LA's airport commissioners are willing to sign a letter of intent to sell Ontario airport by April. But they want Ontario to agree to several conditions first.
The office of Sen. Daniel Inouye says the Medal of Honor recipient and 50-year veteran of the Senate has died of respiratory complications at a Washington-area hospital.
Monday's the busiest mailing day of the holiday season across the nation — but there's still time to mail your packages in time for Christmas delivery.
A new report suggests that the presidential election did little to change Americans’ public opinion of the Mormon faith. even after Mitt Romney's run for president.
Children in third through sixth grade consume more calories when snacking on potato chips, and fewer when they snack instead on raw vegetables and cheese combinations.
A preservative keeps vaccines from going bad when there is no refrigeration. Activists say it should be banned because it contains mercury, but public health officials insist it's safe.
Female entrepreneurs in Afghanistan remain relatively rare. But one Afghan woman is trying to show the men a thing or two about making high-quality furniture in Afghanistan.
A federal court in Texas will take up the case of a high school student who won't wear her ID. She believes its "the mark of the beast" from the Book of Revelation.
Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner, both 6, were killed Friday when a gunman stormed the school. They are to be remembered today, along with the funerals of other victims.
A mistrial was declared Monday in the second-degree murder trial of a homeless woman who allegedly pushed an 84-year-old woman off a Metro train platform to her death.
The Los Angeles DA's Office declined to file charges against Kyle Bangayan, a 24-year-old Pomona man arrested Sunday for allegedly threatening L.A. school kids.
Hacker sentenced to 10 years in prison for illegally accessing online accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera and more than 50 others.
Happy birthday, little boy blue: It’s Mega Man’s birthday! To celebrate the video game star’s birth, Capcom is releasing a free game online — Street Fighter X Mega Man.
NASA/JPL releases crash details for Ebb and Flow and announces the probes' final lunar resting place will be named for America's first woman in space, Sally Ride.
The controversial bonds have school districts paying, in some cases, nearly $1 billion on mere tens of millions in borrowing. But its that such a bad deal?
Still in existence today, The Farm began when its leader, Stephen Gaskin, led a caravan of sixty buses from San Francisco to settle eventually in Tennessee.
'Robo Toy Fest' opened the convention doors bringing together vendors and collectors to swap and sell robots, and hopefully find the droids they were looking for.
At Project Angel Food, volunteers work alongside a small staff of cooks preparing, packaging, and delivering over 13,000 weekly free meals to those too ill to cook for themselves.
I hope the fact that this is the first debate doesn't mean it's the last time people running for mayor talk about LA's green issues, because I'd like to hear more.
The DA's office has concluded that Pasadena police officers responding to a robbery report acted lawfully when they shot to death a suspect who turned out to be unarmed.
LAPD Commander Andrew Smith: "We don't know if he was actually planning on carrying these out, we have to assume he was, that's why he's sitting in jail right now."
The man who is accused of shooting into the air and the ground Saturday in Newport Beach did not resist authorities when he was arrested. No one was hit by the gunfire.
One of the US's best political advertising minds aims to change the course of the LA mayor’s race. Republican Fred Davis has created a political action committee to support Kevin James.
They're running out of fuel, so NASA will command them to hit the surface. It will occur on the dark side of the moon, so skygazers on Earth won't see it.
Is yoga a religious practice? Where is the line between spirituality and religion? Is a curriculum centered on spiritual meditation appropriate in public schools?
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice has officially withdrawn her name from consideration for Secretary of State. Current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to depart at the end of this term; Rice was one of the most talked about contenders for her position.
The recent massacre in Newtown, Connecticut has reignited the gun control debate in the United States to a height rarely seen, but whether or not the debate will result in any legislative action remains to be observed.
In light of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is making security at LAUSD schools his top priority.
We're now in the thick of the holiday season - presents, family getting together and of course, holiday parties. But if you're sick of the same old egg nog, we have a solution. KPCC...
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Michel Marizco, Fronteras Desk with Take Two
If the nation plunges over the fiscal cliff, it would have an immeasurable impact at the U.S. Mexico border. From the Fronteras Desk in Tucson, Michel Marizco reports.
Fred Davis has created ad campaigns for some of the biggest names in politics, including John McCain and Arnold Schwarzenegger. But like a lot of Angelinos, he doesn’t pay much...
Remember that crazy demon sheep political ad from a few years ago? The guy who made it, Fred Davis III, is back, working for a candidate who's running for mayor of L.A.There's a primary...
The events in Newtown, Conn. on Friday put the gun culture of this rural area into the national spotlight. The area around Newtown is home to many public and private shooting facilities...
Syrian-American rapper Omar Offendum joins the show to talk about his connection with his homeland and how he incorporates recovultionary messages into his music.
Funerals for some of the young victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting will be held there later today, while law enforcement officials continue their investigation into...
An Associated Press poll out today finds nearly 80 percent of Americans believe temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing...
Sandra Tsing Loh is thankful if the world ends this week.I’m going to be honest. Upon contemplating The Mayan Calendar’s termination, and the potential end of the world...
