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Nathan Louis Campbell was sentenced to 42 years to life in prison for plowing through pedestrians on the Venice boardwalk.
The man who plowed into a crowd of pedestrians, killing an Italian woman on her honeymoon, will be sentenced today.
The union claimed over the last 10 years more than half of all CSU faculty has been hired into temporary positions with lower pay.
Parts of the region will swelter in triple digit temperatures.
A rotten egg smell assailed residents in the Manhattan BeacH-el Segundo area Thursday morning.
Dockweiler State Beach remains closed and swimmers are being warned to stay out of the water at neighboring beaches.
County leaders voted for a program that rewards landowners who lease their lots out as vegetable gardens and fruit orchards.
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The five-year-old Southern California girl was chosen to represent millions of families living in limbo.
African Americans, gays and lesbians and Jews experience the most abuse, with transgender women experiencing an increase in violent attacks.
Medical waste from a sewer washed ashore, prompting warnings to avoid Mothers Beach, and Dockweiler and Will Rogers state beaches.
After breaching security and summoned by Pontiff, she asks for immigration reform while getting up close and personal in the Pope-mobile.
ExxonMobil is on the hot seat in regards to a February explosion that injured four at its Torrance refinery.
The third-year starting defensive back from Oaks Christian High had been suspended for allegedly stealing the cell phone of an Uber driver.
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The County Board of Supervisors voted to raise ticket prices, mainly for the expensive box seats.
Actor Samuel L. Jackson showed up for jury duty two days in a row, but a judge let him off the hook today to go film a movie.
VW/Audi cars spewed up to 40 times the permitted amount of nitrogen oxide, but passed smog tests because of 'defeat devices,' the EPA says.
Overall, assessed value of properties in Los Angeles County jumped by 6.13, which means bigger sale prices and higher property taxes.
Candid interviews with several Republican voters after the GOP debate seem to suggest so.
Abnormally high temperatures will continue today followed by a chance of rain.
One Southern California city has fared worse than every other major city in the nation while a Northern California city is thriving.
Fees will provide mammograms to California’s underserved women.
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Mother Nature kept Californians humble as she unleashed a wide range of natural disasters across the state.
Emily Blunt portrays an insightful FBI Agent caught in a moral crossfire. Is Blunt’s performance worthy of an Oscar nomination?
This year is shaping up to be one of the deadliest since 2007 and the economy is partly to blame.
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A spectacular lunar episode is on tap this month. NASA officials say miss this one and you won't get another shot until 2033.
About 10,000 volunteers are expected to head to LA County beaches today.
Tinkering Club is an after school drop-in program for tinkerers age 7-12. Kids use real tools and real materials to solve real problems.
A woman, who fell or jumped from the Crowne Plaza hotel, landed on a man, leaving him in critical condition.
A middle school teacher named in a civil rights lawsuit, filed court papers stating his lesson on racial intolerance was misconstrued.
The Tribune company expressed support in the decision to name Tim Ryan as publisher despite county supervisors' call for local leadership.
Tickets will be on sale starting at 10 a.m. s for National League Division Series and Championship Series games at Dodger Stadium.
After his Redondo Beach spousal abuse case, Los Angeles Kings defenseman Slava Voynov opted to head back home to Russia.
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