- In Africa, homophobia is driving gays to speak out
- Obama tells Pope Francis he is a 'great admirer'
- Saddlebag Lake Resort's coconut macaroon pie
- The Alfords of UCLA put their game faces on
- The Alfords of UCLA put their game faces on
- Thais spot 300 objects near Malaysia jet search area
- Oso mudslide prayer vigil
- Letters: Out-of-control classrooms
- Editorial: Gun madness in Georgia
- Op-Ed: Who should be deported?
- Editorial: Congress can't get out of its own way on Medicare
- Op-Ed: Good for the Bushes and the Clintons, but not good for America
- Op-Ed: Nigeria: Where corruption and insurrection go hand in hand
- Editorial: Where did the DWP's $40 million go?
- Letters: Celebrity worship
- Letters: Music as therapy
- Letters: It's better -- but it's still spying
- Letters: What a ride
- Letters: Power outage
- Letters: An LAPD officer we can't trust
- Letters: The rising cost of long-term care
- Letters: An LAPD officer we can't trust
- Good for the Bushes and the Clintons, but not good for America
- UFW'S ROOTS
- Clippers' Danny Granger forced from game with strained hamstring
- In loss to Florida, UCLA sees what it could be
- California lawmakers prepare to suspend Sen. Leland Yee
- Review: An invigorating return to 'Six Degrees of Separation'
- Review: 'Rob the Mob' brews nostalgia for early-'90s NYC
- Coachella 2014: Skrillex, Martin Garrix set for day parties
- L.A. County population pushes past 10 million, highest in nation
- Turkey blocks YouTube after banning Twitter
- Friday's TV Highlights:'Enlisted' on Fox
- Letters: The rising cost of long-term care
- Football: Salesian is voted into a new league with Pac-5 powers
- Newport Beach to take decision on group-home rules to Supreme Court
- USC safety Su'a Cravens eager for leadership role
- Review: 'Cesar Chavez' captures only the shell of the complicated man
- Patrick Stewart on being Ian McKellen's bestie, shedding solitude
- Chris Christie's 'Bridgegate' given a $1-million coat of whitewash
- 800-GET-THIN surgery centers sue insurer over Lap-Band payments
- Southeast Asia is polio-free, World Health Organization rules
- Georges St-Pierre tears ligament in left knee while training
- CHP officer hurt in crash during pursuit of van after alleged burglary
- Coachella 2014: 10 rising acts you should know now
- Review: 'Awakened' searches for answers but finds only cliches
- Simi Valley teen drowns in Yosemite after trying to rescue parents
- Washington's Hazel Slide was a long-known risk
- Leland Yee indictment may mark abrupt end to his political career
- Vintage dealers to gather for Downtown Modernism show Sunday
- Letters: Celebrity worship
- Letters: Music as therapy
- Still rising: 1 in 68 kids has an autism spectrum disorder, CDC says
- Customers would get $1.4 billion in refunds in San Onofre deal
- Fourth person dies of injuries from SXSW crash in Austin, Texas
- Beaked whale dives nearly 2 miles beneath the ocean - a record
- 'Jupiter Ascending' trailer: Kunis, Tatum in sci-fi spectacle
- President Obama, Pope Francis discuss the poor in meeting at Vatican
- Orange County soccer coach accused of lewd acts with girl
- Air Force to replace 10 senior officers in exam-cheating scandal
- Marc Duvoisin - Managing Editor
- English bulldog stolen by impostor is returned to owners
- 'Lucid Stead' artist Phillip K. Smith III to light up Coachella
- Tornado suspected after storm damages 12 homes near Sacramento
- Sting like a bee -- the feds' tricky enforcement tool
- 25 baggage handlers may be tied to LAX luggage theft ring
- Once-tired PacMutual Plaza is prime office space again
- Russia antagonist Tymoshenko will run for Ukraine presidency
- Zac Efron reports altercation with transient in downtown L.A.
- Mezcal, the 'moonshine of Mexico,' grows in appreciation, availability
- Washington Monument to reopen May 12
- Las Vegas goes country in April with superstars, ACM Awards
- 'Shrimp Boy' tried to hang with San Francisco politicians
- Critic's Pick: Simone and Simon
- Steve Nash won't play on the road with the Lakers this week
- Adidas, Pharrell ink deal, Art of Elysium award honors L'Wren Scott
- Letters: Power outage
- U.S. proposes downlisting arroyo toad from endangered to threatened
- L.A. County supervisor candidates to debate in Hollywood tonight
- Things change quickly for Viktor Fasth
- Bad weather interrupts search for missing Malaysia Airlines jet
- Review: 'God Only Knows' at Theatre 40
- Derek Jeter named world's 11th greatest leader by Fortune magazine
- After police pursuit in Santa Monica, jig is up for pig
- Girls shouldn't wear leggings to school -- and progressive parents should agree
- Lakers drop close game to Milwaukee Bucks, 108-105
- 'Rob the Mob' almost undone by story's mafia connections
- Writer vs. artist in 'Words and Pictures' [Video]
- Dana Rohrabacher again breaks from most House colleagues on Putin
- Family says <i>nyet </i>to<i> </i>Finnair's ticket policyA family seeking to change a booked flight to no longer include Russia amid a warning of anti-U.S. sentiment is told by Finnair the action would cost an extra $2,800.
- NCAA tournament preview: Midwest and East Regional matchups
- Review: Energetic 'Noah' goes overboard — to riveting effect
- Detectives investigating deadly shooting in South L.A.
- CinemaCon 2014: Fox offers first look at 'Gone Girl,' 'Secret Service'
- In Yee case, a figure of many faces
- Water, wildlife surge back into once-parched Colorado River delta
- U.S. Navy adds 2nd sub-hunting plane to search for Malaysian jetliner
- Review: In 'Paul Robeson,' an inspiring life falters in the telling
- The water revolution California needs
- LAX thieves stole thousands of dollars of valuables from luggage, police say
- Body found in Hollenbeck Park lake may be female transient
- LAX baggage-heist case may be one of airport's largest
- How GOP can win elections in California: Count on voters' ignorance
- Hollywood Film Festival to tackle social issues under new owner
- Nigeria: Where corruption and insurrection go hand in hand
- A flood of reaction to 'Noah'
- U.N. General Assembly rebukes Russia over Ukraine
- Congress can't get out of its own way on Medicare
- Gun madness in Georgia
- More than 6 million have signed up for health insurance, Obama says
- Johnny Manziel dazzles at pro day, but is the sideshow too much?
- 'The Good Wife' creators and stars discuss shocking twist, show's future
- Kings finish trip to East with 3-2 win over Penguins
- Latest hair-raising promotion by Don King is at USC
- Letters: It's better -- but it's still spying
- Preview: Lakers at Milwaukee Bucks
- President Obama seeks to bolster ties with Saudi Arabia
- Kenneth Turan's DVD pick: Bogart and Cagney in a western? Yup
- Boys' basketball: State championship matchups
- Copenhagen Zoo's explanation for killing lions doesn't wash
- Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin hit Bahamas as split hits the fan
- Louis Bayard's 'Roosevelt's Beast' is a diverting expedition
- Dodgers in midseason form in the rotation flexibility department
- Texas abortion limits law upheld by appeals court
- Highlights of Dodger Stadium's latest makeover
- Could NASA's 2015 budget leave Mars rover Opportunity high and dry?
- Police investigating report of armed suspect at Homeboy Industries
- Top L.A. County public health official announces he's retiring
- Review: 'Locker 13' anthology film recovers at the end
- Jimmy Orr - Managing Editor, Online
- Reader photo: Marathon volunteers
- Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near Calipatria, Calif.
- Senate advances unemployment benefits bill, but House GOP balks
- Turkish government blocks YouTube after recording is leaked
- Mudslide aftermath: 'We found my mom, and we found baby Sanoah'
- Yee accused of introducing undercover FBI agent to other lawmakers
- CinemaCon 2014: Clint Eastwood keeps it old school with 'Jersey Boys'
- Facebook making drones, satellites and lasers to deliver Internet
- Leland Yee denounced by gun lobby as a 'hypocrite' and 'scumbag'
- Review: Strangers meet, romance and passion follow in 'Just a Sigh'
- NCAA tournament: Who will win today's Sweet 16 games? [poll]
- Boys' basketball: Elijah Stewart to seek release from letter of intent
- Ex-UCLA star Shabazz Muhammad's father gets 37 months in prison
- Clippers tame the Mavericks again, 109-103
- Tale of the tape: Comparing the HTC One (M8), iPhone 5s, Galaxy S5
- Where did the DWP's $40 million go?
- Baseball: Josh Smith throws no-hitter for Etiwanda
- Moving out? Migration reflects soft Southern California housing market
- NCAA tournament: Florida eliminates UCLA once again, 79-68
- 'Noah' to sail to No. 1 at the box office
- Ashley Dunn - Assistant Managing Editor, California
- Obama meets with Pope Francis for the first time at the Vatican
- Mountain lion found, sedated near O.C. retirement community
- Rocki music-streaming device useful but not ready to rock [Video]
- Graeme McDowell says his Tiger Woods comments 'taken out of context'
- Softer demand seen in SoCal housing market
- Listen: Jamie xx makes good on title of new single 'Sleep Sound'
- Congress nears finish line on bill for Ukraine aid, sanctions
- Philadelphia: Exhibit looks at adversity, triumphs of barrier breakers
- Review: 'Sabotage,' starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a self-saboteur
- Prosecutors must prove Yee knew money was pay for official acts
- After expelling Jews in 1492, Spain considers inviting them back
- Two people shot, wounded near South L.A. pawn shop
- Amazon announces April 2 event: Video-streaming device coming?
- Gunman kills man in South L.A., flees in silver SUV
- Angels defeat Dodgers, 7-5, in Freeway Series opener
- Lakers' Chris Kaman is delayed but gets a start
- Sixth-grader takes L.A. County spelling bee with 'thrombosis'
- Realism in, dystopia out in youth fiction at Bologna book fair
- Life throws a few curves in Michelle Huneven's 'Off Course'
- 'Maleficent' merchandise ranges from $16 lipstick to $20K jewelry
- Review: 'The Raid 2' is a martial arts genre kick in the gut
- Maker of hit puzzle game '2048' says he created it over a weekend
- Head of L.A. County public health department retires
- Boston mourns 2 firefighters killed in 9-alarm brownstone blaze
- Clippers prepare for Mavericks
- Leland Yee indictment: 'Shrimp Boy' charges no surprise to some
- 'The Americans' recap: Fates of scientist, Nina rest with deal makers
- Lowly Bucks complete sweep of Lakers
- Canada: You can watch the Northern Lights in comfort, not the cold
- Bullet train won't meet target travel time, lawmakers told
- Murdoch keeps it all in the family. Cable wants more ad dollars.
- Review: Dad's in charge in the funny, smart 'Surviving Jack'
- Middle East: Breaking Bread tours give visitors a taste of real life
- Fourth-quarter economic growth revised up to still-tepid 2.6%
- UCLA gets swamped again by Florida
- So he wears a My Little Pony backpack? Stop 'gender policing' and let kids be kids
- Live review: John Legend keeps it classy at Disney Hall
- Chris Christie lawyers clear him, blame aides in bridge dispute
- Grammy Museum, Americana Music Assn. team up for event series
- Qatari court sentences Calif. couple to prison for daughter's death
- Chris Christie cleared of bridge traffic role by attorneys he hired
- Las Vegas: Holly Madison helps Sprinkles make its Sin City debut
- First Times Ride: 2014 Suzuki GSX-R1000
- Range war heats up again between defiant Nevada rancher and BLM
- TV Picks: 'Surviving Jack,' 'Call the Midwife,' 'The Bletchley Circle'
- Kings, Penguins bound by family, professional ties
- SXSW 2014: Fourth car crash victim dies
- Senate GOP leader submits resolution to suspend state Sen. Yee
- Environmentalists wary about harm to birds from Texas oil spill
- PG&E; expects criminal charges in connection with 2010 pipeline blast
- Up next for Lakers: Friday at Minnesota
- Brain tissue adds to evidence that autism begins before birth
- Review: 'It Felt Like Love' a fine study of a girl's coming of age
- Average gasoline price in California hits nearly $4 a gallon
- 'Scandal' actor Columbus Short accused of punching man in nose
- Zac Efron reportedly takes a punch after midnight in downtown L.A.
- Billboard and Twitter to launch real-time music charts
- More drivers need to get recalled cars fixed, insurance group says
- Cal State Dominguez Hills professors petition to block 'success fee'
- TV ratings: 'Modern Family,' 'Survivor' top Wednesday
- Covered California Q&A;: Is Monday still the deadline to enroll?
- If student-athletes are employees, give them a seat at the negotiating table
- Taco Bell hires 'Ronald McDonald' (2 dozen of them) for breakfast ads
- Scott Kraft - Deputy Managing Editor
- Official mudslide death toll expected to 'go up dramatically'
- Review: In 'Boys of Abu Ghraib,' echoing opinions about torture
- Great Alaska Earthquake 50 years ago today: What it taught science
- Bowers exhibition to examine 'lost' ancient Chinese civilization
- Who should be deported?
- Letters: What a ride
- Today is 75th anniversary of first NCAA title game -- at Northwestern
- Authorities investigate report of gunshots at Thousand Oaks Hyatt
- Fire chief holds out hope for mudslide rescues
- State Sen. Leland Yee drops out of race for secretary of state
- Maria Contreras-Sweet confirmed as SBA chief
- More than 6 million people have signed up for Obamacare
- A Reagan judge, a Clinton judge, a Bush judge: Does it really matter?
- Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac for 33-city fall tour
- Wisconsin finds the right middle ground to beat Baylor, 69-52
- Mother charged in drug death of her infant daughter
- Until his arrest, 'Shrimp Boy' considered an 'inspiration'
- Researchers claim stem cell advance
- Washington mudslide's 17th fatality confirmed
- As Obama meets the pope, Francis' smile masks a serious message
- Criminal charges expected in San Bruno blast that killed 8
- This week in politics: Praise the home team, beware undercover agents
- Beware the rise of Putin the Terrible
- Mindy Kaling kisses and tells on 'Today,' talks image in Vogue
- Ashok Amritraj buys Bel-Air estate for $8.25 million
- Body discovered floating in Hollenbeck Park lake in Boyle Heights
- Senate GOP leader believes Yee introduced him to undercover FBI agent
- L.A. County supervisor candidates debate range of issues
- The not-so-secret truth about those secret 770 accounts
- Dozens of Mezcal labels now line the shelves
- 'American Idol' recap: The band plays on
- L.A. theater openings, March 30-April 6: 'White Marriage' and more
- In Africa, homophobia is driving gays to speak out
- Washington mudslide: 'You'll fall through, waist deep in places'
- Matt Taibbi rips into America's growing income gap in 'The Divide'
- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella publicly debuts himself, Office for iPad
- PG&E; expects criminal charges in deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion
- Women earn 83 cents for every $1 men earn in L.A. city government
- Zac Efron scuffle: an awkward moment for 'Neighbors'?
- Search for Malaysia jet shifts 680 miles northeast
- Colin Crawford - Deputy Managing Editor, Visual Journalism
- Review: A secret life pulled into focus in 'Finding Vivian Maier'
- Students' interests at center of trial over teacher protection laws
- GQ announces best new menswear designers in America for 2014
- Connecticut's $10.10 minimum-wage bill to be signed into law Thursday
- Baseball & softball: Wednesday scores
- Tech CEO pleads not guilty to assaulting actress
- California lawmakers grim, angry after arrest of state Sen. Leland Yee
- Letters: Out-of-control classrooms
- Ducks score twice in third period to beat Flames, 3-2
- Pacers extend edge over Heat in East
- Valencia teacher accused of inappropriate contact with student
- Clippers punished in 98-96 loss to Pelicans
- Washington state mudslide rescuers share their stories
- Ken Burns: 'Documentaries have a much wider bandwidth than feature films do'
- Mudslide community copes with uncertainty
- Will J.J. Redick play on Clippers' road trip?
- Clayton Kershaw won't pitch for Dodgers on Sunday because of sore back
- Officers serve search warrants in LAX luggage-theft probe
- Up next for Clippers: Thursday at Dallas
- Somatic cell nuclear transfer
- Anaheim residents push for councilwoman to resign after comments
- IRS chief, House panel clash over scandal-related documents
- In the fields of UFW's birth, farmworkers see Cesar Chavez film
- Every game's an audition for most Lakers players
- Santa Monica moves to close all or part of city's airport
- Yee's arrest another blow against Democrats' hold on Senate
- Wine critic Robert M. Parker Jr. to launch a lifestyle magazine for the mega-rich
- Leland Yee corruption case filled with wild allegations
- Up next for Lakers: Thursday at Milwaukee
- New satellite images raise hope of retrieving Malaysian jet debris
- Shabazz Muhammad's dad spoke of receiving loan, court documents say
- Losses are still tough for Florida's Billy Donovan
- Jonathan Schell dies at 70; author and anti-nuclear activist
- Thursday's TV Highlights: 'Parenthood' on NBC
- TSA calls for more police at checkpoints in airports
- Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw hopes injury costs him only one start
- Students urge Cal State to roll back 'success fees'
- College football players have right to form a union, NLRB rules
- Sulaiman abu Ghaith guilty verdict revives terror trial venue debate
- Ukraine's loss of Crimea has NATO examining its core mission
- L.A. councilmen spar again over Fourth of July event at Coliseum
- Supreme Court keeps guns away from those guilty of domestic violence
- Returning home: 'Cesar Chavez' at the 40 Acres
- House pushes to limit president's right to designate monuments