Candidates crisscross city in final push before votes

The top three Los Angeles mayoral candidates began an aggressive final push Saturday to get out the vote for Tuesday's primary...

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Population growth is threat to other species, poll respondents say

Nearly two-thirds of American voters believe that human population growth is driving other animal species to extinction and...

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Diversity rises among California judges

California's judiciary slowly is growing more diverse, with women now making up nearly a third of the state's judges and ethnic...

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Long-shot candidate's provocative video gains attention

No one has accused Los Angeles mayoral candidate Kevin James of lacking for showmanship. His spirited debate performances have...

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Deasy group aids 3 school board candidates

Los Angeles schools Supt. John Deasy isn't on the ballot Tuesday, but you'd hardly know it, based on the undercurrent of the...

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Despite stumbles, Baca named 'Sheriff of Year' by national group

For Sheriff Lee Baca, the last couple years have been rough.His department is being investigated by the feds. A county commission...

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Tough challenges lie ahead for college trustees

The Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees faces a host of immediate and pressing issues this spring, chief...

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Deputy shoots, injures driver after short chase in Orange County

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Taken aback by a photo from way back

A bank's branch office in Alhambra is helping Fame Rybicki become famous.The 91-year-old former school administrator and community...

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Autopsy inconclusive on woman found in hotel water tank

More tests need to be performed before a cause of death can be determined for the Canadian tourist whose body was found inside...

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Bell trial's closing arguments marked by anger and passion

During closing statements that were both impassioned and scornful, the prosecution presented the six former City Council members...

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O.C. shootings leave four dead, many questions

The rampage began just as the morning commute was getting underway.Over the course of about an hour, authorities say, a 20-year-old...

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Restorer of vintage farm equipment could pull in big prize

TULARE — At this year's annual World Ag Expo there was a star exhibit: a young man and an old tractor.Ryan Haas, 19, of Devine,...

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To ease veterans' return to civilian life, program offers purpose

When Eric Greitens visited his fellow Navy SEALs who had been wounded in Iraq, one of their worries about post-military life...

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Candidates for South L.A. council seat weigh in on sales-tax hike

Five of the seven candidates seeking to represent a major portion of South Los Angeles on the City Council said Saturday they...

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Judge postpones sentencing of boy who killed his neo-Nazi father

A Riverside County judge on Friday postponed the sentencing of a 12-year-old boy found guilty of shooting his neo-Nazi father...

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Half-finished $208-million DMV technology overhaul canceled

SACRAMENTO — California's computer problems, which have already cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, have mounted...

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Federal appeals court weighs overturning Barry Bonds' conviction

SAN FRANCISCO —A federal appeals court wrestled Wednesday with whether to overturn slugger Barry Bonds' felony conviction for...

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