L.A. police union backs Greuel candidacy with another $850,000

The Los Angeles Police Department's rank-and-file union dropped another $850,000 into the effort to elect mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, the biggest single contribution over the two-year campaign, according to reports filed Wednesday. The Police Protective...

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Oakland police chief takes medical retirement

OAKLAND — The embattled Oakland police chief abruptly announced a medical retirement Wednesday, hours before a team of consultants — working for former Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton — was scheduled to lay out a crime-reduction plan for...

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Former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado criticizes Brown's prison policy

SACRAMENTO — Saying there is a "pretty good shot" he'll run for governor, former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado on Wednesday kicked off a drive against Gov. Jerry Brown's handling of prison crowding, labeling Brown's policies an "early release" program. The...

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Coliseum hid reports of financial woes, records show

The overseers of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum concealed from the public independent reports of lax financial controls and widespread spending abuses at the taxpayer-owned stadium that included sloppy accounting of hot dog sales and excessive perks...

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California ranks 11th in hospitals with A grades for safety

Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit healthcare quality organization, based the scores on an analysis of infections, injuries, medication errors and other problems that cause patient harm or death. The organization publicizes the scores in an effort to inform...

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Four immigration officials charged with bribery, fraud

Attorney Kwang Man "John" Lee, authorities say, was a man who could make things happen — for a price. For a pound of marijuana and $44,000, the Koreatown attorney allegedly said, he could get an immigrant client a U.S. citizenship. "Price is OK for...

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Clinton plays down politics at event in Beverly Hills

Hours after Republican members of Congress sharply questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton and the State Department's handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, the former secretary of State did not explicitly mention the controversy in an appearance...

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Christian metal guitarist allegedly sought to kill wife

SAN DIEGO — Tim Lambesis has spent the last 13 years fronting As I Lay Dying, a San Diego-bred metal band that sought to blend a hard-edged punk sound with its members' Christian faith. Lambesis recently posted a video on YouTube in which he and a bandmate...

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Gun crime has plunged, but Americans think it's up, study says

The number of violent crimes involving guns has plummeted in the last two decades, but more than half of Americans think the opposite is true, according to reports released Tuesday. Killings, assaults, robberies and other crimes involving guns have...

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DWP average pay rose 15%, despite flagging economy

Average employee pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rose 15% over the last five years, despite an economic slump that ravaged the city's budget, records released Tuesday show. DWP workers received significantly more generous pay increases...

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L.A. mayoral candidates support making teacher evaluations public

Los Angeles' two mayoral candidates said Tuesday that they support making teacher evaluations public, going well beyond a level of disclosure that is supported by top school district officials. City Controller Wendy Greuel and City Councilman Eric Garcetti...

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Judges select four to split $1-million Dorner reward

Four people who provided crucial information in the hunt for former Los Angeles Police Officer Christopher Dorner will split what is expected to be a $1-million reward in the case, authorities announced Tuesday afternoon. The division of the highly...

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Murder suspect is one of four L.A. County inmates wrongly released

A man accused of murder in a 2010 Baldwin Park gang shooting is one of four jail inmates the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has mistakenly released this year, officials revealed Tuesday. According to the department's own investigation, missing...

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Berkeley accelerating access to course materials for disabled students

UC Berkeley is making its vast library collections and course textbooks more readily available to students with visual and other impairments under an agreement reached Tuesday that could set a precedent for universities nationwide. The settlement with...

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Teen testifies she went shopping with mother's body in Jeep

The teenage couple drove to the shops in search of supplies for a Halloween party. They visited a Party City store, purchasing glow sticks and knee-high stockings for a costume. They went to a discount store and bought sodas and chips. Cynthia Alvarez,...

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1 in 3 adults in parts of L.A. are in U.S. illegally, study finds

In some parts of Koreatown and South Los Angeles, one in three adult residents is in the country illegally, according to a study released Tuesday by researchers at USC. Countywide, about one in 10 adults is an immigrant who crossed the border illegally...

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USC students accuse LAPD of bias after party clash

The Los Angeles Police Department opened an internal investigation into its response at an off-campus house party near USC amid complaints from some students that the department showed racial bias and used heavy-handed tactics. The incident occurred...

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Girl testifies she didn't kill mother, stepfather

A 16-year-old girl charged with murdering her mother and stepfather tearfully told a Compton jury on Monday that she did not kill them but admitted writing incriminating notes to her boyfriend and handing him a knife during one of the slayings. Cynthia...

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California faces another summer without San Onofre plant

California energy officials are preparing for another summer without the San Onofre power station while facing the growing possibility that the nuclear plant will never return to service. The nuclear plant, one of only two in the state, was powered...

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California Supreme Court upholds pot dispensary bans

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court gave local governments the power Monday to zone medical marijuana dispensaries out of existence, a decision that upholds bans in about 200 cities but does little to solve Los Angeles' years-long struggle to...

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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast. ...

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'May miracle' of above-average rainfall is a gift to firefighters

A "May miracle" of almost perfectly timed, above-average rainfall helped firefighters battling the large Springs fire in Ventura County and guaranteed that Los Angeles would not break a dubious record. The city was on track to having its fourth-driest...

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