Wildlife has returned to Rush Creek years after L.A. was ordered to reduce water diversions. The comeback has a way to go, though. Why aren't the trout bigger?

In hopes of making it easier and more inviting for people to register to vote, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen released a new registration card Wednesday with simpler language, shorter sentences and larger print.

The doctor linked diseases to specific genes, established one of the nation's first departments of medical genetics and was one of the first to propose sequencing the human genome. He was 86.

Taking steps to distance herself from Michael S. Carona, Sandra Hutchens plans to recall the 400 shields given to civilian volunteers, many of whom are wealthy and influential.

About 200,000 would get the federal minimum wage, then receive back pay after a spending plan was enacted. But the state controller vows not to sign the order, and the matter could end up in court.

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The MTA votes today on putting a transit levy on the fall ballot. Parochial concerns could doom the effort.

Attorneys for Pierce O'Donnell believe he is being targeted for political reasons.

Educational Testing Service said Trabuco Hills High students were allowed to talk, use study aids and send text messages. A lawyer for some students files suit against the nonprofit.

The city, which has helped fund parcel's use by workers, pays $18,000 to Caltrans.

The vehicle was parked in an industrial area near Pico Rivera. There are no signs of foul play and the identity of the dead man, in his 70s, has not been released.

Leland Wong's lawyer says the former city commissioner is a victim of a 'steamroller of an investigation.

Prosecutors are looking into 7 more incidents allegedly involving Dr. Kevin Brown. He has been jailed and charged with sexually assaulting 8 patients.

Sidney Craig, who with his wife Jenny built the Jenny Craig weight loss program into a multimillion-dollar business based on a philosophy of moderation, with small-portioned meals, a balanced diet and regular physical exercise, has died. He was 76.

The girl was found unresponsive at the family home May 19. The cause of death was determined to be malnutrition. The mother and father are being held on $1-million bail.

Clinics, nursing homes and adult day care centers are among providers scrambling to fill the gap with funding from other sources.

State game wardens continued their search today for a bear that mauled a Kern County woman in a remote area east of Bakersfield, while hospital officals said the victim was resting comfortably after undergoing extensive surgery.

Sandra Hutchens appoints John Scott, of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, as undersheriff, and LAPD veteran Mike Hillmann as assistant sheriff.

City attorneys had warned that Eric Robinson could win even more if the case went to trial. He won his freedom after new DNA evidence was found.

Dylan Bradshaw, 15, collapsed in May during a practice at Northwood High in Irvine. The coroner's office announces the cause of death.

The 16-year-old is charged as an adult in the attack, which occurred at a home in Santa Ana.

Two teenage males approach the crowd she is sitting in and begin firing, apparently at a group of youths nearby, police say.

Authorities say the boy sprayed graffiti on MTA buses and trains across the Los Angeles region, causing at least $38,000 in damage.

TV and film studios jostle to win fans at the annual convention, which expects a crowd of at least 125,000 this year.