Injunction granted against 6 gangs in Echo Park

A Los Angeles County court last week granted a permanent injunction against six gangs in Echo Park and its surrounding neighborhoods, according to the city attorney's office. The injunction prohibits known members of the gangs from associating with...

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Family of slain Dodgers fan asks for help outside S.F. ballpark

SAN FRANCISCO — Dozens of friends and family members of slain Dodgers fan Jonathan Denver came together outside AT&T Park on Sunday before game time to pass out fliers seeking witnesses to the Wednesday night stabbing preceded by taunts of team rivalry....

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Grand Avenue project at turning point

The push to transform downtown's Grand Avenue into a Champs-Elysees for Los Angeles has faced years of delays and obstacles. The ambitious plan to create a tony cultural destination around the landmark Walt Disney Concert Hall has already been scaled...

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So far, couple's Hollywood fixer-upper has been a downer

The neighborhood seemed perfect for the two Hollywood artists. Nestled beneath the Hollywood sign, the duplex that first-time homeowners John Sullivan and Carrie Dennis bought was near the studios he deals with and the Hollywood Bowl where she performs....

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Monterey County school district to ask voters to OK technology bonds

A small Monterey County school district has come up with what it considers a novel approach to paying for classroom technology: voter-approved, short-term bonds. Taxpayers in the Pacific Grove Unified School District will be asked in November to pay...

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Small jet crashes at Santa Monica Airport

A business jet that landed at Santa Monica Airport on Sunday evening veered off the runway before crashing into a nearby hangar and starting a fire that destroyed one building and spread to two others, authorities said. A Santa Monica Fire Department...

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California truancy is at 'crisis' level, says attorney general

One out of every four California elementary school students — nearly 1 million total — are truant each year, an "attendance crisis" that is jeopardizing their academic futures and depriving schools of needed dollars, the state attorney general said in...

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Californians want water issues fixed but not enough to pay for it

Californians say the state's water supply system has serious problems that require improvement, but they are unwilling to spend billions of dollars in ratepayer and taxpayer funds on the task, according to a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. ...

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Advocates reach out — way out — to get homeless out of riverbed

Benny Perea, a veteran of two wars, found himself at age 78 sleeping on a mattress behind a liquor store and hanging out in homeless encampments along the San Gabriel River. He once owned a home in Baldwin Park and worked as a plumber for the Chevron...

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New problems surface in L.A. Unified's iPad program

Don't worry, L.A. Unified officials keep telling us. The $1-billion program to give iPads to more than 600,000 K-12 students is going to work out fine. Maybe. But so far, nobody at district headquarters gets any gold stars for the rollout. Last week,...

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Judge throws out embezzlement counts in Coliseum corruption case

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has thrown out several embezzlement counts against three defendants in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum corruption case but ruled they must stand trial on related charges of bribery and conspiracy. Judge Kathleen...

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Railroads seek extension for installing anti-collision system

WASHINGTON — Spurred by a deadly train crash in Los Angeles, Congress in 2008 passed with great fanfare legislation requiring the nation's railroads to install a sophisticated collision-avoidance system by the end of 2015. Five years later, an industry...

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SAT scores stagnant; many unprepared for college, officials say

The average SAT scores for the high school class of 2013 remained stagnant from the previous year and fewer than half of the students who graduated were prepared for the rigors of college, officials said. Average SAT scores for high school seniors nationwide...

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LAPD rescinds vehicle impound policy

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck on Friday evening quietly rescinded the department's car impound policy, a controversial set of rules Beck put in place last year to be more lenient on immigrants in the country illegally but that a judge found violated...

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San Diego celebrates its long-awaited new library

SAN DIEGO — There was a banner above Saturday's sneak-peak celebration for the city's new nine-story, ultramodern downtown central library: "The Story Begins. Discover Your Next Chapter." That next chapter begins in full Monday when the $184.9-million...

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Gov. Brown extends use of carpool lanes for electric cars, others

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Saturday approved a four-year extension of carpool lane access for electric cars and low-emission vehicles. But he vetoed a bill that would have allowed solo motorists in regular vehicles access to those lanes on two...

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DA lacks evidence to charge man in killing after Dodgers-Giants game

SAN FRANCISCO — The man jailed in connection with the fatal stabbing of Dodgers fan Jonathan Denver after a confrontation triggered by team rivalry was released from custody late Friday, after the San Francisco district attorney said there was not enough...

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Officials race to explain healthcare law to Californians

Louis Ramos wants health insurance for himself and his three children, so the single father stood in line at a recent East Los Angeles health fair, waiting to learn more about President Obama's healthcare law. Ramos didn't know if he qualified or how...

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Giving homeless veterans the permanent shelter they need

Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and other psychological diagnoses end up living in the streets because they're too disabled to seek help, advocates have long argued. The answer, they say, is permanent supportive housing, with medical, mental...

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Experts set threshold for climate-change calamity

The world's leading climate scientists have for the first time established a limit on the amount of greenhouse gases that can be released before the Earth reaches a tipping point and predicted that it will be surpassed within decades unless swift action...

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Gambling pro a suspect in San Diego County casino cheating case

Anargyros Karabourniotis is suspected of marking cards so he could know the value of each card being dealt. (Jessica Hill, AP / September 18, 2013) By Tony Perry September 27, 2013, 10:10 p.m. SAN DIEGO — A famous Las Vegas high roller...

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Gov. Brown signs 2 of 3 bills fighting prescription drug abuse

Gov. Jerry Brown signed two bills Friday aimed at curbing prescription drug abuse but vetoed a third that could have helped the state's medical board identify reckless doctors whose patients died on pills they prescribed. The three bills, which garnered...

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52% want bullet train stopped, poll finds

A majority of voters want the California bullet train project stopped and consider it a waste of money, even as state political leaders have struggled to bolster public support and make key compromises to satisfy critics, a USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times...

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