The controversy over Erwin Chemerinsky has not hindered the institution, as some predicted. The 'dream team' faculty has been praised by legal experts and educators.

Actor Verne Troyer dropped his $20-million lawsuit against a celebrity sex-tape broker and an adult film distributor Friday after they agreed not to market a video of him having sex with a former girlfriend.

Foot massage parlors in Los Angeles County are feeling pinched as officials step up licensing enforcement.

A blog ridicules the mayor for asking a troop to stop selling on a busy corner. A new solicitation law approved after the incident only adds to hard feelings.

Citing increased interest in national politics and the important issues facing immigrants and Latinos, nine organizations announce a nonpartisan effort to register up to 2 million new voters.

After a boy stole the collection plate, the congregation at Holman United Methodist Church starts Jobs for Kids to reach out to teens.

A warrant is issued for his arrest after he flees from an Orange County courthouse just before a jury finds him guilty on seven counts.

Jessica Cosby is used to snickers and raised eyebrows when someone asks what she does for a living.

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Huffington, father to former Rep. Michael Huffington, also served as ambassador to Austria.

L.A. Unified submitted a flawed environmental impact report, ruling says. District must now consider other sides and gather community opinion.

Mayor works with charter-school advocates to get measure on ballot.

A federal judge says California's water-export system puts the fish in great jeopardy. But he denied the remedies suggested by environmentalists for 'scientific and evidentiary' reasons.

A man and woman are hospitalized with the disease, authorities say. Blood donations reveal two others with infections but no symptoms.

The survey shows that 51% of 672 likely voters oppose Proposition 8, the November ballot measure that would amend the state Constitution to define marriage as only between a man and woman.

Redondo Beach police get a lucky break in identifying the pedestrian struck by a car while running across Pacific Coast Highway.

Bailiff gave jurors new information about a gun during deliberations.

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Uri Mandelbaum admitted avoiding nearly $300,000 in federal taxes because of donations he made to the Spinka sect that were mostly refunded to him. He could face 10 years in prison.

Robert M. DeHaven, a World War II fighter ace who downed 14 enemy planes in the Pacific and later became a test pilot and executive with Hughes Aircraft, died July 10 at a hospital near his home in Encino after a long illness. He was 86.

A Sydney-bound plane's 347 passengers, 20 crew members and all of their bags are removed from the aircraft and examined by TSA and FBI officials. The six-hour search turns up no explosives.

Investigation continues into how a freight train struck a man on the tracks in Grand Terrace.

It's unclear if the Riverside man was killed in the crash or dead beforehand.

Broker and distributor forbidden to sell the video without the 'Austin Powers' actor's consent.

The man demanded reimbursement for a pair of trousers he said were damaged in the eatery's restroom, police said.

Fire began above Hastings Ranch Drive and burned into the Angeles National Forest, away from homes. Three youths are being questioned.

A brush fire in Tujunga has burned up to 15 acres, said d'Lisa Davies of the Los Angeles Fire Department.