The U.S.-Mexico border has been shored up with thousands of new agents in what appears to us to be the Obama administration's attempts (and Bush's before tha
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You can often hear West L.A. residents, and those on the nearby Santa Monica border, whining about the rampant homeless-veteran population in their area (which is tr
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On the first day of Carmageddon, cyclists, joggers (and one DUI suspect) braved the empty 405 freeway — while the rest of L.A. stayed home. On the second day o
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As if life isn't hard enough for them, the Centers for Disease Control on Monday reports that gay, lesbian and bisexual high school students are more prone to dr
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The City of Vernon (pop. 112) is in a fight to the death with Speaker John Perez, who is trying to end the city's long history of corruption by ending the city.
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LAPD detectives and District Attorney Steve Cooley may be sure they have their guy, but the trial of suspected L.A. Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin, Jr. &
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Snakes, rough terrain and dangerous temperatures aren't the only things you have to look out for in your local federal forest this summer.
For at least the secon
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What's wrong with adults these days?
While young people are busy overachieving and pioneering the over-4 grade point average, people over 40 are “being arr
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If you're looking for a home with history, notoriety and layers of patina (genetic patina), look no further than the infamous casa Sheen, which has been put on t
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Click here for “Men's County Jail Visitor Viciously Beaten by Guards,” by Chris Vogel.
During its decades-long federal court case against Los Angeles
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In California, as you know, medical marijuana is big business — $14 billion a year worth, and the Golden State's top cash crop, according to some.
But big
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That U.S. Supreme Court-ordered release of 33,000 California prisoners? Not so bad, says the Drug Policy Forum of California, which argues state lockups have been ov
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