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With state finances deteriorating in sync with the national economy, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders met Wednesday to discuss how to avoid running out of money within weeks - and how to ...

Hilly terrain, diverse populations and a famous lake make Echo Park one of the "10 Great Neighborhoods for 2008," the American Planning Association announced Wednesday.

Leaders of a support group for gay and lesbian Mormons on Saturday criticized their church for its efforts to ban gay marriage in California .

Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of ...

A $30 million plan to provide standardized breathing equipment for every fire department in Los Angeles County has been suspended after a lawsuit alleged the contract process was mishandled and firefighters ...

With the discovery of four more Oriental fruit flies in Lakewood traps over the past two weeks, agricultural officials have decided to expand the area targeted for eradication efforts to combat the ...

For decades, Long Beach and Los Angeles have gone mostly unchallenged as the premier shipping hub for goods manufactured in Asia and destined for the American marketplace.

The Wall Street meltdown has siphoned tens of billions of dollars from local and state public pension systems over the past year, and elected officials and taxpayer groups expressed worry Wednesday that ...

The Los Angeles city attorney has accused Anthem Blue Cross of California of illegally contacting former customers involved in a class-action lawsuit against the insurance company.

Led by California's two largest utility companies, million-dollar donors have contributed more than 40 percent of the nearly $140 million raised so far to support or oppose 11 measures on the state's general ...

For the first time in the nation, an ex-gang member's name has been removed from a gang injunction that limits the movement of people suspected of having gang ties, City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Thursday.

LONG BEACH, Calif. a ' A Long Beach mother who drove her teenage son and his friends to a fatal fight with a rival gang has been convicted of second-degree murder.

CBS News correspondent Sandra Hughes reports on how the proposed policies of Barack Obama and John McCain to help small businesses would affect you and your community.

California social workers and FBI agents were investigating possible abuse of children at a Tony Alamo Christian Ministries facility in that state just after authorities raided one of the evangelist's two ...

GILROY A group of investors from South Korea and Guam are behind the latest proposal to buy Gilroy Gardens and the 536 acres of mostly untouched land it sits on, according to city officials.

Weezer have set no less than five world records with their brand new video, a Troublemakera , taken from their recently released a Red Albuma .

The Mei Lanfang Opera Troupe was introduced Tuesday at the California Institute for Chinese Performing Arts.

In this photo that was released by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, Redmond O'Neal, son of actor Ryan O'Neal, is seen in a mugshot September 17, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

Playmate Holly Madison and Hugh Hefner are denied access to the Grand Opening of Affliction on Melrose Avenue because it was over capacity and shut down by the Fire Marshal on August 7, 2008 in Los Angeles, ...

Dive teams have raised a 26-foot boat from the ocean floor off Los Angeles, but have not found the couple believed to have been aboard, the brother of two California congresswomen and his girlfriend.