About two dozen alleged members of LA's Mara Salvatrucha 13 street gang were indicted Monday on extortion charges forcing street food vendors to pay "rent."
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Paresh Dave | USC Annenberg Knight Program on Media and Religion
Years after Facebook and Google executives briefed the Vatican, church leaders still haven't figured out how to connect with billions of digital natives.
Water and power commissioners have approved a plan to end LA's use of coal energy within 12 years. The vote achieves a key goal set by LA's mayor in his second term.
Some folks in San Juan Capistrano will have their eyes on the skies, looking for the annual return of swallows. But it’s up in the air whether the migratory guests of honor will show.
The injured were taken to area hospitals for treatment and further evaluation. The identities of those killed were not released pending notification of their families.
Power restored to two fuel storage pools at Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant, but two others have been without fresh cooling water for more than a day.
Riverside County is accused of providing poor medical some inmates, who go months without seeing a doctor, or get only cursory medical exams, and are rarely referred to specialists.
An increasing number of Iraqis are arriving in Orange County, some 1,600 a year. But the challenges of living in American can be significant. Part of a series on the Iraq war.
Led by El Salvadorans and Guatemalans, the population grew 51 percent between 2000 and 2010, outpacing growth from Mexico and other parts of Latin America.
L.A County Sheriff Lee Baca's proposal for a nearly $1 billion jail construction project needs thorough evaluation, county supervisors decided Tuesday.
Mayor Villaraigosa confirmed that city leaders hadn't formulated a plan for eliminating LA’s reliance on coal by 2020 when he announced that goal in 2008.
A judge has approved the sale of Twinkies to a pair of firms, one of which owns L.A.-headquartered Pabst beer. The dream of a beer-soaked snack sponge is closer than ever.
The tallest building in the West is being sold to developers from SIngapore. But will the new owners be able to overcome the dreary economics of L.A. office space?
Paul spells out his plan for immigration overhaul - New York Times Republican Sen. Rand Paul, a Tea Party favorite, called for conservatives to back immigration reform and detailed his position Tuesday before the U.
Why are the Pope and a former Jesuit-turned-California Congressman quoting from Matthew? Because they both believe they are supposed to protect the hungry, the sick and strangers.
Today is Tuesday, March 19 and headlines include Wendy Greuel's view on pensions, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's legacy on education, and a claim against the city.
Fourth-year medical students learned where they'd spent the next years of their lives on Friday, in the midst of a nationwide primary care provider shortage.
The outgoing Los Angeles mayor made a big play for public education. But he was rebuffed, and his smaller goals proved elusive. This is part of a series looking at the mayor's legacy.
A recent report shows delaying marriage is a rising trend. College-educated women are reaping the financial benefits of delaying marriage and childbearing, but young women with less education are reversing the order of marriage and the baby carriage.
Should economic-based immigration come at the cost of family unification? Could giving visa preference to highly skilled workers and STEM graduates lead to U.S. economic growth? Should those candidates get a bigger slice of the immigration pie - or should we just make the pie bigger? If you’re a foreign-born citizen or green card holder, what would this legislation mean to your family?
Disneyland has just announced its first-ever age policy; children 13 years and younger will have to be accompanied by an adult in order to enter the Magic Kingdom.
It's game over for John Riccitiello. Yesterday, Riccitiello announced he's stepping down from his post as CEO of the video game maker Electronic Arts. He cited poor earnings as the reason for his departure. But some say the move is a bigger indication of the shaky future of video games in today's media market.
Tuesday's the day that record companies usually release their new albums, so to help get caught up on the newest in music we have Oliver Wang from Soul-Sides.com and Morgan Rhodes from KPFK.
In the City of Brotherly Love, there's little love for a magazine article that's stirred up race relations. Philadelphia Magazine recently published a cover story, "Being White in Philly."
The outgoing Los Angeles mayor made a big play for public education. But he was rebuffed, and his smaller goals proved elusive. This is part of a series looking at the mayor's legacy.
Immigration reform is rarely thought of as specifically a women's issue, but it is central to the fight for women's equality. That's the argument of an organization of women calling themselves We Belong Together.
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Jill Replogle, Fronteras Desk | Take Two
In Guatemala today, General Efrain Rios Montt will be prosecuted for the crime of genocide. This case is being closely watched. Jill Replogle from the Fronteras Desk reports.
In the years after the US invasion of Iraq, Paul Bremer and the Coalition Provisional Authority sought to create a new Iraqi government. Rajiv Chandrasekaran, former Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post, joins the show with more.
A new study out of Oklahoma seems to suggest that the cliff swallows there are adapting to their modified environments in an interesting way. Researchers found their wings may be getting shorter to help them get out of the way of traffic.
Yesterday, the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released its 2013 annual report on the state of the news media. While most all sorts of media has been negatively affected, African-American news media outlets seem to be hit especially hard.
Since the U.S. opened up its doors to Iraqi refugees in 2007, more have ended up in California than any other state, nearly 20,000. An increasing number of then are arriving in Orange County and are facing big challenges once they arrive. As KPCC's Ben Bergman reports, they can face significant challenges.
KPCC's business analyst Mark Lacter says people interested in the NFL may well be wondering whether the league will provide any clarity on an L.A. team at an upcoming owners meeting...
