- California posts strong job growth in November, adds 44,300 jobs
- Football: Bakersfield wins first state title in 86 years
- Football: Bakersfield leads 28-17 at halftime
- Clippers' Matt Barnes to play against Denver
- Live review: Chance the Rapper trips out at Club Nokia
- Getty among beneficiaries of massive Roy Lichtenstein Foundation gift
- I-15 tour bus crash: Van Nuys woman identified as sole fatality
- Bitcoin donations welcome, Newport Beach City Council candidate says
- Third body in year's span found at mixed-waste plant in Industry
- Target faces lawsuits, state probes after customer data breach
- Passenger traffic at LAX to rise 8% for Christmas holiday
- George W. Bush tries to paint over a failed presidency
- UCLA's Eric Kendricks, Bruins' leading tackler, to miss Sun Bowl
- Up next for Lakers: Saturday at Golden State
- Twitter shares are soaring, but can the rally last?
- Man-to-man coverage of L.A.'s NBA style
- Ways for the Dodgers to juice up their off-season profile
- 5 things you need to know about California's November jobs report
- Daft Punk strikes a chord with its retro-funky 'Get Lucky'
- John Mayer surprises Katy Perry on 'Ellen,' responds to 'Bound 2'
- Holiday buying surge may make December biggest month for auto sales
- Lakers pull out a victory over the Timberwolves, 104-91
- Tips for smart spending during holiday travel
- Justin Bieber emulates Frank Sinatra at 'Believe' premiere
- Jon Stewart brings John Oliver to tears on 'Daily Show' sendoff
- In ancient tradition, Iranians celebrate winter solstice
- Downhill skiers test jacket containing air bags that deploy in falls
- Ronda Rousey can take out reality show frustration on Miesha Tate
- Judge orders Oakland hospital to keep brain-dead girl on life support
- Football: CIF state bowl games ready to kick off
- When will the Lakers get their point guards back?
- Kate Upton, Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann scheme in 'Other Woman' trailer
- Little Saigon radio host and entertainer Viet Dzung dies
- Probe into Secret Service misconduct finds no widespread problem
- Missing POW's remains returned to his widow 63 years after his death
- Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg donates nearly $1 billion to charity
- Stolen Target credit cards available on black markets everywhere
- Shazam iPhone app updated to listen for songs, shows automatically
- Las Vegas Bowl: USC looks to end topsy-turvy season on an upswing
- St. John Bosco showing that off-season work can pay off in long run
- Football: Greg Gano is new coach at Wilson
- Trial could keep infamous San Diego rapist behind bars
- President Obama promises 'year of action' in 2014
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky pardon: A PR stunt that could backfire on Putin
- Sex, gluttony and hoarding marked evolution of flowering plants
- Affordable luxury brands are booming in popularity
- In-flight cell solution: Phone booths on planes?
- Modesto Central Catholic, Bakersfield win state bowl games
- Italy: Wine, food and photo tour
- What's driving L.A. Unified's better test scores?
- 'Saving Mr. Banks': B.J. Novak on the 'nightmare' of writers' rooms
- Best of 2013: Christopher Knight picks Charles Reiffel, John Divola
- Lebanese singer stirs controversy with 'love' of Hezbollah chief
- Spanish government moves to restrict access to abortion
- SeaWorld uses newspaper ads to strike back at 'Blackfish' charges
- Kobe Bryant climbs to second in the NBA in jersey sales
- Football: Central Catholic repeats as state bowl champion
- Baseball: Pitcher Aaron Pinto commits to Stony Brook
- Congress adds air tankers to Forest Service fleet
- New Bel-Air mansion reflects resurgence of behemoth L.A. homes
- Best of 2013: Randall Roberts picks Daft Punk, Earl Sweatshirt
- Poll: Two thirds of Americans say Afghan war not worth fighting
- Football: Central Catholic up 15-14 at halftime
- Obama: Farewell to a bad 2013, bring on 2014
- New York: Theater tours conjure spirits of Broadway
- L.A. Now Live: Deceit within the Chacon political dynasty
- Target CEO promises free credit monitoring, 10% discount after breach
- Flamingos evade effort to remove them from Hollywood Park
- Iran threatens counter measure to Senate's proposed new sanctions
- Will Overstock.com be bitcoin's great liberator?
- Ally Financial pays $98 million to settle auto lending bias probe
- Metro rail stations are being planned with design in mind
- USC falters late in 72-71 loss to Long Beach State
- Why boycott the Israelis?
- And the budget winner is ... the defense sector.
- The only thing Kings' Martin Jones loses is his shutout
- Best of 2013: Chris Barton picks Matana Roberts, Cécile McLorin Salvant
- 'Core' of Obamacare is working, president says
- Emerging from D.C.'s trenches to forge a budget deal
- Landon Donovan top vote-getter on all-time U.S. soccer team
- Video: The ladies of 'Downton Abbey' talk new season
- L.A. Councilman Huizar accused of groping woman in 2005
- Gift pick No. 45: David Weidman's midcentury screen prints
- Up next for Kings: Saturday vs. Colorado
- Clippers' Matt Barnes to play Saturday against Denver Nuggets
- Britain agrees to destroy part of Syria's chemical stockpile
- Fisher-Price's iPad baby seat just doesn't compute
- Grocer Aldi to open stores, regional headquarters in California
- UCLA vs. Duke basketball: Krzyzewski and Alford have their say
- Apparent homeless man found shot to death in Riverside park
- Best of 2013: Laura Bleiberg picks BodyTraffic, 'Rite of Spring'
- Vegas hypnotist will bring out your inner Strip dweller
- 'Duck Dynasty's' Phil Robertson: Five more debate-worthy quotes
- Watch Kings goalie Martin Jones thwart San Jose's Tommy Wingels
- Daytime proved too challenging for Katie Couric
- Soccer opens up a new world to an American living in Afghanistan
- Men's rights groups flood Occidental with bogus sex assault reports
- MOCAtv launches Web comedy series 'Ambiance Man'
- TV ratings: 'X Factor' finale falls 45% from a year ago
- Border officer convicted of helping smugglers of pot and immigrants
- Grinch-like weather plagues holiday getaway rush, again
- Google celebrates 100 years of crossword puzzles with doodle
- Boys' basketball: Chino Hills is rising fast
- Milk studies compound debate over what type to drink
- Lamborghini's 610-horsepower Huracan will succeed Gallardo
- Bill Gates plays Secret Santa to unsuspecting Reddit user
- Man guilty of first-degree murder for stabbing Burbank man 32 times
- Philippines mayor, three others killed in ambush at Manila airport
- Letters: A most painful season for Lakers
- Football: Bakersfield Christian 14, Central Catholic 10
- Costa Rica, a nation at peace
- Yum Yum Donuts robber who stabbed worker with screwdriver is sought
- Squat with lateral kick builds firmness
- At the winter solstice, an appreciation for the wonders of a night sky
- 'Belle' to open Palm Springs International Film Festival
- Football: Bakersfield 21, Del Oro 14
- Mr. President, put these curbs on the NSA
- LeBron James, Lakers players react on Twitter to Kobe Bryant's injury
- Two Canadian cities have world's best public libraries, survey finds
- News Corp. buys social news start-up Storyful for $25 million
- 'The Past' is very much present for Asghar Farhadi, Berenice Bejo
- Obama throws the NSA under the bus
- Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to sell shares at $55.05
- Utah's ban on same-sex marriage is struck down
- Another day, another leak from Issa, another credulous news report
- Girlz Gone Riding club carves out a place for women in mountain biking
- Preview: Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves
- Obama hints at changes in NSA collection of phone data
- Best of 2013: Charles McNulty picks 'American Buffalo,' 'Prometheus Bound'
- Let's pluck 'Duck Dynasty' and sweep away trailer-trash TV
- Man accused of shooting officer in Inglewood standoff to be arraigned
- 'The Book Thief': Geoffrey Rush on his musical 'mini-monologues'
- Football: Bakersfield 42, Del Oro 17
- Jose de Jesus Gutierrez Rebollo dies at 79; disgraced Mexican general
- California posts strong job growth
- Senate confirms new Homeland Security deputy and IRS chief
- Ned Vizzini dies at 32; author wrote openly about his depression
- Working weekend? NASA astronauts gear up for Saturday spacewalk on ISS
- They're all victims of war
- The bottom-feeding Benz
- Boys' basketball: Etiwanda is 9-0 after win over Compton
- Two Egyptian soldiers, three militants killed in Sinai firefight
- Writer Ned Vizzini has died at 32
- GDP growth revised higher for 3rd quarter, strongest since late 2011
- New Laker Kendall Marshall just happy to be here
- Family of brain-dead girl seeks injunction to maintain life support
- 'Anchorman 2' makes $13.2 million in its first two days
- 'Anchorman 2' isn't legendary but delivers laughs, reviews say
- Canada high court strikes down laws against prostitution
- Guidelines for X-rays
- Big Sur wildfire nears full containment; evacuees anxious to return
- Watch it live: NASA astronauts step out into space to fix ISS module
- Point guard Kendall Marshall could see time tonight for Lakers
- College gets flood of fake rape reports
- Protesters block Google and Apple buses, vandalize one
- Task force busts another Los Angeles-area motorcycle theft ring
- Car fire, fatal crash clog traffic on 405 at Sepulveda Pass
- Gift pick No. 46: Elyse Graham fluorescent geodes
- Time for limits on the ever-expanding powers of NSA cyber spies
- Football: Rick Curtis is the new coach at Santa Margarita
- Ned Vizzini: Writers and friends pay tribute
- GDP growth revised higher for 3rd quarter, strongest since late 2011
- Watch Jerry West shoot -- he can't miss even when he tries
- Senate confirms Homeland, IRS nominees; advances Fed chair pick
- 'The Hunt,' 'Grandmaster,' 'Great Beauty' make Oscar foreign shortlist
- Beyonce throws album release party, Madonna calls her 'Queen'
- Kobe-less Lakers 'excited' about proving people wrong, D'Antoni says
- Gov. Walker follows 'Duck Dynasty' into whirlpool over free speech
- Review: L.A. Phil's 'Bright' and resounding closing at Disney Hall
- 'Duck Dynasty' quacks back. Katie Couric canceled.
- Family of Corvette driver shot dead by LAPD to file $20-million claim
- In Martin Cruz Smith's 'Tatiana,' murder probes converge
- Third defendant sentenced in killing of Border Patrol agent
- Obama may rein in NSA's collection of U.S. telephone records
- L.A.-area House members launch new effort to reduce helicopter noise
- Court ends oversight of Alhambra in Title IX case
- Federal judge backs same-sex marriages in Utah; state to appeal
- Man gets 66 years in prison for alcohol sex attacks
- For the record - Dec. 20, 2013
- The only thing Kings' Martin Jones loses is his shutout
- USC falters late in 72-71 loss to Long Beach State
- All Indio High students, staff to be tested for tuberculosis
- USC's Xavier Grimble happy to be back in Las Vegas
- Kobe Bryant out six weeks with knee fracture
- UCLA's Cassius Marsh seen as having strong prospects in NFL
- Investigation of former assistant could affect Steve Sarkisian and USC
- PASSINGS: Bernard L. Shaw, George Rodrigue, Paul Torday
- 10 Freeway onramp closed after L.A. police chase
- Administration opens first hole in health law mandate
- Steinberg seeks to restore mental health funds for criminals
- UCLA again fades in the second half in 80-63 loss to No. 8 Duke
- Snow falls in L.A.-area mountains; warming trend expected
- Senate deal on nominations to delay Yellen vote until January
- London theater collapse leaves dozens injured, seven seriously
- 'Duck Dynasty': Robertsons threaten to pull out of popular series
- Farrah Fawcett portrait belongs to Ryan O'Neal, jury decides
- Friday's TV Highlights: 'Blue Bloods' on CBS
- Former Mexican drug czar convicted of aiding cartel dies at 79
- Aaron Rodgers practices, awaits word on whether he'll play
- Judge rejects executive's suit against L.A. Police Protective League
- Police: Reno hospital shooter had 'adverse symptoms' to surgery
- Steve Nash still at least a month away from return for Lakers
- California high court says state bar should release exam scores
- Al Goldstein dies at 77; adult magazine publisher had fleeting success
- Officers feared for their safety in Kelly Thomas struggle, reports show
- New Oscars trailer has host Ellen DeGeneres dancing and lipsynching
- Boys' basketball: Chino Hills cruises to 122-102 win over Rancho Cucamonga
- Boycott of Israeli universities: A repugnant attack on academic freedom
- Lindsey Vonn has second-fastest run in World Cup downhill training
- Senate heads into bitter final days of 2013
- Where to eat on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
- Is book banning increasing in American schools and public libraries?
- Duke defeats UCLA, 80-63, in New York
- Lakers agree to terms with point guard Kendall Marshall
- Marqise Lee's stats are down, but he remains a top NFL prospect
- The Envelope Screening Series - Directors' Roundtable (unexpected)
- At the Fed, Janet L. Yellen will lead a potentially fractious team
- Target data theft fuels new worries on cybersecurity
- Reno hospital shooter claimed to have 'adverse symptoms' from surgery
- More than Target customers are at ID theft risk
- Man accused of lighting mother on fire pleads not guilty
- Vladimir Putin says he'll free longtime foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Kobe Bryant injury: Lakers teammates shocked and sympathetic
- State healthcare exchange reports sharp increase in enrollment
- Football: QB guru Steve Clarkson to be featured on 60 Minutes
- Andrew Biggs: I'm not contemptuous of the working class, but right!
- Photos:: 'Downton Abbey': Meet the cast without their costumes
- UCLA, Duke basketball tied at halftime in New York
- Photos: 'Downton Abbey': Meet the cast without their costumes
- Four great Sichuan restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley
- HIV infection causes immune cells to self-destruct, study says
- Health insurance cancellation notices leave 500,000 uncovered
- Trojans have some NFL decisions to make
- L.A. Times' Holiday Cookie Bake-Off: 2012 results
- Officers said they feared Kelly Thomas, were "shocked" by his strength
- Review: Asghar Farhadi's 'The Past' a potent, intricate family drama
- Gay marriage now legal in New Mexico
- Think gay marriage is a product of activist judges? Think again.
- Sage Machado's jewelry designs and studio
- Art Review: Coleen Sterritt's 'Torque' rebels in subtle ways
- LAPD chief 'very concerned' about fatal shooting of car-chase suspect
- Up next for the Lakers: Friday vs. Minnesota
- Feinstein urges cooperation to restore passenger levels at Ontario airport
- Measure would return more Guantanamo detainees to home countries
- Football: Bill Redell returns as coach at Oaks Christian [Updated]
- Obama willing to extend deadline on U.S.-Afghanistan security deal
- 1 person killed, dozens injured in 2 tour bus crashes on I-15
- L.A. Times' Holiday Cookie Bake-Off: 2011 results
- Kobe Bryant injury: Lakers might look to acquire a point guard
- Judge tosses former bank exec's claims against police union
- Vladimir Putin says he'll free longtime foe Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Teaser for Shailene Woodley's 'Divergent' shows some convergence
- For some Latino families, Christmas comes a day early
- Beautifully affordable: Broadway apartment complex in Santa Monica
- Art Review: Step inside Joel Shapiro's fascinating work at L.A. Louver
- Warhol portrait of Farrah Fawcett belongs to Ryan O'Neal, jury finds
- Bakersfield, Loomis Del Oro clash Friday in a CIF championship game
- Student who threatened Moorpark High commits suicide on train tracks
- 'Mike Kelley' art retrospective coming March 31 to L.A.'s MOCA
- Foods that affect your risk of cancer
- Model Cara Delevingne blasts paparazzi for tailing her into church
- Clippers' DeAndre Jordan is embracing role of defensive leader
- Information on Betchart Expeditions' trans-Atlantic eclipse voyage
- Behati in TVHM
- 'Affluenza' in Texas incites anger, lawsuits and call for jail time
- Common Cause seeks new limits on gifts to California officials
- Red Lion Inn, Massachusetts
- U.S. finishes year 14th in world soccer rankings
- Today's Christmas photos
- What Target's data breach means for consumers
- 'Book Thief' actor Geoffrey Rush: 'We have to keep looking' back
- Reader photo: A Sunday shoot
- Traveling to New York City
- For some New Yorkers, beating 'winter blues' is a walk in the park
- Voter registration flap creates new Liz Cheney controversy
- Mike D'Antoni: Kobe Bryant will be 'hunting for some bear'
- The lights go out at Hollywood Park
- Technicolor closes film lab in Glendale
- Leisure is king in mellow Lake San Marcos, Calif.
- Mirth and musical chairs on TV
- Review: 'Walking With Dinosaurs' stumbles in its new environment
- TV hits a prime time online and beyond in 2013
- Scores injured, at least 5 seriously, in London theater collapse
- Does an actor need to be on screen to be recognized?
- Photo gallery: A history of Glendale Heights
- TV Picks: 'A Christmas Story,' a 'Lucy' memory, snowy 'Lilyhammer'
- Woman killed in multi-car crash in Tarzana is identified
- 2013 foreign-language films that revealed new worlds to audiences
- Senators introduce new Iran sanctions bill; White House says will veto
- Xavier Henry takes over Kobe Bryant's starting role for Lakers
- Probe of BART worker deaths spurs 'urgent' safety recommendations
- Best of 2013: Mary McNamara picks 'Game of Thrones,' 'Breaking Bad'
- Waxman fears Tribune publishing spinoff may hurt The Times
- Best of 2013: Robert Lloyd picks 'Drunk History,' 'The Returned'
- IAC to turn Match.com into a separate business
- Frederick's of Hollywood goes private for 27 cents a share
- Home of the Week | Newport Beach
- Note to the White House: Obamacare's benefits aren't free
- State imposing daily recycling limit in effort to stop fraud
- For an oyster-and-craft-beer hot date, Portsmouth in Whittier