- NASCAR's Greg Biffle to ride on Rose Parade float
- Paramount Chairman Brad Grey's contract extended through 2017
- Simon Cowell blames other judges for 'X Factor' voting snafu
- 'The Biggest Loser' season 12 finale
- A tech geek's guide to the 2011 Geminid meteor shower
- What is President Obama watching on TV?
- Elevator accident kills woman in Manhattan; such events are rare
- Jennifer Bjorklund, KNBC reporter and anchor, leaves
- Theft of veterans' plaques (sad but true) could be federal crime
- Chris Kaman talks about Chris Paul trade rumors
- Army identifies victims of Washington's double helicopter crash
- Music review: Philharmonia Baroque 'Messiah' at Disney Hall
- NFL signs TV deals worth billions with Fox, NBC and CBS
- 'Batman' producer Peter Guber sells Bel-Air home
- T-Mobile to bring Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone to U.S. in January
- Stanford picks architect for art collection's $30.5-million home
- Not Just for Kids: 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone' -- the movie
- USC football: Matt Kalil, Robert Woods voted AP All-Americans
- Who should be the next coaches for the Chiefs and Dolphins?
- Foster the People sets 2012 dates, with Gibson Amphitheatre stop
- Despite iPad 3 rumors, holiday sales of iPad 2 expected to soar
- Barbara Walters' fascinating people: Derek 'Gift Basket' Jeter
- Jonti & Jonwayne drop track ahead of Low End Theory appearance
- Nets closing in on deal for Dwight Howard
- Mexico archaeologists may have found 1st Pyramid of Sun offering
- The impressive return of the Pharcyde's SlimKid3
- On conducting: Bernard Labadie is all Mozart this week in L.A.
- 'I do' not? Marriage rates at record low, Pew analysis finds
- SAG Awards: Jonah Hill is 'doing well as dramatic actor'
- Photos: 'The Biggest Loser' season 12 finale
- SAG Awards: Why 'Homeland' was snubbed for 'Harry's Law'
- SAG Awards: Double nominee Glenn Close is having a 'wonderful' day
- 'All-American Muslim': Kayak calls show terrible, apologizes to customers
- Obama to deliver State of the Union address on Jan. 24
- UCLA football: Jim Mora hires three assistant coaches
- Academy names its shortlist of 10 live-action shorts
- The Find: Bistro Orient restaurant and El Chile Grande
- 2011 year in review: Best in classical music
- Matisyahu ditches the beard, promises a year of rebirth
- L.A.'s greatest sports moments No. 8: Lakers finally beat Celtics
- Lindsay Lohan 'likes to come here and see me,' judge teases
- Photo Gallery: Screen Actors Guild nominations
- California consumer confidence falls
- SAG Awards: Christopher Plummer on 'wonderful' honor for 'Beginners'
- 'Glee' recap: Christmas special wraps up sweetness and sad
- SAG Awards: Demian Bichir on his surprise nomination
- 'Weekend Handmade': Do-it-yourself floral luminarias
- Time magazine marks a year of turmoil with 'The Protester'
- Rick Neuheisel: Jim Mora will have a good UCLA team next year
- Most Americans plan to cut spending on dining, entertainment, homes
- Holmgren: Colt McCoy wasn't checked for concussion during game
- Boys' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Girls' basketball: Tuesday scores
- Facebook's top political stories: from Occupy to the ‘dougie’
- SAG Awards: A wake-up call for 'J. Edgar' actor Armie Hammer
- Shepard Fairey designs 'Person of the Year' for Time magazine
- SAG Awards: Melissa McCarthy, Judd Apatow talk 'Bridesmaids' noms
- SAG Awards: Patrick J. Adams awoke to 'Suits' surprise
- Solar industry booming, but problems loom
- Top U.S. CEOs still cautious about economic recovery
- Millions of young adults getting coverage under new healthcare law
- Holiday Shopping: Cozy knits for guys and dolls
- Consumer Confidential: Holiday travel, higher airfares, Acura redux
- 'The Biggest Loser': A risky gamble pays off for John Rhode
- Elizabeth Taylor's jewelry fetches record $115 million at auction
- SAG Awards: Meet 'Albert Nobbs,' 'Kevin' and 'The Iron Lady'
- SAG Awards: No love for Andy Serkis' digital acting in 'Apes'
- SAG Awards: How have the nominees fared at the box office?
- Did a prisoner once sign a contract to play pro baseball?
- SAG Awards: The Weinstein Co. leads the studio race
- SAG Awards: Sleepy Michelle Williams on strenuous 'Marilyn' turn
- Senate rejects dueling balanced budget amendments
- Euro falls as concerns about European deal grow
- Boys' basketball: Muir is off to a 5-0 start
- Late Night: Jon Stewart on 'All-American Muslim' controversy
- Cremation rates soar in difficult economy
- Who is Yu Darvish? The U.S. is about to find out ... well, maybe
- Maurice Sendak picks some of Hanukkah's greatest menorahs
- SAG Awards: Slew of 'film actors' recognized for television work
- Consumer protections lagging for mobile payments, report says
- Ron Paul says he's 'peaking at the right time'
- Fashion News: Rooney Mara's premiere style; Liz Taylor's jewels
- Clippers land All-Star Chris Paul
- SAG Awards: TV surprises and snubs
- New signs of trouble for Goldman Sachs
- Curiosity for Rent: '80s Pop in Koreatown
- SAG Awards: 'Midnight in Paris' nom 'validates Woody Allen'
- Panetta sees 'turning point' in Afghanistan conflict
- SAG Award nominations feature 'Mildred Pierce'
- Batch Restaurant & Bar to open next week in Culver City
- Boys' basketball: The rise of freshman Roy Hemsley
- The Morning Fix: 'Help' cleans up in SAG noms! FCC lowers volume.
- SAG Awards: Who should win the ensemble honor?
- West Virginia pastor hopes to turn strip joint into a church
- Gus Malzahn returns home as new Arkansas State coach
- Can I recycle fireplace ash?
- Monster Mash: Getty Museum exit; Nicole Scherzinger and 'Phantom'
- SAG Awards: 'Artist' star Bérénice Bejo on hectic awards season
- L.A. Times December MMA rankings
- NYPD mourns first officer fatally shot on duty in 4 years
- SAG Awards: Does 'Bridesmaids' love up comedy's Oscar chances?
- SAG Awards: Oscars' best-picture race now in focus — or is it?
- Frugal Fashion: Brooklyn Decker goes gold for the CNN Heroes
- Seattle's Space Needle at 50: The rush job is holding strong
- SAG Awards: Demián Bichir, Armie Hammer among surprise nominees
- SAG Awards: Crowd-pleasing films 'The Help,' 'Bridesmaids' score big
- SAG Awards: TV nominations are announced
- Legislature to hold hearing on UC Davis pepper-spraying
- Key moments in history at Space Park campus in Redondo Beach
- An early look at 'Rock of Ages,' with Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise
- Roadside bomb kills local Afghan official who fought drug trade
- Body of woman found at home of gunman in Belgian grenade attack
- Jimmy Kimmel YouTube challenge: 'I gave my kids a terrible present'
- George Clooney joins L.A. cast of Prop. 8 play
- Slamdance announces films for 2012 festival
- Indonesian 'punks' get their heads shaved by police
- Bert Schneider dies at 78; 'Easy Rider' producer
- Audit faults state health officials on Medi-Cal oversight
- One in 4 women has been harmed by an intimate partner, CDC says
- Federal grand jury is investigating Solyndra, court records show
- Golden Globe nominations set to be announced
- Obama administration wins plaudits from healthcare law critics
- Quick Takes: Gift to Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
- Debating electric cars; Michael Kinsley on the class war; and Newt Gingrich on the Palestinians
- Paul Allen to build behemoth plane for space launches
- Is there any room left in L.A. for the Lakers?
- NCAA's stipend plan for athletes challenged by schools
- Broadcom sees more demand for chips, raises 4th-quarter outlook
- UCLA Coach Jim L. Mora is building his staff
- Mitt Romney wins support of Iowa super-volunteer
- Republicans will dare Obama to veto bill that spares Pentagon budget
- New Justice Department unit to fight tech crimes, identity theft
- A United States of Europe?
- Southwest Airlines orders 150 new jetliners from Boeing
- What stinks in D.C.
- Republican chase is on for New Hampshire's independents
- It's about time that FDA took action against Lap-Band billboards
- The Writers: Yasmina Reza climbs inside 'Carnage'
- UCLA women fall to LSU, 58-41
- L.A. school board ends preference practice at charter schools
- California DUI deaths drop to record low
- Bashar Assad in the balance
- Bert Schneider dies at 78; 'Easy Rider' producer
- Polls give Obama the early edge over Romney, Gingrich
- USC's Matt Kalil and Robert Woods are selected to AP All-America first team
- USC, UCLA could play for national title in women's volleyball
- Mother sues Allentown officer who used Taser on her daughter
- Father of 3 shot to death in Arcadia-area home
- Having to think about the unthinkable
- At Nixon library, the old game of hardball against a new view of Watergate
- It's witchcraft: Christine O'Donnell endorses Mitt Romney
- Ron Paul says he's 'peaking at the right time'
- Chris Paul deal could be a turning point for Clippers
- At Ft. Bragg, Obama welcomes troops home from Iraq
- Ducks defeat Phoenix Coyotes, 4-1, as Nik Hagman scores twice
- Jamaican resort's naked nuptials
- Mitt Romney continues feud with Newt Gingrich
- Occupy Newt? Gingrich event in Iowa disrupted by protest
- Book review: 'Holidays in Heck' by P.J. O'Rourke
- '30 Open Doors'
- Fewer people are getting married; how does marriage affect health?
- Having to think about the unthinkable
- It's about time that FDA took action against Lap-Band billboards
- Southland home sales rise 4.2% in November from a year earlier
- Sierra Canyon's Tyler Stewart is an impact player
- Blue Shield coverage of care at UCLA medical centers may end
- Former ICE agent convicted on federal charges
- Rick Perry launches bus tour in late-stage Iowa effort
- Wednesday Travel Ticker: Ski season ramps up
- Runner Lopez Lomong's banner achievement
- Up next for the Kings: Thursday at Columbus
- Wednesday's TV talk shows
- Fed puts off any new policy action until 2012
- Bernard Labadie's DIY path to becoming a conductor
- L.A. council members call for more control over housing authority
- Smoking? Not exercising? Here are some tips to get you through the holidays
- 'Batman' producer Peter Guber sells Bel-Air home
- New report criticizes industry, regulators in Gulf oil spill
- Gingrich aide out after 'cult of Mormon' remark
- FDA accuses 1-800-GET-THIN of using misleading Lap-Band ads
- Will Call
- At FedEx, no elves but plenty of workers and tech to move gifts
- Russ Stanton stepping down as Los Angeles Times editor
- PIECE OFFERING
- L.A. fires animal shelter worker over his euthanasia practices
- L.A. won't put LAPD on Google's cloud-based email system
- Lakers upset with Chris Paul's trade to Clippers
- Has America grown numb to concussions in sports?
- Break glass with emergency bricks? Really?
- Hark! No caroling at the post office, advocacy group warns
- Saying no to Arizona
- The payroll tax fight and government by brinkmanship
- Wednesday's TV highlights
- L.A. Unified's grade-school game
- With illegal immigrants in mind, LAPD to change impound rules
- NFL Thursday night preview: Falcons at Jaguars
- Fast Track: George Clooney takes on Proposition 8
- Bird advocates urge mandatory standards for wind energy projects
- Clippers shed bumbling label by landing Chris Paul
- Ranking the bowl games, from a viewing perspective
- Federal use of aerial sharpshooters to kill wolves draws fire
- Concord De La Salle coach doesn't mind the pressure
- On Location: Venice Beach rides Hollywood wave
- 'Holidays in Heck' info
- Space Park in Redondo Beach will get the star treatment
- $1 billion in California budget cuts to kick in soon
- Bergamot Station throwing open its doors to art lovers
- NTSB urges national ban on cellphone use when driving
- Gingrich punches back after conservative credentials questioned
- American Queen steamboat will be rollin' on the river again
- Los Angeles County seeks more amnesty for ticketed drivers
- Ron Paul shows strength ahead of Iowa caucuses
- Gulf reopens to drilling, Victoria Principal aids fight to block it
- Ryan Seacrest's potential move to 'Today' puts NBC on alert
- UCLA basketball hits a win streak
- Polls give Obama the early edge over Romney, Gingrich
- For the record - Dec. 14, 2011
- Football: No mud at Home Depot Center this weekend
- Boys' basketball: L.A. Windward upsets No. 4 La Verne Lutheran
- Football: Troy Williams, Robert Lewis named City players of the year
- After long wait, Teemu Selanne returns to Winnipeg
- Wednesday's Highlights: 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation' on CBS
- Wednesday's Talk Shows
- All Christmas all the time on TV
- 2 students dead in clash with Mexico police
- Clippers re-engage in trade talks for Chris Paul
- 'Jolly Rancher' Darryl Sutter praised by former players
- Wal-Mart investigating its overseas operations, SEC filing says
- Marine Corps apologizes for Purple Heart Christmas mixup
- Pipeline safety bill clears Congress, headed to president
- Cuno on Bomford's departure and hiring a new museum director
- Hulu launches Latino service with Spanish-language programming
- Fox files notice to appeal Dodgers TV ruling
- Actors unions move closer to reaching merger agreement
- Best of film 2011: Kenneth Turan
- Facebook users can report suicidal behavior with new online tool
- Opinion: Government: The FCC moves to shush loud commercials
- Katie Couric splits with much younger boyfriend, Brooks Perlin
- Opinion: The solution to the problem of controversial license plates: Get rid of them
- Key scenes: 'Moneyball,' 'The Descendants,' 'Coriolanus,' 'The Ides of March,' 'The Artist'
- This week's on-sales: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Cypress Hill Smokeout, Lauryn Hill and more
- Theater review: 'Christmas Thrills and High Adventure!'
- Kindle Fire customers irked, but sales still expected to be huge
- Facebook alleges 'shakedown,' wants Paul Ceglia lawsuit dismissed
- Composer-arranger Roger Neill lists Studio City home for $1.499 million
- L.A., Long Beach port truck fleet to get younger, cut pollution
- Christiane Amanpour out, George Stephanopoulos in at 'This Week'
- Is Lindsey Vonn dating Tim Tebow?
- Lindsay Lohan misses a plane home, then misses her 'Ellen' taping
- Former dissident sworn in as Tunisia's president
- Football: Coverage is set for CIF state championship bowl games
- Matt Damon: Ben Affleck is his 'hetero lifemate'
- California commission calls Bernard Hopkins-Chad Dawson fight a no-contest
- On Location: Venice Beach rides Hollywood wave
- Opinion: No coal in this CEO's stocking
- Postal Service delays closing processing centers and post offices
- Webkinz children's site is subject of complaint to FTC
- Cellphone ban while driving? The tragedies behind the issue
- State Treasurer Lockyer quits pension advisory panel in protest
- Is 'Glee' entering its awkward phase?
- Band's video of life-size Angry Birds and Fruit Ninja goes viral
- Boys' basketball: Anthony January cleared to play for Taft
- 2011 year in review: Best in jazz
- Donald Trump bows out as GOP debate moderator
- Dodgers announce first 15 non-roster invitees for spring training
- Opinion: Corporations deserve rights too
- Howie Mandel is ready to deal — for $7.25 million
- Country Music Hall of Fame gets $10 million from Country Music Assn.
- Holiday Shopping: See some of the items in our Fairy Tale Gift Guide
- 2011 year in review: Best in theater
- Test photo gallery
- Jennifer Lopez named 'world’s greatest musical comeback act' -- seriously
- If guilty, should Ryan Braun be allowed to keep the MVP award?
- New Justice Department unit to fight tech crimes, identity theft
- Jerry Brown slashes higher education spending, disabled services
- DeAndre Jordan at media day, Chauncey Billups expected tomorrow
- Billionaire Paul Allen launches new commercial space company
- Opinion: Pornification of private parts: A new body dysmorphic disorder?
- 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' in London: Rooney Mara cleans up
- Shawn Langdon replaces Larry Dixon on NHRA top-fuel team
- Vegas tour helicopter climbed, turned before crashing, NTSB says
- Google's Street View shows Japan before and after tsunami
- Texas police officer charged with murder in wife's shooting
- 'Leap of Faith' adds Christopher Ashley as director for Broadway
- The quest for the 'God particle': Tiny matter, big cliffhanger
- Roger Corman: Hollywood's original low-budget superhero
- U.S. plans major shift to advisory role in Afghanistan
- Lap-Band maker issues own advertising guidelines
- Prostitute's remains found; case triggered serial-killer search
- James Murdoch received email warning of phone hacking 'nightmare scenario'
- FDA's 1-800-GET-THIN warning follows L.A. County official's complaint
- Penn State scandal: Senators demand stronger child abuse laws
- MGM focused on international TV, even while making movies
- Cellphone use while driving can kill, NTSB says, urging full ban
- Issa questions administration on Occupy D.C. encampment
- Russian Burger King ad with tattoos, unicorns goes viral
- Israeli leadership outraged at Jewish extremists' raid on army site
- Football: Kawan Rally is West Valley League MVP
- Fed, more upbeat about economy, leaves monetary policy unchanged
- Gunman shoots, hurls grenades into crowd in Belgium, kills 3