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Meg Whitman, the former president and chief executive of eBay, is setting her sights on the most powerful CEO position in California. The former Mitt Romney endorser will announce her intentions to run...

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The LA Times reports that LAPD officials tried to persuade coroner's officials to change findings in a 2005 standoff that killed a suspect and his baby daughter.

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Weeks after arriving weak and malnourished, a number of pelicans return to the wild.

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The country that gave the world chewing gum is getting gummed up: The average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew.

4 hours ago

A soldier in Iraq lost his job back home because of Orange County's economic woes -- but not for long.

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A parolee released from prison about a week ago punches his mother in her arm during an alcohol-fueled argument in Riverside, police say.

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After trying to use a shovel to fend off a raccoon attacking her pit bull, a Pasadena was forced to open fire in this animal kingdom battle royale.

5 hours ago

Supervisors of the engineer running the Metrolink train involved in the deadly Chatsworth crash were allegedly warned repeatedly about his habit of text-messaging on the job.

Jan 7, 2009 | 19 comments

The price of college in California for illegal immigrants is questioned.

22 minutes ago | 2 comments

A new synthetic horse racing track leads to several horses getting injured while running, and some of them are euthanized as a result.

3 hours ago

A woman and a 5-year-old boy are killed on the Hollywood (101) Freeway in a crash that also left an 11-year-old girl with minor injuries.

5 hours ago | 2 comments

A man alleges that comedian Faizon Love attacked him in a West Hollywood hotel.

2 hours ago | 3 comments

Park rangers at Joshua Tree National Park find what looks to be a fire truck without license plates or registration, but it's occupied by three people, an owl, a hawk and an elk's head ...

Jan 7, 2009 | 2 comments

The City of LA's billlboard ban was enacted in 2002; although it has been largely ignored, a federal court now says the ban was legal.

Jan 7, 2009 | 26 comments

California's Controller warns budget deficit is bleeding state of cash so quickly, some debts--including tax refunds--may soon be paid with IOUs.

6 hours ago | 10 comments

A long battle ends with the home improvement chain giving up in face of community opposition...

Jan 6, 2009

Many people in Southern California have high hopes that Barack Obama's stimulus plan will work wonders at the local level.

Jan 6, 2009 | 4 comments

Competing demonstrations are held in front of the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard.

Jan 6, 2009 | 1 comment

Renters in the Inland Empire are caught in the middle of foreclosure disputes.

Jan 6, 2009

Deputies say a grocery store employee helped customers carry items to their vehicles, then helped herself to their wallets.

Jan 6, 2009 | 2 comments

El Monte police said Tuesday that they arrested two people in connection with a kidnapping and robbery at Valley Mall.

Jan 6, 2009 | 25 comments

Owners face fines of up to $500 under an ordinance designed to silence noisy dogs.

Jan 7, 2009

A crash on the 101 freeway left a woman and a child dead in Hollywood on Wednesday morning. Authorities say a third family member was also hospitalized.

3 hours ago | 1 comment

Mia Carew says her boyfriend wanted to "make it right" after he gave her a stolen puppy for Christmas.