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The Los Angeles city clerk says medical marijuana advocates have gathered enough verified signatures for a ballot referendum that would stop the forced closure of dispensaries and overturn a ban on new pot clinics in the city.
Doctors and scientists at UC Irvine are working on cutting edge research to help with the treatment and possible cure of Alzheimer's disease.
A former state lawmaker who worked for the Los Angeles County Probation Department was the latest official on Monday to be arrested as part of a yearlong internal review into charges of alleged staff misconduct in the department.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that seeks to balance the constitutional right to protest with the desire to let those attending funeral services mourn in peace.
A prominent Orange County physician and avid cyclist was killed Saturday in a hit-and-run crash, the second bicycle fatality in Newport Beach in as many days.
At a time when multiple California cities are struggling with bankruptcy and budget cuts, the third-largest city in Los Angeles County is enjoying the benefits of managing its finances.
A 16-year-old is in custody after allegedly pouring gasoline outside his mother's bedroom following an argument, authorities said.
Mitt Romney and Bain Capital purchased a factory in China that took on the demand from outsourcing from other US companies. So they profited by increasing profits from companies they owned by shipping jobs overseas and they profited from other companies shipping jobs overseas by doing the work that used to be done in cities and towns across America.
An unidentified good Samaritan is being called a hero after saving an elderly woman from her burning home in Buena Park.
Thieves have stolen more than a dozen fire hydrants off streets in Redlands, resulting in a $40,000 loss for the city.
Arthur Sarkissian, a fashion designer turned producer, is at the helm of the highly anticipated show that will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 10 p.m.
The arrival of the Space Shuttle Endeavour may be delayed, but the debate over its environmental impact on local communities is just getting started.
A live hand grenade has been rendered safe after it was found in a late veteran's rented Santa Monica garage.
As the liberal American press and ultra-liberal bloggers inundate the Internet and newsprints with criticisms of what Mitt Romney, the GOP presidential challenger to President Barack Obama, said about Obama during the Libyan attacks and murders, throngs of foreign press and few American outlets tell the real story involved with the White House's role in the incidents that we now know could have been prevented.
Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck returned to work Monday after breaking his collarbone in a motocross accident.
