Authorities say two people walking on tracks were hit and killed by trains in separate incidents in Southern California, including one in Los Angeles and another in Encinitas.
A change in California law that sends lower-level felons to county lockups instead of state prison means local facilities are handling inmates with longer sentences.
Airport will show off new north concourse and three new gates at Bradley terminal. An Airbus 380 landing will demonstrate the gates' state-of-the-art technology.
The White House was responding to an online petition signed by more than 114,000 people. The administration said Americans should also be able to unlock tablets.
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman said it is closing its Dominguez Hills facility near Carson, impacting 750 employees. Some jobs will move out of state.
In Southeast LA, a poll worker was shot in what police say was an act of domestic violence. He will survive. In general, voting turnout was light in L.A. County.
Rent movies and television shows from your tablet or laptop with "hoopla," a Netflix-like service that is free for Los Angeles Public Library card holders. It's set to start this spring.
U.S. home prices jumped in January from a year ago. California prices increased 14.1 percent last month from a year ago, with L.A. and Riverside among cities with biggest increases.
The Cold War still rages in North Korea, and enemy No. 1 is the U.S., which Pyongyang blames for making its much-condemned drive to develop nuclear weapons necessary.
Newport Beach has been trying to remove the popular fire rings that line its beaches for years. But the California Coastal Commission is expected to deny the city’s request. Read the report.
An Iranian spokesman Tuesday said the country's nuclear talks with world powers yielded "positive results" and assailed what he described as "negative" remarks by some Western officials.
Pro wrestling manager William Moody, better known as his character “Paul Bearer,” has died. Bearer debuted in 1991 managing the Undertaker, one of the most famed wrestlers of all time.
Dramatically overcrowded L.A. County-USC Medical Center may be adding 150 inpatient beds to the hospital. It has 600 — 224 fewer than the aging tower it replaced.
Almost nine in 10 people supported government-backed efforts at cancer prevention – but not even four in 10 supported making smoking in private illegal.
Cardinal Roger Mahony defended his handling of pedophile priests in a new interview, while attorneys are investigating if Pope Benedict XVI is legally vulnerable in retirement.
The news, announced at the company's upfront presentation to advertisers on Tuesday in New York, had been called the "worst kept secret" after rumors emerged this week.
Christie Prody, O.J. Simpson's ex-girlfriend of more than 10 years, allegedly tried to steal a purse off the shoulder of a woman who was walking into a North Dakota mall.
Jeb Bush baffles immigration reform advocates - Washington Post From the story: "Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, long thought to be among the most ardent immigration reform proponents...
By cramming in an orderly fashion and knowing the technical basics of how to vote on Election Day, even the underprepared can cast a confident ballot on March 5.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Meg Jay's recent TED talk encouraged young adults to realize one thing—make your twenties count. Is Jay putting too much pressure on 20-somethings or is she underestimating them?
Governor Jerry Brown recently put out a new proposal on how to fund schools should across the state. Essentially, inner-city school districts will get more money, while suburban, tonier districts will get less. This proposal has some critics crying foul.
The Dow measures the performance of 30 of America’s best-known companies, including General Electric, Chevron, and Wal-Mart, but does it accurately gauge the state of the U.S. economy? Should the average person care?
How can authorities keep information flowing freely while also protecting more sensitive viewers? What lessons might the U.S. apply based on other countries’ attempts at banning porn?
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Shannon Service, The California Report | Take Two
Not that long ago, California's herring population came perilously close to collapse. While their numbers have been increasing, herring in San Francisco Bay are still struggling. From the California Report, Shannon Service has the story.
Even though SimCity's been around for decades, fans on the Internet have been buzzing about the release of SimCity 5. With more on what makes SimCity so enduring is Jamin Warren, founder of the video game magazine and website Kill Screen.
President Obama nominated environmental official Gina McCarthy to head the EPA and MIT professor Ernest Moniz as energy secretary. If they join the Cabinet, they could be key in pushing through the kind of climate change regulations that eluded the administration during the past four years.
This month, new standards for teaching science will be released and for the first time, and they will include a recommendation to teach kids about the evidence for man-made climate change starting as early as elementary school.
The traditional company wellness program — think free flu shots — is gradually giving way to an approach that makes less healthy workers pay more for health insurance.
New Jersey is going all in. Governor Chris Christie has signed a bill making his state the third in the nation, after Nevada and Delaware, to legalize internet gambling.
A new album from Helado Negro called "Invisible Life" comes out today. This is his third album, one that he made in his apartment in New York. Negro, whose real name is Roberto Carlos Lange, recently dropped by the studio to talk about his music and the making of his latest album.
As KPCC's Patt Morrison reminds us, the legacy of L.A. mayors is filled with racy stories and characters seemingly plucked from the pages of a Raymond Chandler novel.
We asked YOU what you think California's state rock song should be. Some said the fairly well-known tune "California" by the group Phantom Planet, and of course Tupac Shakur's "California Love" was a popular choice. But by far, the favorite was "California Dreamin'" by the Mamas and the Papas.
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says price will be a major factor when it comes to selling the Times.Susanne Whatley: The owner of the L.A. Times is selling all its newspapers....
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Off-Ramp animation critic Charles Solomon | Off-Ramp
I can’t imagine how difficult is to perform the steps the Joffrey dancers execute so dramatically in "The Rite of Spring," or how hard it is to play the score. But even that must be easier than convincing LA’s cultural poo-bahs to give animation the place among the arts it deserves.
