A 17-year-old Mexican immigrant has pleaded guilty in San Diego to murdering a Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in July.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:20 pm
California is investigating whether 30 Southern California churches were bilked out of tens of thousands of dollars by companies that leased them computer equipment.
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:25 am
California medical professionals who have abused drugs will now face drug tests twice a week and be immediately removed if they relapse.
Nov 20, 2009 | 10:55 am
A homeless man charged with setting a small wildfire days before a massive blaze erupted in the Angeles National Forest has been sent to a mental institution.
Nov 20, 2009 | 9:30 am
A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.
Nov 20, 2009 | 7:25 am
About 300 people gathered at Camp Pendleton's chapel to honor two Marines who were killed in a collision with a Coast Guard airplane off the San Diego coast.
Nov 19, 2009 | 10:05 pm
California's public university system on Thursday agreed to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that was partially closed in 2007 after deadly lapses in care.
Nov 19, 2009 | 3:35 pm
A tracking firm says the median home price in California increased more than 2 percent last month from September to its highest level in nearly a year.
Nov 19, 2009 | 1:20 pm
Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:45 pm
Los Angeles International Airport now says there won't be any significant delays from an FAA computer glitch that caused disruptions at other U.S. airports.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:15 pm
An Indian tribe has filed a lawsuit to stop the development of a 5,000-acre gated resort community on a sprawling ranch some 60 miles north of Los Angeles that it claims as tribal land.
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 pm
University of California regents have approved a plan to reopen a troubled hospital in South Los Angeles.
Nov 19, 2009 | 10:20 am
A tracking firm says the median home price in Northern California jumped nearly 7 percent last month from September.
Nov 19, 2009 | 10:05 am
The daughter of Sen. John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.
Nov 19, 2009 | 8:55 am
California regulators have adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions, a move that will eventually ban power-hungry sets from the state's store shelves.
Nov 19, 2009 | 1:15 am
Of the 89 documentary films eligible for Oscar consideration this year, 15 were selected for a short list of potential nominees. And Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" wasn't one of them.
Nov 18, 2009 | 9:15 pm
The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department report says.
Nov 18, 2009 | 7:20 pm
Two Web sites that sold songs by The Beatles for 25 cents apiece should remain shut down indefinitely, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Nov 18, 2009 | 6:30 pm
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