A black bear that wandered into a Granada Hills neighborhood managed to elude wardens trying to capture him earlier Tuesday, but was eventually caught.
Hillary Clinton is headlining a $15,000 per-plate lunch at the Beverly Hills home of Haim and Cheryl Saban, a crucial stop for the Clintons and other top Democrats.
Older people who are active every day appear to lower their risk of heart disease and death by almost a third, and they don't even have to break a sweat.
Members of Congress from the Los Angeles region want the FAA to release a schedule for completing six action items to relieve helicopter noise in Southern California.
The four, captives of an al-Qaida affiliate, will be on their way home soon. They had been held since their capture at a uranium mining operation in Niger.
A federal appeals court has overturned convictions of a Southern California man who confessed to killing his estranged wife and Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy.
Dr. Curtis Eng says it is scary to see so many sick birds, but two of the condors are recovering and one remains in critical condition. Vets say 18 were mildly ill.
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence dropped to 71.2 in October, down from 80.2 the previous month. A reading of 90 is consistent with a healthy economy.
The board gave Deasy a satisfactory approval – an annual condition of extending his contract. Board staff would not say how many voted in favor or how many against.
A superintendent’s review is usually routine, but a public uproar has turned the L.A. school board's review of John Deasy into a political referendum. Follow live coverage here.
A Redditor just discovered a fun little easter egg on a webpage run by the LA City Controller's office--activated by a cheat code, it opens up a computer game on the page.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously opposed a lease between the city of Whittier and an oil company, but the matter will likely be decided by a court.
A new report reveals a sharp drop in consumer confidence nationwide; but Amazon seems confident that orders will keep rolling into its SoCal fulfillment centers.
Attention, sexy xenophobes! Help put a stop to widespread small mindedness with an anti-racist costume checklist and simple sensitivity guidelines for candy season.
A House Democratic reform bill gets GOP support, an India-based outsourcing giant faces a record immigration fine, and a major chain gets complaints over racially offensive costumes. This and more.
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 29 and headlines include Superintendent John Deasy's performance review, City Hall's top budget official, and Bell's attempt at transparency.
Workers will pay more into their pensions, and new hires will retire later with lower benefits. It may be a template for other cities with large pension burdens.
Time Warner Cable Deportes calls itself the first and only Spanish Language regional sports network. An expanded team hopes to boost the passion behind its coverage.
Over the years, retailers keep moving their holiday promotions earlier, according to retail analysts, and this year price reductions and big sales will be crucial.
The black bears in the San Gabriel Mountains are descendants of 11 bears deported from Yosemite in the 1930s — reportedly because they were "troublemakers." But does the story check out?
Time Warner Cable Deportes calls itself the first and only Spanish Language regional sports network. An expanded team hopes to boost the passion behind its coverage.
For a look at the history of the river, and what could change for the people and wildlife along its route, we're joined by KPCC's Patt Morrison and our Washington correspondent Kitty Felde.
It's always a challenge to get other people to do what you want them to do. You can turn to the old carrot-or-stick approach, or you could also try using games.
Over the years, retailers keep moving their holiday promotions earlier, according to retail analysts, and this year price reductions and big sales will be crucial.
It's time for Tuesday Reviewsday, our regular segment in which we talk about the best in new music. This week we're joined by music critic Steve Hochman.
From the start, the people of Los Angeles celebrated their aqueduct, cheering by the thousands as water tumbled south. Where that water came from, in the Owens Valley, the response to LA's thirst was quite different.
100 years ago this week, the County of Los Angeles began digging up, researching and putting on display the fossils found inside the black, bubbly lake we now know as the La Brea Tar Pits.
These days people are driving less and they're using more fuel-efficient cars. While that may be good for the environment, it's actually hurting many states and the federal government.
Candy is a source of pleasure and pain, if you consider the problems with obesity in this country. So in advance of Halloween we’ll take a look at the candy complex in the U.S. with Rutgers professor Samira Kawash, author of the book, "Candy: A Century of Panic and Pleasure."
Workers will pay more into their pensions, and new hires will retire later with lower benefits. It's part of the city's plan to climb out of a billion dollar hole.
Monday afternoon, California joined Oregon, Washington and British Columbia in signing an agreement to battle climate change. This plan includes the support of research and permit initiatives for clean energy and preservation.
Residents in Irwindale have been complaining about the fumes from the production of the popular spicy sauce Sriracha. The city filed a lawsuit in LA Superior Court yesterday asking a judge to halt Sriracha production at the Huy Fong Foods factory.
It’s not uncommon during Halloween for people to dress up like a Geisha, a Mexican in a mariachi suit or dressing like a redneck. But for some people, these costumes are just promoting stereotypes and are offensive.
The Los Angeles Times reports U.S. intelligence officials are angered by denials from the Obama Administration about spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, also denied knowledge of "certain surveillance activities."
Critics of Obamacare now have more ammunition. Along with the troublesome rollout of the Affordable Care Act Website, some people will lose their current health insurance plans. This is something that President Obama said would not happen.
Yesterday, Laker center Chris Kaman discussed the prospects that the Clippers (his former team for seven seasons) would become “L.A.’s team” with Times basketball reporter Mike Bresnahan: "I respect what they're doing and what they've done, but still, they're nothing like the Lakers. You look up here at all the championships. They're never going to have that. It's never going to happen. I don't see it.”
From Pershing Square to Beverly Center to Amazon.com, Christmas decor and holidays shopping tips are up and glowing even before All Hallow's Eve. If you think that's early, Kmart's holiday-shopping ads went into rotation on September 9, more than 100 days before Christmas. Why so early?
LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy is having a closed-door meeting with the seven-member Board of Education today and will get his annual review. Today’s meeting caps days of rumors surrounding Deasy’s future at the country’s second largest school district. It started with a Los Angeles Times article Thursday that reported Deasy’s intention to resign his post in February, citing unnamed sources.
The Art Center College of Design will be starting a new auto design program. Peter and Merle Mullin donated a gift of $15 million dollars from the couple who are classic car enthusiasts. The money will go towards the construction of a transportation design facility, and support future leaders in the field. The Mullins are no strangers to preserving art.
