Maywood gets straight talk about its water quality

In most towns, state officials showing up to announce that the drinking water was neither the best nor the worst in California would not be a big deal. But in Maywood, where water has been a political blood sport, a peaceful meeting Saturday at the...

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BET Experience black music fest at L.A. Live sizzles

In a parking lot across the street from the L.A. Live complex in downtown L.A. on Saturday afternoon, the temperature outside the BET Experience matched the star wattage of the weekend's performances. "I feel like my shoes are sticking to the asphalt,"...

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St. Callistus Catholic Church moves to Crystal Cathedral site

On the plaza of the future Christ Cathedral, 3,000 chairs and 7,000 water bottles awaited the faithful. On Saturday, before Mass welcomed families from St. Callistus Church to their new home, an organizer said into the microphone: "Those sitting in the...

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Actors find roles as drivers with ride-sharing services

By day, Jimmy Lucia is an actor. By night, he roams the streets of Los Angeles as BatLyft. Cruising in his blue 2013 Kia Rio hatchback, Batman-masked Lucia picks up strangers and takes them wherever they want to go. On a Friday or Saturday night, Lucia...

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Jurors hear clashing accounts of sisters' fatal shooting at party

Robert Lee Phillips didn't get along with his two adult stepdaughters, prosecutors say. They clashed over many things, including music. As a blues musician, he detested the loud and profane rap tunes they favored. The bad blood came to a head Labor...

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LAPD chief criticizes officers' conduct during deadly struggle

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck was sharply critical of how several officers acted during an arrest last year in which a woman died during a prolonged struggle with police, department records released this week show. In a report to the Police...

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Heat wave aggravates fire risk as Fourth of July nears

The first heat wave of the summer hit California on Thursday, producing some triple-digit temperatures that forecasters say are only a preview for a blistering weekend ahead. The National Weather Service issued heat warnings for large swaths of the...

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UCLA turns MBA degree into self-supporting program

Despite some faculty and student opposition, UC President Mark G. Yudof has approved a controversial plan to turn UCLA's MBA program into a self-supporting unit that depends on tuition and donations without state funding. The approval comes after nearly...

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West Hollywood celebrates high court's rulings on gay marriage

The crowd gathered early Wednesday at the Abbey, a well-known gay bar in West Hollywood. Couples sipped coffee and watched TV as they awaited word of the Supreme Court's decisions relating to same-sex marriage. There was a wedding cake and champagne...

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Man sentenced to death in Long Beach woman's 1998 slaying

She was a mother of three, going to the market to pick up food for a neighbor. They were "stupid drunk," a witness would later tell police: loud, rowdy and obnoxious. And when they met by chance late at night on Dec. 29, 1998, the first words they uttered...

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South Bay leaders decry Metro plan to close project funding gap

As the Metropolitan Transportation Authority prepares to take up a long agenda Thursday that could determine how billions of dollars are spent on projects countywide, city leaders in the South Bay are focused on a proposal they say could divert nearly...

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L.A., Owens Valley settle dispute over dust control

By Louis Sahagun June 26, 2013, 10:17 p.m. Los Angeles and the Owens Valley have reached a settlement in their dispute over new measures to control dust storms that have blown across the eastern Sierra Nevada since L.A. opened an aqueduct a century...

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Transgender pride festival celebrates freedoms but isn't carefree

In late May, a transgender woman named Vivian was viciously attacked while walking on Hollywood Boulevard, a reminder of the sharp-edged danger still facing the transgender community. "As much progress as there has been, we have to live with one eye...

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L.A. Unified's change in school for the blind draws outrage

Nothing seemed out of the ordinary at Frances Blend Elementary on the last day of school. Boxes of pastries were picked over by teachers and staff as they smiled and wished each other a good summer vacation. Aides and office personnel gave out hugs...

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Motivated home buyers skip the bidding wars

Ryan Mathys spent weeks prospecting. He drove up and down the little avenue in Solana Beach, taking notes and knocking on doors. He scoured public records. He blanketed the seaside neighborhood in northern San Diego County with inquiries. All the detective...

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New Rowland Heights mosque a product of grass-roots effort

The sand-colored mosque rises against the San Gabriel Mountains, its blue-tiled dome and six minarets cutting a striking profile in an industrial area of Rowland Heights. Inside, lush tapestries from Pakistan adorn the walls, and ornate chandeliers...

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Teen who murdered baby in dad's arms gets 90 years to life

Sixteen-year-old Donald Ray Dokins' short stature and baby face belie the crime he committed: the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in the arms of his proud and doting father. As he prepared to sentence the teenager, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge...

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LAPD's firing of Christopher Dorner was justified, report says

Christopher Dorner, the ex-Los Angeles police officer who went on a killing rampage to avenge his firing from the LAPD, lied repeatedly to further a "personal agenda" during his short time on the force and deserved to be thrown out of the department,...

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Jackson suffered almost total sleep deprivation, expert testifies

Dr. Charles Czeisler said Jackson's request for a teleprompter to remember the words to his classic songs "was shocking and indicated to me the profound impact this sleep deprivation was having on his memory." Czeisler, who has a medical degree and...

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Computer glitch grounds Southwest Airlines flights on West Coast

Southwest Airlines jets at Chicago's Midway Airport. The airline has roughly 3,200 flights per day. (Charles Rex Arbogast, AP / February 9, 2012) By David Zahniser and Dan Weikel June 21, 2013, 10:28 p.m. Southwest Airlines on Friday night...

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Rockefeller impostor dismisses Boston attorneys

A convicted killer who once masqueraded as a member of the Rockefeller family dismissed his team of Boston attorneys Thursday and will represent himself before his sentencing. Asked by a judge his reasons for representing himself, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter...

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'Gay cure' ministry Exodus International to close

Exodus International started in Anaheim 37 years ago as a small ministry to help those struggling to reconcile their homosexuality with the Bible's teachings. It grew into the leading practitioner of the controversial "gay cure" movement, with 260 ministries...

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Coalition pushes to save building that housed Chinese laborers

The brick building sits on a scrubby lot in Rancho Cucamonga behind a barbed-wire and chain-link fence, its facade worn and its interior dilapidated to the point where city officials have been worried it is unsafe. The squat, two-story structure —...

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