Under Coach Paul Knox, football offers a haven from the streets where players can learn to break free of tackles, on field and off. Jeremiah Allison sits stone-faced inside the big yellow bus as it winds through a maze of South Los Angeles streets, escorted by police. His jaws clench, his eyes narrow and his mind races to the hard, if not impossible, task ahead. Full Story »
Sonia Tauanuu, 25, was pronounced dead by witnesses at the scene, the LAPD says. The driver, Nancy Lekon, 43, was arrested on suspicion of homicide. The driver of a Cadillac limousine intentionally ran over a woman and dragged her body nearly a mile through skid row in downtown Los Angeles early Thursday, authorities said. Full Story »
The Station fire's burn area could be deluged with four days of rain, posing a mudslide risk to downslope homes. The basins are crucial to catching boulders, timber and heavy mud. With four days of rain forecast for Southern California beginning Sunday night, the best defense against mudslides and flooding in areas burned during the Station fire is a network of 29 debris basins scattered around ... Full Story »
David J. Ernst, who was chief of IT services and is now at UC, collected more than $150,000 he shouldn't have, the state says. CSU is scolded for lack of oversight. Ernst challenges the audit. A former high-ranking California State University official collected more than $150,000 in improper expense reimbursements, including claims for unnecessary trips to Amsterdam and Shanghai, meals that ... Full Story »
The department's 56th leader was officially sworn in a few weeks ago. Thursday's event was for pomp and pageantry. It was all pomp and pageantry at the LAPD's downtown headquarters Thursday as newly appointed Chief Charlie Beck was sworn in to office -- for a second time. Full Story »
The Prison Library Project responds to hundreds of requests a week from inmates around the country, and beyond, seeking a little relief from the boredom through reading. Penned inside a stark world of concrete and steel, the messages are often congenial, the words soft. Full Story »
The driver of a Cadillac limousine allegedly ran over a woman on purpose and dragged her body nearly a mile through skid row in downtown Los Angeles early today, authorities said. Full Story »
It's the largest one-week total since flu cases began escalating this fall, state officials say. Nearly 800 people in California were hospitalized with the H1N1 flu last week, the largest one-week number of hospitalizations since flu cases began escalating this fall, state officials said Thursday. Full Story »
Agents are seeking explicit videos and electronic records from Yahoo and Google involving an Illinois man accused of illegally recording the ESPN reporter. The FBI served search warrants at the Silicon Valley offices of Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., seeking explicit videos and electronic records involving the Illinois man accused of illegally recording ESPN reporter Erin Andrews through hotel ... Full Story »
Carmen Trutanich is resting at home after having been admitted with abdominal pain. Doctors believe his condition is related to stress, diet and exhaustion. City Atty. Carmen Trutanich was released Thursday from Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center San Pedro after being admitted Saturday suffering from abdominal pains. He is now resting at home. Full Story »
The National Labor Relations Board calls for elections to determine which union will represent Kaiser workers in Southern California, the SEIU or challenger NUHW. SEIU plans to appeal the decision. A federal labor board decision this week has given a major victory to a breakaway union vying with the giant Service Employees International Union to represent tens of thousands of California ... Full Story »
City clerk's report finds similar increases in participation, but not in cost, for local elections that are not citywide. Switching to vote-by-mail citywide elections in Los Angeles and doing away with traditional polling places could increase voter participation but be costly and pose a threat to the integrity of elections, a report by the Los Angeles city clerk concluded Thursday. Full Story »
The Fair Political Practices Commission is investigating whether the Inglewood Democrat violated the law by forming a legal defense fund without reporting the issue for which he is raising money. The state's political ethics agency has launched an investigation into whether state Sen. Roderick Wright (D-Inglewood) violated campaign law when he formed a legal defense fund without reporting the ... Full Story »
The 1.8-million-year-old fossil was found during work on a Southern California Edison site and will be turned over to the San Bernardino County Museum. The skull of an ice age giant ground sloth was recently uncovered at a construction site in Riverside County and could be headed for display at the San Bernardino County Museum. Full Story »
A student group will bring 10 dogs to campus next week to help everyone relax during finals, just one of the things the school will do to help students de-stress. A Chapman University student group wanted to find a way to relieve stress during finals week, so it came up with an innovative approach: puppies. Full Story »
The Oscar-winning director faced a 90-day jail term before fleeing the United States in 1978. Today, sentences in cases with similar contours tend to be four times longer, an analysis of court records shows. Statutory rape convictions similar to Roman Polanski's typically result in sentences at least four times longer today than the 90-day punishment a judge favored before the director fled the ... Full Story »
A former high-ranking California State University official collected more than $150,000 in improper expense reimbursements over three years, including claims for unnecessary trips to locales such as Amsterdam and Shanghai, meals that exceeded allowable amounts and commutes between his Northern California home and Cal State’s Long Beach headquarters, a state audit has found. Full Story »
A small boat carrying 21 illegal immigrants tried to flee from federal agents before being stopped Wednesday morning about 14 miles off the La Jolla coast, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said today. Full Story »
The FBI has served search warrants at the Silicon Valley offices of Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc., seeking explicit videos and electronic records involving the Illinois man accused of illegally recording ESPN reporter Erin Andrews through hotel peepholes. Full Story »
Finals week is one of the most stressful times of the year for college students, so a mental awareness group at Chapman University decided to bring some puppies onto the Orange County campus for students to hug their worries away.... Full Story »
Los Angeles police officers exchanged gunfire with suspects while responding to an armed robbery call west of downtown this morning, authorities said. Full Story »
Switching to vote-by-mail citywide elections in Los Angeles -- and doing away with traditional polling places -- could increase voter participation but be costly and pose a threat to the integrity of elections, a report by the Los Angeles City Clerk concluded today. Full Story »
The skull of a giant ground sloth has been discovered by construction crews building an Edison relay station west of Beaumont, authorities said. Full Story »
Several residents in the north San Fernando Valley sniffed a strange odor in the air this morning and called 911 to report it, authorities said. Full Story »
Director scheduled to be released on bail to his Alpine chalet on Friday. Full Story »
Holiday lights illuminate the Denver City/County Building in downtown Denver. AP Photo/David Zalubowski
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