Home prices plunged by almost a third in major U.S. cities after the housing bubble burst, and the glut of foreclosures has kept the...
The situation in Syria is deteriorating. More than 7,500 people have died in the ongoing conflict between the regime of President Bashar...
Does a hiker go to the bathroom in the woods? It might matter, under a recent federal court ruling.
When Daniel W. Richards, the president of the California Fish and Game Commission, went to Idaho and shot a mountain lion, the dead...
It's a testament to the power of John F. Kennedy's comments about religion during the 1960 presidential campaign that his words make current...
A chorus of protests that Gov. Jerry Brown was "kicking children out of public school" greeted his proposal to strike a new, 14th year of...
Three Republican presidential candidates are shamelessly criticizing President Obama for apologizing to the government of Afghanistan for...
The first "parent trigger" petition in California, which sought to allow a charter organization to take over a Compton elementary school,...
With baseball players in spring training and Frank McCourt's April deadline for selling the Dodgers looming, a major bidding group has...
Rick Santorum's rivals for the Republican presidential nomination say he's a "fake" fiscal conservative because in the Senate he voted for...
Many people who used to pay their bills, say "happy birthday" or just keep in touch by mail now do those things online and avoid mailboxes...
Last May, after months of reports on how poor a job Los Angeles does recouping about half a billion dollars that it is owed, and after a few...
California Republicans have rendered themselves so irrelevant in state politics with their out-of-step policies and refusal to compromise...
The fact-checking of political ads is a cottage industry in any election year, but the 2012 presidential race has been especially rich in...
The City of Redondo Beach's anti-solicitation ordinance, which bars day laborers from seeking employment or contributions on its streets,...
Recently on this page we observed...
Obviously, the Republican presidential candidates have the right to speak out on any issue they choose, and just as obviously, the...
Responding to a steady drumbeat of privacy violations online, the White House proposed a privacy bill of rights for Internet users...
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck wants to revamp the department's rules to allow his officers greater discretion in deciding when to...
Angelenos don't get many opportunities to grouse about the weather, so in this town our preferred topic of complainversation is gasoline...
For 40 years, competitive colleges and universities in the United States have taken race into account in order to increase their...
On Thursday, the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission will consider a staff recommendation to more than double the amounts that donors can...
City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is a man of his word. OK, perhaps not when it comes to his campaign promise to serve out his full term, but...
Now that he's surging in the polls, Rick Santorum is finding that his eccentric and often outrageous views are being subjected to new...
When John Noguez, the former mayor of Huntington Park and a rising star in Democratic political circles, ran for Los Angeles County assessor...
In an advertisement touting Carmen Trutanich as the next district attorney of Los Angeles County, Sheriff Lee Baca proclaimed that Trutanich...
The culture wars have been fought in the classroom for decades, waged over such issues as school prayer, the teaching of evolution and...
In Saudi Arabia, girls and women are shut out of competitive sports, according to a just-released report by Human Rights Watch. There are no...
Virginia is for lovers — of guns. Last week that state's Senate, newly under Republican control after a GOP election surge in...
When Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, convened a hearing...
Save over 
