in a corruption probe this week, says the other councilmen shut him out because he 'wouldn't play the game.'
By Jason Song
To offset a budget shortfall of almost $500 million, Cortines also wants a 12% pay cut in the future.
By Dan Weikel and Eric Bailey
The governor ordered officials to seek federal money only for the proposed bullet train between San Francisco and San Diego. Rail advocates say the commuter line upgrades should take priority.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Workers without paid sick leave are often penalized for absences. Congress plans to consider legislation next week that would guarantee workers paid sick time.
By Victoria Kim
Federal authorities accuse Edis 'Eddie' Kayalar, a German national, of demanding $100,000 from the couple in exchange for a photo of their young daughter gagged and tied to a chair.
By Robert J. Lopez
The Boston man, 40, apparently hit the tail of a twin-engine plane as he jumped out the door and plunged several thousand feet to his death, crashing into a residential lot.
By Ari B. Bloomekatz
The six-mile light-rail extension, which cost $898 million, will open Sunday with free rides and entertainment.
By Jeff Gottlieb
The area on the Palos Verdes Peninsula has spectacular ocean views but also a history of landslides. Some residents are suing to block construction on the site.
By Baxter Holmes, Andrew Blankstein and Rich Connell
Police suspect the assailant climbed in a back window as they watched over her Mid-City apartment.
By Cara Mia DiMassa
Tables and chairs at the Bungalow, pitched as a takeout eatery, aren't sitting well with the district's residents.
By Michael Rothfeld
But he also disavows the proposed solutions as being illegal.
By Ann M. Simmons
They say the development of a 5,000-acre resort community in the Tehachapi Mountains would endanger the California condor, degrade air quality and add traffic to Interstate 5.
By David Kelly
Charges include money laundering, bribery, fraud, perjury, conspiracy and filing false federal documents, prosecutors said.
By Victoria Kim
A class-action lawsuit had been filed against Eden Memorial Park in Mission Hills alleging the disturbances of graves. The plaintiffs's attorney calls the state's investigation 'shoddy.'
By Esmeralda Bermudez
After more than 50 years on the radio, the disc jockey is still going strong, playing sentimental songs and taking dedications. His deep, soothing voice is cherished by his Latino listeners.
By Teresa Watanabe and Duke Helfand
It's never been easy for Muslims in the military, but as their ranks grow, the armed forces become more accommodating and families more accepting.
By Phil Willon
Public Counsel will offer the free service throughout Southern California and in more than 25 states, and will provide free legal representation in court as well as for administrative proceedings.
By Baxter Holmes
As the Station fire raged, Dave Jurasevich slept at the facility, working with firefighters to protect the site. Now he's seeking donations for repairs and to improve fire protection there.
By Jason Song
Guidelines for the Race to the Top money for states will be released Thursday. State legislators will have to scurry to make the application deadline.
By Larry Gordon
UC, CSU and community college campuses are well-regarded despite recent furloughs and reduced class offerings. Yet only 41% of those surveyed would support higher taxes to offset budget cuts.
By George Skelton
Transcripts of phone interviews with reporters show the once-and-possibly-future governor is as outspoken as ever. For a politics columnist, they make for fascinating, if somewhat guilty, reading.
By Cara Mia DiMassa
They say the recent report finding a 38% drop in the county's homeless population does not jibe with what they're seeing. They worry the report could cause a drop in much-needed fundraising.
By Ruben Vives
The LAPD asks the public for help in finding a man who allegedly raped, stabbed and beat his girlfriend on Halloween, pouring acid on her face and body to 'teach her a lesson.'
By Baxter Holmes
Steve Burton, who never served in the military, is accused of wearing medals he did not earn. The charge is a misdemeanor.
By Monte Morin
Police are seeking a man who has wielded a small-caliber revolver with his left hand during holdups of more than a dozen sandwich and retail shops in South L.A. in the last few weeks.
By Tony Barboza
The amount of land to be developed in the short term is reduced from 500 acres to 225 acres, and the number of soccer fields is trimmed from six to three. A lake plan is also shelved.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
Local officials hope that by declaring an emergency, they will be first in line for vaccines and other resources when available. But other counties and the state long ago made the same declarations.
By Andrew Blankstein
Cops are called when the superhero character allegedly hits a man. When officers arrive, they find four possible suspects. Zeroing in on the culprit, they arrest him on outstanding warrants.
By Andrew Blankstein
The former heavyweight champion alleges a paparazzo struck him in an apparent attempt to provoke him. The photographer says the former fighter hit him in the face.
By Robert J. Lopez
Youn Lee was driving under the influence of alcohol when he hit the 55 Freeway center divider. Ryan Dallas Cook rear-ended Lee's vehicle and was killed. Lee then fled to South Korea.
By Louis Sahagun
At an emotional meeting, a state panel imposes the landmark restrictions to help restore species, catches of which have dropped up to 95%. The plan was forged out of contentious negotiations.
By Carol J. Williams
Given the state moratorium on executions and an appeals process that can last for decades, inmates can expect to live a long time, and with privileges other prisoners lack.