Cal State L.A. graduate students hone crime scene expertise

Peering into her microscope at a tiny glass shard, Cal State L.A. graduate student Nancy Kedzierski tried to detect subtle shapes, textures and colors that might reveal its origin. Was it from the windshield of a car, a beer bottle, the window of a house?...

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L.A. town hall meeting exposes deep rift on immigration overhaul

Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) said Saturday that she is pessimistic about the prospects for a broad overhaul of the nation's immigration system in the House of Representatives. "I am not optimistic that comprehensive immigration reform is going to...

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Immigrant parents' experiences helped shape lawmakers' views

By Patrick McGreevy July 27, 2013, 9:20 p.m. SACRAMENTO — Seventeen members of the California Legislature have parents who came to the U.S. from other countries. Many say their family histories inform their actions as lawmakers. The parents...

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Jazz patrons see L.A.'s Central Avenue on the upswing

Slowly, steadily, in the shadow of downtown Los Angeles, change is coming to the history-rich but long beleaguered heart of Central Avenue. Crime is down and optimism up. There's a new cafe, a new grocery store, new shops and apartment buildings. On...

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Democratic Party officials ask San Diego Mayor Bob Filner to quit

SAN DIEGO — The central committee of the San Diego County Democratic Party voted Thursday night to ask Mayor Bob Filner to resign due to the increasing number of allegations that he has sexually harassed women. The vote, at a meeting closed to the media,...

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Palmdale elections unfair to blacks and Latinos, judge rules

In a new critique of how minorities are treated in the Antelope Valley, a judge has ruled that Palmdale violated state voting laws by maintaining an election system that hampered the ability of Latinos and blacks to win office. The judge's findings...

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Water district sues company, accusing it of overbilling

The Central Basin Municipal Water District, which has emerged as a key player in the FBI investigation into a state senator, on Thursday sued a politically connected company for allegedly overbilling it by nearly $1 million. The lawsuit marks the beginning...

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Mayor Eric Garcetti faces early test over proposed DWP deal

Less than a month after taking office, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is facing a major test of his power: A union leader who ran a brutal campaign against him in the May election is trying to line up City Council support for a new salary agreement...

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Big-bucks battle shaping up over bid to raise malpractice award limit

SACRAMENTO — You don't need to be a Nobel economist to understand that dollars today aren't anything close to their worth four decades ago. Gasoline, real estate, medical care—they've all skyrocketed in cost. Everything's gone up, that is, except damage...

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Filipino man wins reprieve from deportation because he is gay

SAN FRANCISCO — A gay Filipino immigrant who had been ordered deported won a reprieve from a federal appeals court Wednesday on the grounds that he would be persecuted for his sexual orientation if sent back to the Philippines. A three-judge panel of...

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Meatball the bear to be star of Glendale's Rose Parade float

He has been feared. And loved. And worried over. And touted as a new-style ursine celebrity in the Twitter age. Now Meatball the bear — or at least his happy-go-lucky, mechanical likeness — will be the centerpiece of a Rose Parade float sponsored by...

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Raunchy, racist jokes were the entertainment at sheriff's gathering

A gathering attended by several hundred sheriff's deputies and staff members from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department went badly awry when a comedian unleashed a stand-up routine filled with racist and sexually explicit humor, people in attendance...

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Jackson's mother appears contentious, forgetful on witness stand

Brimming with emotion when she first took the witness stand last week, Michael Jackson's mother came across Monday as a contentious, forgetful 83-year-old who contradicted herself while trying to defend her son. Katherine Jackson, who along with the...

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U.S. investigates handling of alleged sex assaults at USC

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating USC over its handling of alleged sexual assault and rape cases after students filed a complaint with the federal government, officials said Monday. Two current USC students — both of whom allege being...

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Hollywood skyscrapers too close to earthquake fault, opponents say

Los Angeles officials have asked the developer of a controversial Hollywood skyscraper project to conduct a new round of seismic tests to determine whether the project's towers could be at risk in an earthquake. At the same time, state officials are...

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Deputy director of state mental hospitals takes unexplained leave

SAN FRANCISCO — Seven days after being confirmed by the state Senate, the official responsible for day-to-day operations at California's mental hospitals and prison-based psychiatric programs has abruptly taken an extended — and unexplained — administrative...

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On Navy's San Clemente Island, endangered species stage a comeback

SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND — The unique wildlife of San Clemente Island has survived the appetites and hooves of feral livestock, bombardments by Navy vessels and wave after wave of amphibious assault vehicles storming local beaches and grassy plateaus. The...

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For Jewish child, dreams of chocolate fueled escape from Nazis

His escape from the Nazis was more like "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" than "The Sound of Music," Leon Prochnik admits. Prochnik was 6 when his family fled Poland as Hitler's army invaded the country. As they were smuggled out of the country,...

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More community colleges facing accreditation problems

A warning to Los Angeles Mission College to correct a number of academic and administrative deficiencies didn't come as a great surprise to Daniel Campos. The former student body president had long been frustrated with campus infighting, perceptions...

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Slain Orange County physician Ronald Gilbert remembered as a giver

About the time Ronald Gilbert became a parent 20 years ago, his Jewish faith deepened and slowly he became Orthodox. The Orange County urologist and his family eventually moved from their home in Tustin to Huntington Harbour so they could more easily...

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Capture of Mexican mob boss began with a fed-up informant

TIJUANA — The informant paid his own way to Mexico City and strode into a hotel room in an upscale neighborhood, willing to end the reign of one of Mexico's most brutal crime bosses. He wanted money, he told four Drug Enforcement Administration agents,...

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National healthcare reform sparks concern about scams

The national health reform law is expected to open the door for identity theft and insurance scams when millions of uninsured Americans begin enrolling in coverage this fall, officials and advocates warn. The Federal Trade Commission said dozens of...

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Program promoting U.S.-grown foods divides California Republicans

WASHINGTON — In this era of federal austerity, appetites are souring over spending taxpayer money on dinner parties in India featuring California prunes, cartoons in Spain touting homegrown walnuts and billboards in South Korea extolling American beef....

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