Gov. Brown on Bay Bridge Bolt Problem: S--- Happens
Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he believes the public still has confidence in the safety of the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge despite concerns about construction of the $6.4 billion span...
View ArticleFilner, Romney Discuss 2024 Olympic Bid
Mayor Bob Filner has met with former presidential candidate Mitt Romney about the effort to bring the 2024 Olympics to San Diego and Tijuana. Filner mentioned the conversation briefly during Tuesday...
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New On-Officer Cameras "Capture the Best Evidence"
Rarely is the public privy to the exact chain of events leading up to a police shooting, pursuit or use-of-force incident. In Rialto, officers are changing that by wearing their own cameras attached to...
View ArticleUnsafe Sleep Leading Cause of Death For LA Babies
The leading cause of infant mortality in Los Angeles County is suffocation while sleeping, such as while sharing a bed or sleeping in unsafe environments, like in a cluttered crib, according to county...
View ArticleIn Hospital Ceremony, World War II Vet Weds Sweetheart
Shirlene King thought the moment would never come, but after a 30-year courtship, she finally got her wedding day. She married her sweetheart of three decades, 88-year-old Jack Wright, on Tuesday. They...
View ArticleWatch: Dodgers' Kemp Gives Fan the Jersey Off His Back
Dodgers' outfielder Matt Kemp gave his hat to a Dodger fan. And his jersey. And his cleats. A soon-to-be viral YouTube video went live Monday night that shows Kemp giving the shirt off his back to a...
View ArticleSinger in Grammy-Nominated Band Accused of Murder-for-Hire
The frontman of the Grammy-nominated Christian heavy metal band As I Lay Dying was arrested Tuesday, accused of trying to hire someone to kill his wife. Tim Lambesis, who is the lead singer and...
View ArticleSword Threats Lead to Six-Hour Standoff
A six-hour standoff that began with a report of a man with a sword at a Hollywood apartment complex led to evacuations before the subject was taken into custody after a SWAT operation. Officers...
View ArticleEx-Con Tries to Bring Field of Dreams to Newark
The statistics are sobering. Newark, N.J., has a murder rate double that of the Bronx. A third of its residents live in poverty. Only 40 percent of its students graduate from high school. Behind those...
View ArticleNew 170, 5 Freeway Transition Road Open for Traffic
A new transition road from the northbound 170 Freeway to the northbound 5 Freeway opened Wednesday morning, part of a four-year construction project that began in 2010 in the San Fernando Valley....
View ArticleJudge Issues Order on LADWP Pay Disclosure
A judge granted the union representing Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employees a temporary restraining order Wednesday that prevents the agency from disclosing the workers' names and...
View Article"I Want Her to Come Back": Friends Search for Student
Friends of a Cal State Fullerton student and U.S. Army veteran who has been missing since last week say her disappearance without a word is highly out of character. They fear for what has happened to...
View ArticleProposed Cuts to Beach Water Testing Draw Concern
Environmental groups are renewing objections they had last year to a proposal in the Obama administration's 2014 federal budget that would cut funding for state beach water quality testing. Last year,...
View ArticleJudge to Charlie Brown Actor: "Don't Be a Blockhead"
The Southern California man who formerly voiced the affable “Peanuts” cartoon character Charlie Brown on television was sentenced to jail time Wednesday for threatening and stalking two victims,...
View ArticleD.C. Pediatrician Charged with Child Pornography Possession
A Washington, D.C., pediatrician was charged Wednesday with possession of child pornography. Robert Paul Dickey, 73, runs his office out of his home on 38th Street SE, near the Maryland border. He had...
View Article21 Sex Offenders Arrested in LA County Sweep
Nearly two dozen sex offenders were arrested during a three-week operation in LA County, in which investigators conducted compliance checks – going to the homes of sex offenders to make sure their...
View ArticleCongresswoman Calls on Marines to End Vulgar FB Page
U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) fired off a letter to the Secretary of Defense, bringing his attention to what she called a "disturbing Facebook page," which includes many negative comments and...
View ArticleWATCH: House Hearing on Boston Bombings
The House Homeland Security Committee hears testimony from Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, Sen. Joe Lieberman and Massachusetts Homeland Security official Kurt Schwartz about the Boston...
View ArticleTwo Killed in Calabasas Plane Crash Identified
Two people who died in a midair collision of two small planes over Calabasas last week have been identified. Cheryl Jolene Strawn, 69, and Christopher Wade, 63, were killed after their Cessna 172 hit a...
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First Male Harbor Seal Born at the Aquarium
If you live in Southern California and you love being out on the water, we're going to go out on a limb -- or, er, a boat's stern -- and say that the Harbor Seal holds a warm place in your heart. (A...
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