For years, there has been debate about whether the practice of motorcyclists beating slower traffic by driving between lanes is dangerous. A UC Berkeley study released this week provides some possible answers.
For years, there has been debate about whether the practice of motorcyclists beating slower traffic by driving between lanes is dangerous. A UC Berkeley study released this week provides some possible answers.
Asbestos testing has revealed that most of the campuses in a beleaguered Orange County school district pose no threat to students and will remain open.
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck fired a veteran police detective Wednesday after a disciplinary panel found he made racially charged comments about a black civil rights attorney and a 1997 shooting in which the detective killed a black officer.
Jimmy Kimmel of late-night television has sold his home in Hollywood Hills for $2,178,200.
Protesters marching against police brutality Wednesday afternoon snarled traffic throughout downtown L.A.
A former teacher at a Los Angeles all-girls school was arrested Wednesday and accused of sexually assaulting one of her students between 2005 and 2007.
Hundreds of labor activists, farmworkers and their allies marched on Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday demanding that a Fresno fruit grower recognize a union contract -- the latest turn in a long-standing dispute over whether the United Farm Workers should represent the company's...
The photograph of a woman’s eyes gouged with pencils was shocking enough. But even more so, her attorney says, is the fact that a nurse at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center violated her privacy and shared the image -- an act that eventually led to it going viral online.
A substitute teacher suspected of molesting a 17-year-old special needs student at a high school in Palmdale was charged Wednesday with seven felony counts, authorities said.
"Django Unchained" actress Daniele Watts was set to discuss race, sexual expression and civil rights at USC on Wednesday, but school officials postponed the event a day after she was charged with lewd conduct.
A solar eclipse will sweep across most of the United States on Thursday, and you definitely want to check it out -- safely.
A record 201 horses, including 38 from overseas, have been pre-entered for the 31st Breeders' Cup World Championships set for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at Santa Anita.
The man accused of stealing a Los Angles Fire Department ambulance and leading police on a chase Sunday night that ended in a traffic collision faces four carjacking-related charges.
The Grammy-winning Sheryl Crow has sold her compound in Hollywood Hills West for $11.085 million. She had originally listed it two years ago at $15.95 million.
These days restaurant chefs are pickling everything they can get their hands on. That clearly signals that pickling and fermenting are a trend. But fermenting also hearkens back to the old days and the old ways.
The Laemmle Monica 4-Plex plans to join the new wave of luxury movie theaters by offering alcoholic beverages to drink inside its theaters along with two new eateries as part of a larger renovation project, reports the Santa Monica Daily Press.
Chatsworth Sierra Canyon traveled to Bishop last week for a football game, and some of the players apparently thought they were going to play at Lambeau Field in blizzard conditions.
If guards win championships, then Santa Monica High is going to be a team to watch in baskeball this winter.
Somewhere on a side street near the Hawthorne Municipal Airport, artist Steven Hull is furiously at work on an art installation like no other.
A family of mountain lions was captured on video by a patient photographer in a rare sighting as they wandered through the Angeles National Forest above Glendora last week.
A coveted mix of location and skyline views make this brick-lined residence on more than half an acre in Hollywood Hill West an ideal opportunity. The 1940 classic includes plans to expand the original Paul Williams-style design to 9,000 square feet while upgrading the pool to 85 feet and...
A big rig hauling molasses gummed up the morning commute around downtown early Wednesday after colliding with another vehicle on the southbound 5 Freeway near Boyle Heights.
Madison Elaine Triplett reacted as many young Rose Queens have before her: a gasp, hand raised to mouth under wide eyes as her fellow princesses jubilantly congratulated her.
The American Cinematheque kept the McConaissance rolling Tuesday night, giving Matthew McConaughey its 28th American Cinematheque Award in an evening that celebrated the 44-year-old actor's career, his eccentricities and the loyalty and love he shows to his family and friends.
The University of California is beginning to have second thoughts about its highly successful effort to bring more out-of-state students onto its campuses.
Inside Laguna Woods Village, retirees with stiff knees and failing eyesight make ready use of wellness centers and medical offices scattered throughout nearby strip malls.
A man was shot and killed as he drove his car late Tuesday in Rosemead, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officials said.
An 18-year-old man died Tuesday after his vehicle rolled and he was ejected on the 134 Freeway in Eagle Rock, fire officials said.
Citing environmental and health concerns, a panel of Los Angeles lawmakers Monday advanced a citywide ban on growing genetically modified crops.
Photographer Alfred Wertheimer got a call in 1956 to take publicity pictures of a young singer he had never heard of. It was Elvis Presley, on the cusp of worldwide fame.
Christian Rosa inaugurates Ibid's handsome downtown Los Angeles space with 10 large, pleasant-enough paintings. Yes, faint praise indeed, but the works exude a lightness and slightness that would make grander claims feel overblown.