Hero Uses Ladder to Save Neighbor From Fire
A man who rescued his neighbor from a burning building in Simi Valley said it was one of his "best days."Joe Magana sprang into action when he saw the man ready to jump from a third-story window to...
View ArticleLakers Season: T-Minus 20 Games
Sixty-two games into the 82-game 2014-15 NBA season, the Los Angeles Lakers have accumulated only 16 wins to go along with 46 losses. For the LA Lakers, the good news and the bad news reads the same:...
View ArticleBus Crashes Off Embankment Near GWB, 2 Hurt: FDNY
Two people were seriously hurt when a small bus veered off the road, smashed through a stone wall and careened down an embankment near the George Washington Bridge in New York City Tuesday morning,...
View ArticleNTSB Issues Preliminary Report in Ford Plane Crash
A vintage airplane piloted by "Star Wars" actor Harrison Ford lost engine power after takeoff, leading to a forced landing last week on a Southern California golf course, according to a preliminary...
View ArticleBurger King Drops Soft Drinks From Kids' Meals
Burger King is no longer promoting soft drinks on its kids' meal menus."We have removed fountain drinks from our kids' menu boards and they are no longer merchandised as part of kids' meals," the...
View ArticleChurch Recovers Silver Stolen by Repentant Thief
A church in Carlsbad has recovered all its silver stolen during a February break-in after the suspect was pulled over for an expired license plate.Carlsbad police say Jeremy Rayburn, 24, broke into the...
View ArticleMan Accused of Knowingly Spreading HIV Changes Plea
The man accused of intentionally spreading HIV to an unsuspecting partner pleaded no contest to a violating a state health code the day his trial was set to begin.Thomas Miguel Guerra, 29, changed his...
View Article"Jaws of Life" Help Save Trapped Oceanside Dog
Firefighters were able to save a local dog stuck in a sticky situation Sunday after he wiggled in between storage containers in Oceanside. A 12-year-old Rhodesian Ridgeback wedged himself between two...
View ArticleWoman Killed in Malibu Hit-and-Run Crash
A woman was killed Tuesday morning in Malibu when a hit-and-run driver crashed into her as she was stretching near the car she had been traveling in on the Pacific Coast Highway, officials said.The...
View ArticleOne Critically Injured in Four-Vehicle Pileup
A driver was traveling at what investigators described as "freeway speeds" and ran a red light before a four-vehicle crash at a San Fernando Valley intersection that left six injured, including one...
View ArticleMom Shot TV Kids Were Watching: PD
A woman in a northwest Chicago suburb fired a rifle at the television as her three kids watched it because she didn't like how much TV they were watching, police say.Jennifer S. Ullery, 40, of...
View ArticleState Issues Audit of LADWP Billing System Rollout
The rollout of the Department of Water and Power's billing system, which resulted in some customers receiving wildly inflated bills and others receiving no bills at all, could wind up costing...
View ArticleNew Measure Could Help 4 Million in Calif. Repaying Loans
A new measure signed by President Obama Tuesday could benefit some of the four million students with outstanding student loan debt in California.The Student Aid Bill of Rights, a presidential...
View ArticleProposed Helmet Law Draws Protest From Biking Advocates
All bicyclists in California may soon be required to wear helmets and not everyone is happy about it."We find that when the helmet is the lead, people think 'dangerous sport' I don't want to do this,"...
View ArticlePromising New Autism Research
A blood-based measure could lead to a clinical test that could spot signs of autism in boys just 1 or 2 years old, a new study has found, a finding that could help children with autism get the help...
View ArticleMom to Be Reunited With Son After Amber Alert
A San Pedro mother is eagerly waiting to be reunited with her 1-year-old son Tuesday after he was found safe in Mexico following an alleged abduction by his father during a “violent” altercation.Jayden...
View Article"Ed Brooke Didn't Back Down": Senator Mourned
Former Sen. Edward W. Brooke, the first black U.S. senator elected by popular vote, was remembered at his funeral as an inspiration to thousands of young Americans and a moral compass for fellow...
View ArticleNY Kids Swing Bats, Brass Knuckles
Police on Long Island are investigating after high school students brawled with one another using baseball bats and brass knuckles following a lunchroom dispute.A family member of one of the students...
View ArticleDid Girl With Lighter Spark Blaze?
An ember that prosecutors say may have drifted from a San Marcos teen's backyard to spark last year's devastating Cocos Fire could be at the center of the girl's arson trial.Attorneys debated in court...
View Article"Sniper" Killer Sent to Psych Hosp.
Eddie Ray Routh, the former Marine convicted of killing former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield, has been transferred to a correctional psychiatric facility near Houston.Routh, who...
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