A new law provides a path to temporary legal status for some youth in the U.S. illegally, but families must produce a bevy of documentation to qualify.
The newly-completed Gold Line bridge over the 210 in Arcadia is a nearly 600-foot-long piece of art inspired by the native peoples of the San Gabriel Valley.
Eden Full dropped out of Princeton to found a startup company that brings the solar panel technology she invented to developing countries as part of a fellowship.
Federal taxpayers will pay the lion's share of the restoration for the Jersey shore damage caused by Sandy. But most of those who will benefit are private landowners.
The license would give holders access to special "Ready Lanes" to enter the US, rather than wait in regular lanes, where a crossing can take more than an hour.
Falling off the "fiscal cliff" would mean steep cuts in the defense budget and trouble for small businesses in Southern California that depend on military contracts.
The city's top budget official testified that a new manager, which he hopes to be in place by next July, could help the city attract more lucrative conventions.
It’s 12/12/12, the last repeating date like that we’ll see this century and the day of a concert to benefit victims of “Superstorm Sandy," starting at 4:30 p.m. Pacific.
SAG Awards nominations were announced with multiple kudos issued to the assassinated, the French, the emotionally distraught, the post-Edwardian and New Jersey.
In the decades between now and 2060, older Americans will tend to be non-Hispanic whites while younger ones will encompass a wider range of ethnicities and races.
Dust off your umbrellas because Southern California is getting wet. Expect showers to begin Wednesday and continue through Thursday, with snow in the local mountains.
Undocumented immigrants could get jobless benefits - Sacramento Bee A California Assembly bill proposes allowing recipients of deferred action - young people who receive temporary legal...
Los Angeles police SWAT ended a 10-hour altercation after shooting an armed man in his Baldwin Hills home. The suspect, 28, was holding his two children hostage.
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 12 and headlines include a push by labor to fire the CAO, an in-depth look at the same-sex marriage campaign, and a plea deal for Alarcon.
The debate over the nation’s debt hit LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s desk when activists delivered signatures opposing his decision to join "The Campaign to Fix the Debt.”
Patt gets the latest on how the department is dealing with accusations of racial profiling, the challenge of expanding the department to 10,000 officers amid budget cuts, and how Mayor Villaraigosa’s new city ID card law will impact crime among illegal immigrants.
Piano man Randy Newman is being inducted into the Rock Hall of Fame, it was announced yesterday, along with the likes of Quincy Jones, Lou Adler and Donna Summer.
Awards season officially kicked off this morning with the release of the Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations. We have the scoop on who got the nods and who got snubbed.
In a new six-part series, Bloomberg News finds that state workers in California today make far more than comparable workers in other states, and in the private sector.
Imagine you order a steak at a restaurant, you bite in and it's soft, flavorful and easy to chew. The meat could have been tenderized by the chef, beating and hammering it right there...
In 2003 Celia Walden was a 25-year-old journalist in England and given one of her first assignments: To make sure one of her paper's star columnists didn't talk to any rival newspapers...
Republicans say the President's plan to cut spending and forestall automatic tax hikes is lacking in specifics, but Democrats say the Republican's counter proposal is lacking in specifics...
More than a million California children who lack health insurance will qualify for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. When so-called "Obamacare" takes effect in 2014, more children...
While we were all focused on the presidential race, poring over polls and tweeting each debate, there was another major campaign underway. One designed to change the nation's position...
For more than a century, the main University of California system logo was represented by a circle containing a picture of a book with the phrase"Let There Be Light."
Ravi Shankar, the much-loved sitarist famous for bringing Indian music to the west, has died at 92 years old. Shankar died Tuesday at a hospital near his long-time home in Encinitas...
We've all heard warning like, "Don't go swimming for an hour after you eat!" "Never run with scissors," and "Chew on your pencil and you'll get lead poisoning," from our parents and...
How do children develop their ideas about race? Research says babies notice skin color in their first year and parents should talk to kids about difference.
On a gloomy Saturday morning, the South Hills High School Marching Band practices for the last time before Championships ... and it isn't going smoothly.
Rankin and Bass' 1970 masterwork "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town," an origin myth for Santa, is almost as Jewish thematically as the annual Chabad telethon.
Florence was a city with a rule of law in which the humble could rise, and where, at least in this era, privilege did not dictate nor tyrants terrorize. Maybe the Renaissance began here just because it was the city with the biggest heart.
