Relatives of Seal Beach shooting victims want trial to start soon

Family members of those killed in the Seal Beach salon shooting two years ago urged a judge Friday to end their "agony" by ordering the accused killer to stand trial this fall. "This needs to move on and we need to be allowed to heal," said Paul Wilson,...

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Bob Filner's chaotic tenure as mayor comes to quiet end in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — After nine months of chaotic governance, and six weeks of headline-grabbing accusations of sexual harassment, the tenure of Bob Filner as mayor came to a quiet end at 5 p.m. Friday when his forced resignation became effective. At 5:01, City...

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Prisons' solitary confinement policies to be subject of hearings

SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers frustrated by a state prison hunger strike that has lasted for seven weeks said they would take on the debate over solitary confinement. "The impasse needs to be broken," Senate Public Safety Chairwoman Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley)...

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Bill to allow abortion by non-physicians goes to Jerry Brown

SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers on Friday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a proposal that would allow nurse practitioners and some other non-physicians to perform first-trimester abortions. The measure was one of dozens to receive final legislative approval. Among...

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Rim fire makes a sleepy Sierra city a boomtown

TUOLUMNE CITY, Calif. — Life is slow and uneventful in Tuolumne, an old mining and logging town of 1,800 residents in the Sierra Nevada foothills. It's not on the road to any tourist destinations, storefronts have sat empty for years and usually the...

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L.A. council OKs Garcetti's nominees for Police Commission

The Los Angeles City Council on Friday signed off on Mayor Eric Garcetti's nominees to the Board of Police Commissioners, including one who questioned the fairness of a gang injunction proposed for neighborhoods northwest of downtown. Council members...

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Supreme Court is urged to reject Michigan affirmative action ban

WASHINGTON — California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris urged the Supreme Court on Friday to strike down a Michigan voter initiative that bans "preferential treatment" based on race in its state colleges and universities, a ruling that would likely invalidate...

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The 'repugnant, vile truth' about sex trafficking in L.A. County

The track, as Jessica Midkiff calls it, was Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, where she trolled for johns and turned every cent of her earnings over to the pimp who owned her. If you tried to skim a dollar here or there, Midkiff said, or if you got arrested...

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State Senate Democrats propose alternative to Brown's prison plan

SACRAMENTO — Democratic leaders of the state Senate on Wednesday proposed an extra $200 million annually for rehabilitation, drug and mental health treatment as an alternative to Gov. Jerry Brown's plan for reducing prison crowding. Senate President...

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Rizzo loses bid for change of venue in Bell corruption trial

Weeks before his trial, Robert Rizzo was handed a setback Wednesday when a judge rejected his request to move the corruption case out of Los Angeles County and joked that the once highly paid municipal official should thank disgraced San Diego Mayor...

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Gov. Brown signs bills to increase state accountability, transparency

By Melanie Mason August 28, 2013, 8:26 p.m. SACRAMENTO — Improved government accountability and transparency were the focus of several bills that Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Wednesday. One directs the Department of Finance to guide monitors...

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Two more UC campuses exonerated of fostering anti-Semitic climates

The U.S. Department of Education has exonerated two more UC campuses — Irvine and Santa Cruz — of allegations that they fostered anti-Semitic climates by allowing protests against Israeli policies and other incidents that Jewish students contended amounted...

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Porn coalition lifts industry-wide moratorium on filming

An adult-film trade group has lifted an industry-wide production moratorium that was prompted by an actress' positive HIV test. Free Speech Coalition, a Canoga Park-based association for the industry, said Wednesday that all on-screen partners of the...

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Pass rates up for online classes at San Jose State

Students who took online classes in a summer program at San Jose State University performed better than those who took the same online classes in the spring, a result that is likely to provide a boost to a highly touted but problem-plagued collaboration...

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Rim fire containment expected by Sept. 10

GROVELAND, Calif. — The Rim fire should be fully contained by Sept. 10, a fire official said Wednesday, as lower temperatures, higher humidity and lighter winds allow crews to make headway against the sprawling blaze that has swept into Yosemite National...

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Tracing the historic margins of Los Angeles

A tour bus pulled up outside of a sun-baked strip mall in Monterey Park and 30 sightseers stepped out. They had come to behold Wing Hop Fung, a sprawling tea and herb emporium that moved here several years ago from Chinatown to serve the growing population...

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Rim fire spreads deeper into Yosemite

GROVELAND, Calif. — The Rim fire spread deeper into Yosemite National Park on Tuesday with flames racing unimpeded to the east even as firefighters shored up defenses for communities on the western edges of the blaze. The fire was 20% contained by Tuesday...

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Jerry Brown has plan to ease prison crowding without early releases

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown and top lawmakers pledged Tuesday to ease prison crowding without releasing inmates early, laying out a plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars for alternate housing. The proposal, which has divided Democratic leaders,...

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Gov. Jerry Brown signs nearly 30 bills into law

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed nearly 30 measures into law Tuesday, including one allowing noncitizens who are permanent legal residents to serve as poll workers in California elections. The measure will provide more multilingual poll workers...

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Exide to begin testing for dangerous metals buildup in neighborhood

State officials have ordered a Vernon battery recycler to begin testing dust and soil in the neighborhood around its plant to determine whether dangerous metals have accumulated and are posing a health risk to the community. In April, the state tried...

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Dissidents defeated in L.A.-based union local's election

Members of a large Los Angeles-based union local that has been torn by internal strife have reelected their leaders in a closely watched election that included accusations that the organization was beset by fraud, racketeering and intimidation tactics....

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Garcetti's new immigrant affairs office to be headed by USC dean

By Kate Linthicum August 27, 2013, 11:12 p.m. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has picked a USC dean to head his newly formed Office of Immigrant Affairs, which will help immigrants, including those here illegally, access city services. Linda...

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U.S. dismisses Jewish students' complaint against UC Berkeley

The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed Jewish students' contentions that anti-Israel protests at UC Berkeley created an illegally hostile and anti-Semitic atmosphere on that campus. The department's civil rights office has determined that...

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On the first anniversary of dying, some thoughts on living

Exactly one year has passed since my unexpected death, and I've got to say, time really flies when you have a pulse. I'm not one to waste a lot of time looking back. But when I'm out and about, throwing nets and fishing for column material, people often...

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L.A. County foster care shortage reaches crisis level

Los Angeles County's shortage of foster care beds has reached a crisis point, with state officials threatening to impose fines because too many children are languishing in sometimes chaotic holding rooms during traumatic separations from their families....

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