Los Angeles launches youth swimming lessons initiative
Los Angeles is launching an initiative to give every child between the ages of 4 and 17 an opportunity to learn to swim. Mayor Eric Garcetti... Read more →
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California unemployment held at 4.2 percent in May
California's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.2 percent in May, while the state added 5,500 nonfarm payroll jobs. The California... Read more →
Woman hiking north of LA says she fought off bear with knife
A woman hiking the Pacific Crest Trail north of Los Angeles says she fought off an attacking bear by stabbing it. The 25-year-old woman told Los... Read more →
Proposed US banking fix for marijuana may not open all doors
A proposal in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana could encourage more banks to do business with cannabis companies, but it appears to fall... Read more →
Film Review: ‘Superfly’ remakes a Blaxploitation classic
Director X's "Superfly" transplants the 1972 Blaxploitation classic from Harlem streets to suburban Atlanta mansions, flips Curtis Mayfield's soul... Read more →
Fewer US teens smoking, doing drugs … and drinking milk
Fewer U.S. teens are smoking, having sex and doing drugs these days. Oh, and they're drinking less milk, too. Less than one-third of high school... Read more →
New firefighting helicopter technology tested in California
Southern California agencies are field-testing equipment intended to enable helicopters to more quickly fill with water while battling... Read more →
Unmanned NASA plane flies solo through public airspace
NASA has flown a large, remotely piloted aircraft equipped with detect-and-avoid technologies through the national airspace system for the first time... Read more →
Tesla cuts 9 pct. of workforce in bid to post a profit
Electric car maker Tesla Inc. is laying off about 3,600 workers mainly from its salaried ranks as it slashes costs in an effort to deliver on CEO... Read more →
Man holding daughter at knifepoint fatally shot by police
A man who abducted his estranged wife and then held their 4-year-old daughter at knifepoint was fatally shot by police in a Los Angeles suburb,... Read more →
Federal judge approves AT&T-Time Warner merger
A federal judge approved the $85 billion mega-merger of AT&T and Time Warner on Tuesday, a move that could usher in a wave of media consolidation... Read more →
LA rail passengers part of interactive art installation
You might say there's an art to riding trains in Los Angeles nowadays. Rail passengers passing through downtown's Union Station are finding... Read more →
Report: US high-tide flooding twice what it was 30 years ago
A new report finds that high-tide flooding is happening across the United States at twice the rate it was just 30 years ago, and predicts records for... Read more →
Review: By-the-numbers ‘Ocean’s 8′ covers familiar territory
Steven Soderbergh's "Ocean's Eleven" remake is a hard movie to live up to. Its starry charm was backed by a breezy and deceptively dense script full... Read more →
Warriors, Cavaliers say they’re not going to White House
Stephen Curry and LeBron James spoke their minds last year. They have not changed their minds this year. No matter whose team wins the NBA... Read more →
