Posted 10:37 AM 5/24/2013 by Associated Press
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have killed a man they say pointed a gun at them during a chase in Compton. A sheriff's statement says it happened shortly before 7:30 p.m. Thursday after a patrol car answered a report of shots being fired. (More)...
Posted 6:12 AM 5/23/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
DUARTE, Calif. (AP) - Officials say a woman in a Los Angeles suburb found a bear cub sitting on her kitchen counter. A Los Angeles county sheriff's statement says the department received a 911 call Wednesday from the woman, who said the bear had climbed through her window and (More)
Posted 7:26 AM 5/22/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Workers at University of California hospitals around the state are picketing for a second day over staffing and pension issues. Hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers are observing the 48-hour walkout Wednesday (More)
Posted 5:46 AM 5/21/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) - University of California medical center workers have begun a two-day strike that could involve thousands of employees and prompted postponement of some surgeries. A union representing some 13,000 pharmacists, nursing assistants and other workers struck at 4 (More)
Posted 11:21 PM 5/19/2013 by ASSOCIATED PRESS
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - Crews continue to build containment lines around a wildfire burning for a fourth day in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles. State fire officials say the blaze near Frazier Park along the border of Kern and Ventura counties is (More)