By Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times
Since settling comfortably into the historic Sutro Baths near the Golden Gate Bridge, a furry river otter has gone from mild curiosity to outright celebrity. All he lacks is a companion.
Maura Dolan and Michael J. Mishak, Times Staff Writers
The reversal of a conviction based on an 1870s state statute prompts the promise. The Assembly speaker says the issue will be a top priority.
By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
L.A.'s city controller, who is running for mayor, accuses AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint of hindering her probe into whether they followed rules on billing procedures.
By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
The measure would allow any dispensary that meets certain requirements to remain. They would have to keep limited hours, conduct background checks and stay a specified distance from schools and parks.
By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times
The city says the balcony and garage were built without required permits. But the owner says they were built under a city permit issued in 1923.
By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
The measure would need a two-thirds majority to pass. 'The No. 1 complaint we get in our office is the condition of our streets,' one councilman says.
By Richard Simon, Washington Bureau
Fourteen new U.S. House members from California are sworn in. It's a diverse group, but some have worked together before.
By Joel Rubin and Jack Leonard, Los Angeles Times
The department suspects that the men repeatedly used the threat of jail to get women into their unmarked car and drove them to secluded areas to perform sex acts.
By Kate Mather
Two teenage girls were arrested in Northern California this week after they used sleeping pill-laced milkshakes to drug one girl's parents because they wouldn't let her use the Internet past 10 p.m.,
By Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times
Companies operating 'maternity hotels' cater to pregnant women from Chinese-speaking nations who want an American-citizen newborn.
By Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times
The audit in the wake of the arrest of Assessor John Noguez and others calls for a requirement that private tax consultants register with the county.
By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times
The development is likely to make such facilities an issue in the mayoral race. A second initiative that would allow even more dispensaries is being vetted by city officials.
By Garrett Therolf, Los Angeles Times
The Department of Social Services subverted a law giving access to information on youngsters who died while under its supervision, court says.
Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times
A daughter and her friend allegedly put sleeping pills in the drinks so they could break a rule and use the Internet past 10 p.m.
By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
State Sens. Kevin de Leon and Fran Pavley ask the Army Corps of Engineers to explain its decision to plow under 43 acres of wildlife habitat at Sepulveda Basin without prior notice or coordination.
By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times
The deal won't allow California and other states to keep some revenue from the U.S. estate tax. Gov. Brown had included $335 million in such revenue in his budget.
By Gale Holland, Los Angeles Times
Bonding with classmates — and maybe the instructor — over the indignities of 'the system' may be a comfort, but it comes at a cost.
By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times
Rape occurs only if the victim is married and the man is pretending to be her husband, appellate panel says. Court urges the Legislature to change the archaic law.
Los Angeles Times
Woman's lawsuit says Lt. Mario Camacho pressured her to accept his advances in exchange for favorable treatment at work and a reduced rate on a rental condo.
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times
Garcetti prides himself on his ease with L.A.'s diverse cultures. He hopes to weave a multiethnic tapestry of voters in a city that often votes along ethnic lines.
By Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times
A ballot measure would raise about $290 million a year for clean water programs. The fee would be levied on all 2.2 million parcels in the L.A. County flood control district.
By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times
The pop star is backed by singer Miley Cyrus. The paparazzo was struck by an SUV and killed Tuesday night after photographing Bieber's Ferrari on the 405 Freeway.
By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times
One is suspected of giving secret information to an alleged drug trafficker, and the other allegedly protected violent jailers.
By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
Report says the utility had lax control and failed to require firms, one including former Speaker Fabian Nuñez, to submit reports on results in Sacramento.
By Andrew Blankstein and Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times
Scott Sterling dies of an apparent drug overdose, authorities say. He had been living in a Malibu apartment complex owned by the Donald T. Sterling Trust.
By Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times
Attorney for Sonia Hermosillo, charged with murder after dropping her 7-month-old son from the 4th floor of a parking garage, says she has 'post-partum psychosis.'
By Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times
Known in the industry as zone pricing, the practice helps explain the wild swings in price any gasoline brand has from one location to the next.
By Steve Lopez
Chuck Lutz, the caretaker at the newspaper's shuttered office at 11th and Broadway, is retiring 23 years after the last issue hit newsstands.
By Anthony York, Los Angeles Times
He says he wants more of the state's dollars to benefit low-income and non-English-speaking students. He would also scale back dozens of rules that districts must abide by to receive state funds.
By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times
Anthony Jackson is charged with managing 280 facilities across 1.3 million acres with a $500-million budget. A Sierra Club official calls him 'the right man at the right time.'