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6 men become first to cross perilous Drake Passage unassisted

LOS ANGELES – As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people to traverse ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

California board votes to limit whips in horse racing

Ruling came after deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park

DATE: Mar 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Snowbound California guests freed after 5 days at lodge

LOS ANGELES – More than 120 visitors and staff who were snowbound in a Sierra Nevada resort for five days have been freed, authorities said Friday. Up to 7 feet of snow trapped th...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Rap video, social campaign targets teen pot smokers

LOS ANGELES – New rap videos aimed at Los Angeles-area teens show a common high school scene: Young people hanging out at a party, empty beer cups strewn about and joints being fired up. ...

DATE: May 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Health

7 arrests outside Yiannopoulos’ speech at California college

FULLERTON, Calif. – Police arrested seven people after scuffles and at least one serious fight broke out between protesters and people attending a speech by conservative commentator Milo Yia...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Got $250 million? Here’s the home just for you

LOS ANGELES – At $250 million, a new mega mansion in the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles is the most expensive home listed in the United States. The passion project ...

DATE: Feb 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Los Angeles chief defends 2 fatal weekend shootings

Nearly 450 people shot this year at one shooting site

DATE: Oct 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Amid scrutiny, California to track all police use of force

LOS ANGELES – From a broken bone to a fatal shooting, all 800 police departments in California must begin using a new online tool launched Thursday to report and help track every time office...

DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rodney King’s daughter: Build bridges with police

LOS ANGELES – Rodney King’s daughter was just 7 when her father was beaten bloody by officers with the Los Angeles Police Department. She was eating breakfast when it came on the ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Security privileges, lapses helped flight attendant escape

LOS ANGELES – Within hours of ditching 70 pounds of cocaine at a security checkpoint and bolting barefoot out of the main Los Angeles airport, an off-duty flight attendant was flying across ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bomb in San Bernardino attack was poorly built

WASHINGTON – A homemade bomb left behind by the husband and wife who perpetrated a mass shooting at a California social services center failed to detonate because it was poorly constructed, ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mother of ‘affluenza’ teen agrees to be sent back to Texas

LOS ANGELES – The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using an “affluenza” defense in a deadly drunken-driving case agreed Tuesday to be sent from California to Texas to face a charge. ...

DATE: Jan 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World