Caltrans will close the westbound 10 Freeway connector to the north and southbound 605 Freeway this weekend. Crews will be doing bridge and connector work.
The Obama administration is expected to ask for up to $60 billion. Administrators told Congress that they want some of that money to go toward preventive measures.
is iconic in American culture. Linguists say iconic way Texans speak, from using words like "y'all" to that old Texas twang, is fading and headed for change.
LA County Sheriff Lee Baca says he is changing his approach a day after the state Attorney General said local agencies have discretion over how to apply the federal policy.
Ebb and Flow – NASA's twin spacecrafts dedicated to the pursuit of measuring lunar gravity – recently discovered that the moon took quite a beating in the early days.
The 450 ILWU clerical workers will vote on a tentative agreement with their employers, which provides some layoff protection while allowing 50 open positions to go unfilled.
To raise vaccination rates, some states have made it much harder for parents to get exemptions for their children from immunizations based on personal beliefs.
The last of the old steam generators from the San Onofre nuclear plant are being sent to Utah for storage. The journey starts Wednesday and will take place at night.
Health officials say the flu season has kicked off sooner than in years past. A few Southern states have seen a jump in cases. What's the Southland's prognosis?
A report shows Southern California's creative economy supported 340,000 jobs and generated $3 billion dollars in tax revenue last year. Read the full report.
One local health expert says the natural drug's manufactured counterpart is a growing concern, in part because there's still a "learning curve" among users.
This season, we asked KPCC listeners where they volunteer during the holidays, and what opportunities our audience should know about. Hear volunteers talk about the work they do and why they do it, explore our listing of charitable organizations that could use your help.
The Grammys celebrated six different artists tied for top nominee — Kanye West, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons and fun.
Cinefamily, the eclectic L.A. art house/revival theater, is doing a Kickstarter to help them buy a digital projector and kick the rest of the experience up a notch.
For more than a decade, prior to its bankruptcy, GM considered small cars an afterthought. But that's all changed and the results are front and center in L.A.
KPCC takes a look at holiday volunteer opportunities at local charities. First up, Marilyn Hoyt tells us about her work at the Pasadena Humane Society.
The jazz composer and pianist died from heart failure on the way to a cardiology appointment, just a day before his birthday. Listen to some of his music.
The theft took moments, just as workers were taking the weekend's collections to the bank. The pastor said it was a prime example of why churches are needed.
It’s been characterized as the worst protest in Egypt since the revolution in early 2011. AirTalk speaks with a reporter who witnessed the worst of today’s demonstrations.
In a report released Monday, government watchdog agency the Little Hoover Commission raised concerns about California’s ambitious alternative energy plans.
This week, voters in downtown Los Angeles approved crucial financing to fund a streetcar project. Seventy-three percent of residents voted to raise $62.5 million in funding with a property tax on local housing. The money will go towards the $125 million project, a streetcar which would run along three of downtown’s busiest streets and connect several neighborhoods, including South Park, Civic Center, the fashion district, and the old banking district.
Han was pushed onto the tracks, and struggled to escape for over a minute before the train hit – Abbasi photographed his doomed final moments. The incident brings to light the predicament so many photojournalists face – their job is to document, but if they can help, should they?
Dave Brubeck, the legendary composer and jazz pianist died today, after suffering heart failure on his way to a cardiologist appointment. Tomorrow would have been his 92nd birthday.
Every parent knows how important reading is to their child's development, and kids are more likely to read if they're given books they relate to.But if you're a Latino parent your kids...
Attorney General Kamala Harris will join Take Two to discuss her office's announcement that cooperation with ICE over secure communities will be left to the discretion of local authorities...
Tick, tick, tick ... that's the sound of the clock counting down to the end of the world.That is of course if you believe in the apocalyptic Mayan prophecy that says that it's all over...
A tentative deal to end the labor dispute that shut down the ports. Clerical workers at the at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will return to work today after a week-long strike...
While there seems to be enough avocados to go around, some breeds of the fruit are in danger. Luckily there are people working to save this precious, and delicious, resource.
It's become a given in this country that manufacturing jobs that once powered the middle-class are gone; outsourced offshore to countries with lower wages.
Would you vote for Senator Ashley Judd? The actress is currently exploring a 2014 run against Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell. The actress has been an outspoken advocate for...
Last night, President Obama doubled down on his insistence that any proposal must include an agreement to raise tax rates on the wealthiest Americans. He rejected a proposal put forth...
Today hundreds of tribal leaders are meeting with President Obama for the fourth annual White House Tribal Summit.With more is Suzanne Gamboa, Associated Press Race and Ethnicity reporter
Investigators in Tijuana made a gruesome discovery over the last week. Authorities have located two mass graves containing potentially hundreds of dissolved human remains. But within...
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Off-Ramp animation expert Charles Solomon with Off-Ramp
Bill Melendez said when he read in the script that Linus would recite the Gospel according to St. Luke, he told Charles Schulz, "This is religion. It just doesn't go in a cartoon." Schulz looked at him very coldly and said, "Bill, if we don't do it, who will?"
