Immigration officials say they deported a record number of illegal immigrants this year – nearly 400,000 people. But a new report that analyzes those numbers finds big problems with who is being deported and how those deportations are being handled. The report, "Secure Communities by the Numbers: An Analysis of Demographics and Due Process," was co-written by UC Berkeley's law school and the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York.
The promise of traveling from L.A. to San Francsico in under three hours on a sleek bullet train is alluring, but the high speed rail line has run into some serious roadblocks. With at least a $45 billion price tag, coming up with the money to fund it is no easy task, especially in these times of rampant cost-cutting.
One of the true icons of radio died yesterday: Norman Corwin, the writer/director of some of the most renowned dramas from radio's Golden Age. He was 101 years old.
When the “big one” hits, will you be ready? That’s the question behind an event called the “Great California ShakeOut.” It’s a statewide earthquake drill happening Thursday at 10:20 a.m.
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If the economic situation in this country makes you “mad as hell,” you’re “not going to take it anymore” and you’ve found yourself poised — black sharpie and white poster board in hand — to join the Occupy protesters, you might want to make a quick pitstop at NextSpace first. It' a Culver City business that serves as home base for a disparate group of entrepreneurs and small business owners who are making a go of it in a rough economy. There’s hope in the air and it's contagious.
It was fourth time's the charm for British author Julian Barnes, who was awarded the prestigious Man Booker prize for fiction in London Tuesday night. The annual prize recognizes the best novel by a citizen of the British Commonwealth.
Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam, hosts of The Dinner Party Download podcast, join Madeleine for some tantalizing topics to kick off your next get-together: A 40-year-old actress is suing Amazon for publishing her real age, scientists are asking for help in giving a telescope a sexier name than "The Very Large Array" and today, "Take On Me" hit number one on the pop charts.
