The Space Shuttle Endeavour cruises to its new home at the California Science Center soon and on Wednesday officials at the museum outlined the landing plan.
Today’s wetlands aren’t very wet. The flat center of the land is patched with salt pan and invasive plants. The only ocean water feeding Ballona now travels a narrow channel, called the Fiji Ditch.
Some California lawmakers want to recognize star Olympians in a way they’re sure to appreciate: by waiving taxes on the medals and prize money they bring home.
Modern architecture loves glass. But glass kills millions of birds annually in collisions with windows. Research is trying to build more bird-friendly buildings.
In one of China's biggest criminal trials, Gu Kailai, the wife of fallen Communist Party leader Bo Xilai, is accused of killing British businessman Neil Heywood.
A 4 p.m. meeting Wednesday will determine whether the Anaheim City Council will place a measure on the November ballot to shift the city onto a district system.
Evangelist David Barton is not a historian, but his Christian-nation view of American history is popular with conservative churches, universities and the GOP.
One group's mission is to abolish dairy from school lunches: they blame milk and cheese for bloating students' caloric consumption and their waistlines.
It's going to be the United States versus America for Olympic gold in women's beach volleyball, and they're both Southern California teams. Tell us who you are rooting for.
Surveillance video appears to show that after a police officer shot Wade Michael Page in the stomach, the gunman took his own life with a shot in the head.
Fullerton rejected a proposal to consider disbanding its century-old police force and having the Orange County Sheriff's Department take over its duties.
The U.S. Census Bureau is experimenting with new ways for Latinos to identify themselves on census forms. In 2010, they were asked to identify by race, then by ethnicity.
Thursday marks the first Art Walk since last month's Chalk Walk, where Occupy LA staged a demonstration that ended with LAPD arresting 17 protestors. "I hear people yelling and screaming...
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South L.A. residents and members of the LAPD's Newton Division came together Tuesday night at event featuring low-rider cars, free food and scantily-clad wrestlers.
According to a new estimate that takes in recently-released Homeland Security guidelines, an additional 350,000 young immigrants may qualify for temporary legal status under a new policy...
California lawmakers approved a request for a state audit on how schools use anti-bullying and harassment laws after recent incidents in which students were targeted for their sexual orientation.
You’d think it would be pretty clear which part of our government was supposed to watch out for the possibility of disaster or accident, like the fire that burst from Chevron...
Last month's Downtown ArtWalk descended into chaos after an Occupy L.A. event called "ChalkWalk" migrated into the main fray of the arts and culture event.
An L.A. Unified physical education teacher accused of sexual relations with a former student pleaded not guilty to molesting the then 14-year-old girl and evading police during a freeway chase last month.
Denizens may have a whole new drinking game on their hands, as even more pictures are released of the craggly, dune-y, suspiciously Mojave-looking “red planet."
Dad was 26 years old when he costarred with Marilyn in Bus Stop, 20th Century Fox's screen adaptation of William Inge's classic play, directed by Joshua Logan.
[UPDATED, 11:59 AM: Seems like I may have confused NDAA and NOAA. The National Defense Authorization Act signed by President Obama earlier this year; a court case, legal scholars, and...
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 8 and headlines include a debate between candidates for district attorney, a plan to shut down city pools, and Measure R goes on the ballot.
From elementary schools to the workplace, day-to-day life in America involves a lot of sitting. Lately, research has come out from a variety of places praising the ‘standing desk,’...
Millions of tired parents are regularly kept awake night after night by the sound of a crying baby and are desperate to lull their babies to sleep through the night or at least most...
In addition to being a white supremacist, Wisconsin shooter Wade Michael Page was also a musician who was a member of a few different bands in the music genre known as hatecore. In...
Long-term debt at not-for-profit universities in America has been growing at 12% a year, according to a new study. The costs of financing that debt are being passed along to...you guessed...
This week, Jamaican Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt crushed his competitors in the 100 meter dash. But he also crushed another record after finishing the race with a time of 9.63 seconds, a record in the Olympics. Viewers are already looking forward to Bolt's next race to see if he'll put his name in the record books once again in the 200 meter dash, when he squares off against fellow Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake.
But his 100 meter run caused many to wonder something else, just how fast humans could ever run, and would there ever be a time that could not be broken.
The FBI announced this morning that Wade Michael Page, the man who killed six people at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin Sunday, died of a self-inflicted gunshot to his head. Authorities are still trying to determine his motive, which may never happen, but Page left clues. He was apparently a white supremacist. For years he played in so-called 'Hate Rock bands' including one here in Orange County.
Tomorrow night, the NFL will make history by putting the first female referee on the field. Shannon Eastin will officiate the preseason opener between the San Diego Chargers and the Green Bay Packers. KPCC's A Martinez explains why it's taken so long for a female official to break through.
Two US women's volleyball teams are competing for Olympic gold. We speak with Dan Glenn, he coached two of the players when they were still in high school.
The race for the Los Angeles County's chief prosecutor entered a new phase last night when Chief Deputy DA Jackie Lacey and Deputy DA Alan Jackson met in their first face-to-face debate since the primary election June 5. KPCC's Frank Stoltze breaks down the showdown.
The upcoming November election for President will hinge on swing states that both candidates are focusing on to secure the 270 electoral votes necessary to win the presidency. One such state is Colorado, where new polls out today from Quinnipiac College, CBS and the New York Times show candidate Mitt Romney leading President Obama by 5 points.
The LA City Council voted unanimously last Friday to officially name a neighborhood in Northridge "Sherwood Forest." It's a great place to fry an egg on the sidewalk.
