LA Weddings Still Cheaper Than NYC
The average cost of a wedding in Los Angeles was about $35,000 -- about half the price of tying the knot in New York City, the nation's most expensive city for holy matrimony, according to a recent...
View Article4.7 Quake Rattles SoCal
A magnitude-4.7 earthquake rumbled on Monday near the Riverside County community of Anza and people reported feeling the temblor up to 100 miles away. The quake struck at 9:56 a.m. about 13 miles...
View ArticleNo New Truck for Women Shot During Dorner Manhunt
The two newspaper delivery women who were shot at during the manhunt for Christopher Dorner will not be getting a new replacement truck as promised by the LAPD, according to their attorney Glen Jonas....
View ArticleStarving Sea Lion Pups Stump Scientists
An increasing number of California sea lion pups have been stranding along the coast of in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. The number of pups needing emergency care is so great that one...
View ArticleTime-Lapse Video Shows Oil Drums' Journey Through South Bay
The effort to move Chevron's drums through the streets of Los Angeles has joined the ranks of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and LACMA's Levitated Mass -- it now has a time-lapse video. The video, posted...
View ArticleMars Rock Reveals Conditions "Were Favorable for Life"
Scientists studying a powdery sample from a rock into which rover Curiosity drilled one month ago announced Tuesday that the analysis revealed conditions once suited for ancient life on Mars. The team...
View ArticleSoCal Churchgoers Pray All Night for Pope Election
The mother church for Los Angeles Catholics threw open its doors Monday, hosting an all-night vigil for the election of the new pope. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels invited devoted Catholics...
View ArticleState Declares Pleasanton Preschool Teacher a "Threat"
The state Department of Social Services issued an order to a Pleasanton preschool, forbidding a certain teacher to work at the center because complaints about her tying up a toddler who refused to nap...
View ArticleCalif. Teacher Accused of Drugging Toddlers' Drinks
A teacher at a California daycare center has been arrested after she admitted to drugging toddlers' drink cups with a sleeping aid, police said Tuesday. Sgt. Troy Hoefling said investigators were...
View ArticleAfter 14 Years in Prison, Wrongly Convicted Man "Truly Happy"
Johnny Williams spent 14 years in prison for an attempted rape he never committed. On Friday, a judge overturned his conviction. And on Tuesday, the 37-year-old Williams spoke publicly for the first...
View ArticleSandy Hook Riders Arrive in Washington
Twenty-six cyclists finished a 400-mile ride from Newtown, Conn. to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday to advocate for gun reform. The riders, who called themselves the Sandy Hook Riders, included 26...
View ArticlePolice Find New Motive in Ladera Ranch Park Attack
Investigators believe robbery, not sexual assault or kidnapping, motivated a man to threaten two 12-year-old boys at knifepoint at a park in Ladera Ranch, authorities told NBC4 on Tuesday. The attacker...
View ArticleL.A. Schools Settles Some Elementary School Sex Abuse Claims
The Los Angeles school district has settled dozens of claims in the scandal concerning an elementary school teacher accused of lewd acts involving dozens of students. Several groups of parents and...
View ArticleCalif. Minimum Wage Doesn't Pay the Bills: Report
Two Southern California counties ranked among the top ten most expensive places to rent in the country, and the advocacy group that released the list on Monday called for more low-income housing units...
View ArticleFDA Issues Heart Warning About Popular Z-Pak
Check your medicine cabinet. You might have a common drug which a new FDA warning says may carry serious or even fatal heart risks. The warning comes 10 months after a study published in the New...
View ArticleX-Rated Sex Play at Core of Marine Wife Murder Trial
A former roommate described the bondage, discipline and sadomasochism (BDSM) lifestyle and power struggles going on between the three defendants in the murder trial of a North County Marine wife. U.S....
View ArticleMagnitude-3.5 Quake Strikes Near Site of Anza Temblor
An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 3.5 rattled an already shaken region of Riverside County Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor hit at 9:21 p.m. about 12 miles...
View ArticleChicago Man Sparks Anti-Violence Campaign
After the murder totals in Chicago started racking up after January of this year, South Side native Bryant Cross decided he'd seen enough. The 28-year-old speech communications professor started...
View ArticleSan Francisco Symphony Threatens to Strike
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Wednesday, the symphony announced it is on strike. Read more here. That sour note you hear is labor negotiations at the San Francisco Symphony. As the prestigious symphony prepares...
View ArticleNaked Man Captured After Taking Baby: Police
Police in Connecticut arrested a man they said was high on PCP as he ran naked through the streets of Bridgeport and an interstate highway while carrying a baby. Surveillance cameras showed the man,...
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