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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in Beverly Hills and says he has spoken extensively to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, urging him to respect human rights and to stop the violence against protestors in Tripoli and Benghazi.
A city official accused of presiding over a working-class suburb of Los Angeles as if it were his own personal fiefdom, buying off the city council with six-figure salaries and falsifying documents to hide his own enormous pay, is due in court Tuesday to face dozens of corruption charges.
Authorities are investigating graffiti messages threatening President Barack Obama and Governor Jerry Brown in an Orange County city near where threats to the governor were scrawled last month.
California lawmakers will be focused on the state's $26.6 billion budget deficit in the weeks ahead, but that's not the only issue on their minds.
Admission will be free at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda on Presidents Day.
All but essential government agencies will be closed Monday for Presidents Day, but you can enjoy plenty of free activities at local libraries and museums.
City officials say they've discovered a second off-the-books account that once held nearly $1 million in public funds, but now has only $5,000.
John "Steve" Horn, a Republican congressman who represented Long Beach for five terms, has died. He was 79.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said "it's no secret" that students respond better to those who share similar ethnic backgrounds.
Voicing concern that Bello's custody status was too "punitive", the judge reduced the amount from $190,000 to $100,000.
Two state senators elected in Tuesday's special election have been sworn in, filling the last two vacancies in the 40-member chamber.
Gov. Jerry Brown has found an unlikely new best friend in his efforts to work with Republicans and fix California's budget mess.
The incoming superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District said Thursday he is forming a new foundation to attract philanthropic donations to help fund the ailing school district.
The Federal Reserve told Congress on Thursday that it may reconsider its proposal to limit the fee that banks charge merchants for debit card transactions to 12 cents per swipe, the latest twist in a battle over billions of dollars.
Gov. Jerry Brown is taking a page from David Letterman's playbook and asking California's top watchdog agencies to create "Top 10" lists for cutting waste and improving efficiency.
