Anti-war protesters from across the country will march on downtown Chicago on Sunday, hoisting signs, chanting slogans and observing veterans returning their war medals as world leaders open the NATO summit.
Nan Wigmore brought her walker and packed her sign, “Grateful Great Grandmas Circle The Wagons, Support Occupy,” and rode on a bus for some three days, sleeping in the same clothes, to make it to the NATO protests in Chicago.
Prosecutors said Sunday they have charged two more people as part their investigation into activists who planned to take part in demonstrations at the two-day NATO summit.
President Barack Obama will dliver the commencement address s commencement address on Monday will come one year after the deadliest tornado in the United States in six decades killed 161 people.
The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. None were wearing a life vest.
Tropical Storm Alberto weakened slightly off the South Carolina coast on Sunday, a day after becoming an early first storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.
An Orange County woman convicted of plotting the 1994 murder of her wealthy Newport Beach boyfriend was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Pedestrian bridges will be erected so Kings fans can cross over the bike route.
Tens of thousands of cycling, hockey and basketball fans will converge at Staples Center in a weekend packed with post-season games and the final stage of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California — events that authorities are warning will close streets and delay traffic in the downtown Los Angeles area.
No longer the 9-to-5 area it once was, the city this week hosts NBA and NHL playoffs while small bars and eateries serve new residents who have poured into the community.
For a downtown once famous for emptying out with the evening commute, the raucous scene around Staples Center and L.A. Live as the Lakers, Kings and Clippers compete in playoff games stands as a testament to how much the central city's fortunes have changed.
The amphibious transport dock ship is said to be the most technologically advanced of any ship in its class in the Navy. It is the fourth ship to carry the name San Diego.
SAN DIEGO — The $1.3-billion ship is billed as the most technologically advanced of any in its class in theU.S. Navy, with stealth capability and a state-of-the-art communications system.
Teacher at an Ocean Charter campus was found to have given fourth-graders a chance to correct their mistakes on a state test, risking the school's API rating.
A Westside charter school teacher has left her job following allegations that she pointed out wrong answers to her fourth-graders during state testing this month and then gave them an opportunity to make corrections.
A day at Disneyland or California Adventure for visitors 10 and older will cost $87, a 9% increase. The premium annual pass that includes parking rises 30%.
If you're thinking of visiting a Disney park in Anaheim this summer, be warned that the price is about to jump by between $7 and $150 depending on the ticket deal.
How seven skulls from a California tribe got to the University of Birmingham is unclear. But their return appears to be the first event of its kind in the state.
Nobody thought much about the locked metal cabinet in the medical school at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. It was another forgotten fixture in the anatomy department — until a researcher last year found seven skulls with yellowing labels indicating the remains were those of Native Americans from California's Central Coast.
Surely the panel that oversees L.A. County could do more to to pressure the sheriff and assessor to resign.
"I'm very excited," newly elected L.A. County Assessor John Noguez said almost two years ago after outspending his rival by more than $600,000 in a runoff campaign. "I believe the constituents believe that I will continue the legacy of continued excellence."
Students and graduates from several Southland campuses talk of their loans and how paying them off figures into their plans. For some, the path seems secure; for others, uncertainty is the only certainty.
College graduation is typically a time to tally accomplishments and to look ahead. But for many graduates, it is also a time to tally student loans and figure out how to repay them.
Eager to host Amazon warehouses and receive a cut of the tax on sales to customers statewide, two California cities are offering Amazon most of the tax money they stand to gain.
PATTERSON, Calif. —Amazon.com Inc.for years has fought government efforts to tax e-commerce. Now it's poised to pocket millions of dollars in sales taxes paid by California customers.
