UC Irvine students try 'speedfaithing'

You have 10 minutes to sell someone on Catholicism, no more than that to distill the teachings of the Koran or the foundations of Mormonism. It's speed-dating for religion, and in a burst of faith-driven curiosity, dozens of students at UC Irvine raced...

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SEIU breaks off contract talks with L.A. County

The possibility of a walkout affecting a wide array of public services loomed larger Wednesday after the union representing most Los Angeles County government employees broke off negotiations, charging that county officials have been unresponsive to...

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Man gets 47 years to life for killing woman, pushing her from car

Selene Mayoral thought she had "met such a good man." At least, that's what she told her mother. She had recently completed a stint in rehab and found a steady job at an electronics manufacturer, where she met Juan Diego Valencia. But Mayoral's mother...

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Sheriff's Dept. inquiries about inmate abuse found to be shoddy

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department failed to thoroughly investigate allegations from inmates who said they were physically abused by deputies, according to an analysis of 31 cases by the department's internal watchdog. In a 145-page report,...

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Bell adds online financial data in bid for transparency

Amid allegations that Bell has reverted to the financial trickery that made the small, working-class city a symbol for municipal corruption, Bell city administrators will launch an online tool Tuesday that gives the public deeper access to its finances....

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Garcetti calls for approval of L.A. River project during D.C. trip

WASHINGTON — Mayor Eric Garcetti, on his first trip to the nation's capital as Los Angeles' chief executive, isn't letting Washington's preoccupation with budget deficits get in the way of his push for federal approval of a $1-billion project to restore...

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Murder conviction voided over Miranda rights violation

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Tuesday unanimously overturned a Norwalk man's first-degree murder convictions for killing his estranged wife and an off-duty Los Angeles sheriff's deputy, ruling that detectives failed to properly advise him...

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Los Angeles County halts plan to export some jail inmates to Taft

Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to halt a controversial plan to send county jail inmates to a facility in Kern County after a board member who had originally supported the contract changed her mind. The supervisors voted last month to approve...

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Proposal would list bistate sage grouse as threatened

Male sage grouse compete for attention of females. (Jerret Raffety, Rawlins (Wyo.) Daily Times / May 9, 2008) By Julie Cart October 27, 2013, 6:16 p.m. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced a proposal to list the bistate sage...

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Initiative reform needed in California

Willie Brown, the legendary Assembly speaker and former San Francisco mayor, says he has never voted for a ballot initiative. "Not one," he asserts emphatically without hesitation. "I've always, without question, been opposed to the initiative process....

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At Harvard-Westlake School, some wonder whether standards are too high

When he arrived at one of Los Angeles' preeminent private high schools seven years ago, baseball coach Matt LaCour knew how to win. He had a CIF championship under his belt. But the self-described "public school kid" was now at Harvard-Westlake School,...

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Healthcare workers gather for prayer, blessings at White Mass in L.A.

Whenever she has bad news for a family at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center emergency room, Gabriela Perez says a little prayer to herself before stepping through the door. A devout Roman Catholic nicknamed "Mother Teresa" by her co-workers,...

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Jerry Brown OKs freedom for woman imprisoned at 16 for killing pimp

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has decided to allow freedom for a woman whose punishment for killing her pimp became a call to arms against the practice of locking up juveniles for life. Sara Kruzan, 35, was incarcerated at 16 after she killed the...

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Chinese students a new funding source for U.S. high schools

Yosemite High School once offered six wood shop classes. Now there are three. Things got worse when a new high school opened in a neighboring district and many students transferred. Campus enrollment is down from 1,100 five years ago to about 700 today....

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State watchdog who probed secret political money takes U.S. post

SACRAMENTO — Ann Ravel will start her new job in Washington on Monday with the kind of celebrity status rare for a career government lawyer. As California's top political watchdog, she launched a landmark investigation into secretive nonprofit groups...

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County presents options for Devil's Gate Dam sediment removal

Runoff from the Devil's Gate reservoir in Pasadena in 2005. Officials say sediment and debris behind the dam have compromised its capacity to prevent flooding downstream in major storms. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times / January 9, 2005) ...

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L.A. moves to boost limits on gifts to lawmakers

Two months ago, the Los Angeles Ethics Commission called for new and stringent limits on gifts to the city's politicians, saying such niceties can undermine the public's confidence in government when they come from people doing business at City Hall....

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Beloved pot-bellied pig in Sierra Madre avoids eviction

"Hogwash!" was the cry when Neil, Sierra Madre's beloved pot-bellied pig, was cited for being overweight. Specifically, an animal control officer labeled him a hog, which is illegal to possess in the town northeast of Pasadena. The officer had actually...

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Bell's Rizzo and aide made even more than suspected, witness testifies

Through a secret arrangement to double his generous vacation and sick day allotments, former Bell administrator Robert Rizzo was actually making at least $1.18 million, much more than has previously been reported, a trial witness said Friday. Rizzo...

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Jury deadlocks in trial involving fatal stabbing of Job Corps advisor

No one disputed that Freddy Leyva stabbed his Job Corps advisor to death. The question was why. Prosecutors said the March 2012 slaying of Dwayne Alexander, a respected former entertainment industry executive described as a gentle soul, was first-degree...

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Sheriff Baca accused of retaliating against department officials

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials who have backed a rival of Sheriff Lee Baca in next year's election claim they are being retaliated against with reassignments to distant locales or less desirable duties, according to interviews and...

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L.A. controller unveils website to make city finances more transparent

Los Angeles' new controller moved Wednesday to open city finances to quick and easy public scrutiny online, unveiling a website with extensive detail on how City Hall collects and spends billions of dollars. The website, Control Panel L.A., gives users...

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Death of man in LAPD custody probed

A man who complained he was struggling to breathe died in Los Angeles police custody last month after officers ignored his repeated pleas for help, according to multiple law enforcement sources who reviewed a videotape of the incident. Two officers...

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University of Chicago physicist to lead Caltech

Thomas F. Rosenbaum, an expert in condensed matter physics and second in command at the University of Chicago, will become the new president of Caltech, officials announced Thursday. Rosenbaum, 58, currently is provost at the University of Chicago,...

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Angela Spaccia's trial launches final look at Bell scandal

The final chapter in the long-running Bell corruption scandal opened Wednesday with former Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia taking center stage in a downtown L.A. courtroom where jurors must weigh whether she helped orchestrate the widespread graft...

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