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Authorities still determining whether death was homicide. Full Story »

School officials Tuesday unveiled a worst-case budget plan that could, if enacted, result in up to 8,000 layoffs by next fall. Full Story »

The shell game involves "a tosser" or "dealer" who quickly moves a small, round object beneath one of three shells or bottle caps mounted on a table or cardboard box. To make the game more enticing, a shill is employed to give the appearance that the game is winnable. Full Story »

Assemblyman Paul Krekorian claimed victory tonight in the bitter and expensive race for the Los Angeles City Council seat previously held by City Controller Wendy Greuel. Full Story »

As Roman Polanski enters his second week under house arrest at his Swiss chalet, his American legal team is scheduled Thursday to face off with the prosecutors seeking his extradition in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Full Story »

L.A. County sheriff's detectives said they are still trying to determine whether a prominent Los Angeles attorney found fatally shot in the driveway of his Rolling Hills Estates home was the victim of a homicide or committed suicide. Full Story »

Three people have been arrested in a home-invasion robbery in a gated community in Newport Beach that lead to a SWAT standoff early this morning, authorities said. Two suspects are still at large. Full Story »

A City Council vote would allow 137 marijuana dispensaries to remain, with a target of 70. Members also tighten requirements for shops' locations. A vote on the overall measure is set for today. The Los Angeles City Council took several key steps Tuesday toward completing an ordinance that would regulate the city's multiplying medical marijuana dispensaries, voting to sharply limit the number ... Full Story »

L.A.'s water and power utility plans to hand out bonuses and raises to its already well-paid employees. And an L.A. County supervisor has $707,000 to remodel his office. What's the deal? If you're looking for work in this rotten economy, I've got a tip: Full Story »

Friends and colleagues testify about how deeply upset she became after the man she loved broke up with her for another woman, whom she is accused of killing in 1986. Stephanie Lazarus, the Los Angeles Police Department detective accused of murdering the wife of a love interest, pined for the man and grew deeply upset when he did not return her affection, according to court testimony Tuesday. Full Story »

Jeffrey Tidus was found with a gunshot wound Monday evening outside his Rolling Hills Estates home. He died Tuesday at a hospital. Detectives have not ruled out suicide. Detectives were trying Tuesday to sort out the mysterious death of a prominent Los Angeles attorney, who was found fatally shot in the driveway of his home in an affluent Palos Verdes Peninsula city. Full Story »

The annual event teaches students about the American justice system by transforming them into amateur attorneys, witnesses and even bailiffs. They also feel the pain of losing. Rossana Estrada and her team had trained for three months. They knew the facts of their case. She was certain they had dominated the final round of the Los Angeles County Mock Trial Competition -- an annual event that has ... Full Story »

The California Senate chief refuses to hold a hearing for Rachelle Chong, who had the backing of AT & T and Verizon, which benefited from her successful push to deregulate most land-line services. The leader of the state Senate on Tuesday rejected a controversial appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger who had been bidding for a second term on the commission that regulates state utilities. Full Story »

The current and former officials at Los Angeles World Airports received thousands of dollars in discounted trips to China and New England from a group that represents international airlines at LAX. City ethics investigators have recommended that civil charges be brought against six current and former officials at Los Angeles World Airports who allegedly accepted thousands of dollars worth of ... Full Story »

When Eddie Goldstein was born, the neighborhood was the center of Jewish life in Los Angeles. As it has changed, he's stayed, evolving with it. The old man with the Santa Claus beard pulled a black yarmulke from the trunk of his Cadillac and limped across the street. Full Story »

The Hustler publisher sued Jimmy Flynt Jr. and Jimmy's brother Dustin, alleging that they are making inferior adult films while trying to capitalize on the Flynt brand. Testifying under oath in the staid halls of U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt opined on where the next generation was taking the adult entertainment industry. Full Story »

An Italian woman meets with a Princess ship captain and crew member to try to shed light on her brother's disappearance, apparently at sea. But everyone is perplexed. The Coral Princess sailed into San Pedro on Monday morning, ending its 15-day Panama cruise; Chiara Faliva flew all the way from Italy to greet it. Full Story »

The state would face numerous procedural hurdles in carrying out capital punishment as in Ohio, which put a murderer to death with single-drug lethal injection. An Ohio murderer put to death with the nation's first single-drug lethal injection died swiftly Tuesday, inaugurating an execution method some analysts consider more humane than the three-drug procedure used in California and 33 other ... Full Story »

The cases of three accused in the Calabasas school incidents go to a prosecutor. But they and others could enter a program that deals with first-time juvenile offenders in an out-of-court setting. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office is debating whether to file criminal charges against three Calabasas youths arrested in connection with recent attacks on redheaded students at a ... Full Story »

Los Angeles Police Department detectives were at the Hollywood Hills home of Nicky Hilton this afternoon after a burglary was reported. An LAPD spokeswoman said the burglary report was made about 3:30 p.m., though officials released few details. Full Story »

The city will cap the total number at 70, but to allow those that originally registered with the city to remain open. Full Story »

Los Angeles ethics commission investigators are recommending that civil charges be brought against six current and former managers at Los Angeles World Airports who allegedly took thousands of dollars worth of trips to China and Europe provided by an association that represents dozens of international airlines that use LAX. Full Story »

Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives today are trying to sort out a mystery in upscale Rolling Hills Estates after a prominent attorney was fatally shot on the lawn of his home. Full Story »

The parents of a 17-year-old boy wanted on suspicion of fatally shooting, burning and burying another teen in the backyard of the family's Hemet home have been released without being charged, authorities said today. Full Story »

Angelo Faliva, a first cook on the Coral Princess , walked out of the kitchen in the middle of his shift on Nov. 25 and never came back to work, family members said. Full Story »