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Two people charged in a hit-and-run accident that killed a USC student and severely injured another each pleaded no contest Thursday to a single felony, prosecutors said. The defendants, Claudia Cabrera, 31, and Josue Luna, 33, entered the plea just...
The superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District said Thursday that he would reassign three South Los Angeles elementary school teachers after they had their students display pictures of O.J. Simpson, Dennis Rodman and RuPaul in a Black History...
A member of the pop group Girlicious was charged Thursday with drug possession with the intent to distribute or sell after Glendale police said they found more than a dozen plastic bags of cocaine in her Gucci purse. Natalie Mejia,...
State corrections officials questioned Thursday claims by the L.A. police union that the recent arrest of a man with a long criminal history showed shortcomings in a new law designed to ease prison overcrowding. Ezra Hooker Sr., who was arrested...
A divided federal appeals court Thursday reversed itself, ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance doesn’t violate the constitutional prohibition against state-mandated religious exercise even though it contains the phrase “one nation under God.” The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals...
Between 10% and 12% of the parking meters in Los Angeles fail at any given time, according to a recent study. Officials aren't supposed to give parking tickets to motorists parked at broken meters, but some residents complain the city...
The California Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a death sentence for a man who doused a Tustin bookkeeper with gasoline and set her on fire in a dispute about a paycheck. Jonathan D'Arcy, convicted of the 1993 murder of Karen...
UCLA administrators halted the Undie Run -- a finals week tradition in which students sprint across the campus in their skivvies -- after problems of vandalism and interference by non-UCLA students. But the Daily Bruin is reporting that UCLA could...
Rescue boats and divers searched the Los Angeles River on Thursday for other possible victims after a woman drove her SUV off a Long Beach bridge, crashing through a guardrail and into the murky water below. The SUV smashed through...
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent a letter to city departments Wednesday demanding a freeze on much of their spending, from the purchase of new furniture to the use of food and beverages at city events. With the city facing...
At least three people were pulled from a sport utility vehicle that crashed through a guardrail in Long Beach on Thursday and plunged into the Los Angeles River, authorities said. [Updated at 10:14 a.m.: Police are now saying one woman...
Garden Grove police searched Thursday for armed robbers who broke into a home and pistol-whipped one of the residents, authorities said. At least two masked robbers broke into the home in the 12800 block of Magnolia Street about 8:50 p.m....
At a time when county government is tightening its belt, a new Times investigation examined how the five L.A. County supervisors spend $3.4 million a year they receive in discretionary funding. According to records, they use the money in part...
C.L. Max Nikias, USC’s provost and second-in-command, will become its next president, succeeding Steven B. Sample on August 3 at the helm of the 34,000-student university in Los Angeles, school officials announced Thursday. Nikias, 57, a Cypriot-born engineer, was long...
Six UCLA students studying early Thursday morning at an apartment less than half a mile from campus were robbed by several armed men who entered through an unlocked door, police said. The armed men entered the apartment on the 500...
An Orange County prosecutor has released photos apparently taken by convicted killer Rodney James Alcala to help determine whether women displayed in the pictures were victimized. Deputy District Atty. Matt Murphy told the Orange County Register that Alcala, a freelance...
Los Angeles police found more than 1,500 hens and roosters at several Sylmar residences Wednesday in an investigation of a suspected cockfighting operation. Officers arrived at the residential trailers and homes in the 13400 and 13500 blocks of Borden Avenue...
President Obama on Wednesday nominated a magistrate judge from the Eastern District of California to serve that busiest of U.S. federal courtrooms, where a flood of lawsuits and petitions from the state’s prison network swells the annual caseload to more...
The California Supreme Court decided Wednesday to review a state law that prohibits convicted felons from owning body armor. An appeals court overturned the ban last year on the grounds the law was too vague. State Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown,...
Federal prosecutors Wednesday filed criminal charges against a Santa Monica sushi restaurant and one of its chefs, alleging that they sold endangered whale meat. Named in the complaint, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, were Typhoon...
The California Public Utilities Commission has approved the safety certificate for the historic Angels Flight rail line in downtown L.A., nine years after a fatal accident closed the funicular. In a letter to the Angels Flight Railway Co., the PUC...
Community leaders and celebrities announced a new multimedia campaign in Los Angeles on Wednesday aimed at getting young Latinos to participate in the U.S. Census. During the news conference at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex, speakers invited students to download an...
A Lakeside woman was arrested on suspicion of felony animal neglect Wednesday after authorities found 60 dogs in filthy, cramped conditions inside her small home, officials said. Alice Via, 65, was taken into custody after San Diego County animal control...
With as many as 4,000 job eliminations ahead, Los Angeles city officials have issued the first pink slip to a curator at the Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro. City leaders authorized the job cuts last month to address the...
More than a dozen plastic bags of cocaine were found in the Gucci purse belonging to a member of the pop group Girlicious after the entertainer and another man were pulled over for speeding, authorities said Wednesday. Natalie Mejia, 21,...
