After weeks of complaints, Frontier could be headed to hearings with...
A Southland lawmaker said he's prepared to hold hearings if Frontier Communications customers continue to face problems over equipment outages that have persisted since the company took over Verizon's...
View ArticleComcast-DreamWorks merger expected to give San Fernando Valley economic boost
While Comcast Corp. will likely profit from its $3.55 billion purchase of Glendale-based DreamWorks Animation, the San Fernando Valley is expected to get an economic boost as well, industry analysts...
View ArticleCalifornia raises legal age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21
SACRAMENTO >> The governor of California on Wednesday approved raising the legal age to buy tobacco for smoking, dipping, chewing and vaping from 18 to 21.Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown said he...
View ArticleLA's homeless increase caused by 'tug of war for resources'
Wednesday's report showing a 5.7 percent increase in homelessness across Los Angeles County sparked varied responses from providers, professors and even those who live on Skid Row, but all agreed...
View ArticleHomelessness growing in LA County as more live in cars, tents
Despite some successes, homelessness continued to increase across Los Angeles County this year, with more people sleeping on sidewalks, in washes, tents or their cars, according to a report released...
View ArticleGang member guilty in 2005 murder of Gabrielino High School student
SAN GABRIEL >> A jury convicted a Rosemead gang member and former fugitive of murder and conspiracy Wednesday for the mistaken-identity slaying of a Gabrielino High School senior in 2005.The...
View ArticleDog owners press to make more LA County beaches dog friendly
This petition drive looks like it's getting (four) legs.A grass-roots campaign to establish more dog beaches along Los Angeles County's 72-mile-long coastline is generating enthusiasm -- and lots of...
View ArticleSan Miguel Island welcomes hikers, campers back after bomb sweep
San Miguel Island, closed to tourists two years ago because of dangers posed by old weaponry from decades of naval tests, will reopen to the public May 17, the National Parks Service announced...
View ArticleState gearing up to rein in medical marijuana
California blazed a trail to legalize medical marijuana 20 years ago. But the Golden State is only now confronting the full complexity of regulating consumer safety and business practices in an...
View ArticleBill Clinton stumps for Hillary, takes veiled swipe at Trump
Former President Bill Clinton made the case for sending his wife to the Oval Office during a speech in Los Angeles on Wednesday that referred to the San Bernardino terrorist attack and avoided direct...
View ArticleCalifornia primary loses luster for GOP as Trump rivals withdraw
So much for the pivotal California primary.With John Kasich and Ted Cruz withdrawing from the Republican presidential race, it all but guarantees that Donald Trump, who cruised to victory in Indiana on...
View ArticleHillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders bring Democratic battle to California
Welcome to what battleground state status feels like, California Democrats. At least for a little while.Just hours after Indiana sent Sen. Ted Cruz packing and Ohio Gov. John Kasich called it quits,...
View ArticleLive coverage of Hillary Clinton's rally at East Los Angeles College
Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak Thursday at East Los Angeles College. There are also planned protests outside the venue.We are there live,...
View ArticleDoctors convicted of fraud scheme revolving around Covina hospice care facility
LOS ANGELES >> A federal jury convicted a Pasadena doctor and an Anaheim doctor Thursday of health care fraud for collecting more than $8 million in fraudulent insurance payments and kickbacks by...
View ArticleActors channel inner zombie during 'Walking Dead' audition at Universal Studios
UNIVERSAL CITY >> Some played dead Thursday at Universal Studios Hollywood. Others played alive.That's right. ... Scores of actors auditioned in a casting call for walkers and human survivors for...
View ArticleEx-Mark Keppel coach facing sexual abuse charges considers plea deal
ALHAMBRA >> A former girls basketball coach at Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra accused of sexually abusing a girl on the team may take a plea deal, his defense attorney said in court on...
View ArticlePolice: Kidnapping victims escape captor after one jumps from car, another...
PASADENA >> A parolee who kidnapped two young women in Pasadena -- before each woman pulled off a dramatic escape from him over the weekend -- was put behind bars Thursday, police...
View ArticleBoard to consider taxing millionaires to fight homelessness in LA County
As homelessness continues to rise, two Los Angeles County supervisors want a potential ballot measure that could tax wealthy income earners to help combat the problem. Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas...
View ArticleHow a dog named Jet Star helped a traumatized veteran: Dennis McCarthy
The 72-year-old Vietnam veteran had narrowed his search down to 40 shelter dogs, and she was the last one on his list. For four years, she had been tied to a stake in a backyard - never walked, never...
View ArticleTorrance refinery explosion cost California drivers $2.4 billion in high pump...
The February 2015 explosion that shuttered the ExxonMobil plant in Torrance was the costliest disruption at a California refinery in the past 16 years, with motorists paying at least $2.4 billion in...
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