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Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is in Los Angeles Thursday for a quick visit expected to include a visit to the Port of Los Angeles, the announcement of an entertainment deal with DreamWorks, and an economic forum downtown.
Gov. Jerry Brown will welcome Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping to California with a tour of the Port of Los Angeles and events highlighting the economic and cultural ties between the world's most populous nation and the U.S. state with the greatest population and largest economy.
The number of tourists who visited Los Angeles went up in 2011, a 4.2 percent increase over 2010, and those visitors spent an estimated $15.2 billion.
An Alhambra woman has been convicted of federal charges for trafficking more than 30,000 DVDS with counterfeit Dolby trademarks.
Target has announced a recall of LED flashlights.
Life-sized Santa Claus, snowman, and polar bear lights were among the counterfeit merchandise originating from China.
A San Fernando Valley lawmaker sided with Congressional critics opposed to sending millions of dollars in U.S. aid to the nation's biggest foreign creditor.
A bench-clearing brawl at an exhibition game between American and Chinese basketball teams has marred the orchestrated harmony of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to China.
The move would send ripples throughout the basketball world as the most iconic NBA player would be playing overseas in a lucrative market.
So the noodles were delicious, were they? Does the author have family in the noodle biz?
I'm not sure how I'd react, if a giant carrot broke off from its dance partners, took off its clothes, then approached me on bended knee to talk about forever together.
Sonny Vaccaro is a big name in the basketball business. So when he pipes up and says something like, "Kobe Bryant will go to play in China and Nike will pay him for it," people's ears are going to perk up.
We're so glad all this talk about Kobe playing overseas is over. Boy, wasn't that silly? Now that the Besiktas rumors have about a "0 percent chance" according to reports, we can put all this behind us...
He thought his suspension needed a check-up, because he'd hit a pothole. They told him seeing the axle in the road behind them, and feeling the rear of the floor starting to burn were good enough signs for them.
Authorities say nine people have been indicted on charges of smuggling and money laundering tied to a denim-importing scheme that cost the government at least $2 million in tax revenue.
Thirty-one students from Crenshaw High School are making the trip to China Thursday as part of a cultural exchange, and for many, it's their first trip out of California.
40 years after Judy Hoarfrost and the U.S. national ping pong team made an historic trip to China, she picked up the paddles one more time to mark the occasion.
Pau Gasol says his preference is to play in Spain if the NBA season is canceled, although the Los Angeles Lakers center isn't ruling out China either.
When it comes to sweets, Americans may not consider the occasional candy bar a luxury, but the same can't be said for our counterparts in the Far East.
Miami Heat forward LeBron James will get the weight of the world's expectations off of his shoulders if he wins the NBA title this season, but he will also take an important step towards becoming a global cash cow.
Prosecutors said the verdict was the nation's first conviction at trial under an anti-terrorism statute that outlaws the importation of missile systems designed to destroy aircraft.
Customs inspectors seized about 5,400 counterfeit M.A.C. makeup brushes arriving in Los Angeles from China.
Wouldn't drivers get the clue after they saw the first few cars? Not if the road crews kept rebuilding the wall, each time someone smashed into it.
Customs agents at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex seized 13,200 pairs of fake Givenchy and Armani sunglasses and reading glasses in a shipment from China, authorities announced Thursday.
