KPCC Blogs

After the San Francisco 49ers beat the Atlanta Falcons for the right to go to the Super Bowl, I tweeted my appreciation of a California team going to the game. If no local team is in the running (or exists), I'm always glad to root for a Bay Area team that makes it.

The House is taking up an immigration bill whose backers say would prevent future illegal immigration, but critics say it would criminalize people already in the country illegally. This and more.

Researchers writing in JAMA Pediatrics noted that junk food ads can contribute to a poor diet among children and teenagers.

A judge has ruled that a battery recycling plant in Vernon can reopen despite being closed by the state as a public health threat.

An L.A. Unified school board member has proposed changes to the state's Parent Trigger law, including school performance information and public meeting requirements.

There are so many things I like about this dress, but mostly it’s the gaily asymmetrical floral design that caught my eye.

The House Speaker is trying to bridge divides within his own party and with members on the opposite side of the aisle.

Disney dominated the nation's most visited theme parks in 2012, according to a report by the Themed Entertainment Association and AECOM.

The man who was mistakenly shot at by Torrance police during the search for ex-LAPD cop Christopher Dorner has filed a lawsuit against the city after mediation efforts were unsuccessful.

The other gun he had, the 1860 .44 Army revolver, looked exactly like the weapon that had been stolen from my old home, years ago. It almost certainly wasn’t my old Colt, but if it were, and he had he killed someone with it…

NASA announced a new class of astronauts that was half-female on Monday, but Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space.