Firefighter, deputy in suspected murder-suicide are identified
Authorities have identified the Los Angeles County firefighter suspected of gunning down his wife, a deputy sheriff, on Sunday before turning the gun on himself.
Authorities have identified the Los Angeles County firefighter suspected of gunning down his wife, a deputy sheriff, on Sunday before turning the gun on himself.
Singer-songwriter Nathaniel Rateliff grew up listening to the joyous sounds of Sam & Dave, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and other artists on Memphis' Stax Records. Now the label, renown for popularizing Southern soul, is home to Rateliff and his new release, "Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats."
President Obama used Labor Day to announce a new step toward increased benefits for workers -- ordering companies that do business with the government to provide paid sick leave for their employees.
OK, so I wrote this a week ago. It's not like the issue went away. If anything, it's become more troubling.
A man with a semi-automatic handgun walked up to a Las Vegas police SUV waiting at a red light and opened fire, striking one officer in the right hand, authorities said.
Brice Turang of Corona Santiago, one of the top sophomore baseball players in Southern California, has committed to LSU, his coach, Ty De Trinidad, said Monday.
Martin Milner, who drove a Corvette across America for four years as the co-star of TV's "Route 66" and later traded in the iconic convertible for a police patrol car as a star of "Adam-12," died Sunday at his home in Carlsbad. He was 83.
A woman allegedly stabbed her 61-year-old mother to death early Monday in a Covina assisted living facility, police said.
TriStar's faith-based drama "War Room" emerged triumphant at the box office on one of the slowest Labor Day weekends on record.
Rescue boats were plying waters off Catalina Island on Monday morning for a boater missing after a crash that killed a fellow passenger.
Vicki Ruiz, a professor of history and Chicano/Latino studies at UC Irvine, is set to receive a 2014 National Humanities Medal from President Obama at the White House on Thursday.
This past weekend, many of us - many thousands of us - spent three days eating and drinking ourselves silly at The Taste, the L.A. Times' annual food festival. Many capable people turned Paramount Studios into a Disneyland for foodies, with demonstration stages and booths and even a blue car. Thanks...
St. John Bosco Coach Jason Negro didn't have time to go to the Rose Bowl on Saturday to watch his former quarterback, freshman Josh Rosen, in his debut for UCLA. He was too busy preparing his team for a Friday road game against Central Catholic in Oregon, but he watched on television and enjoyed...
A parade and rally in Wilmington and a concert in Exposition Park are among the events that promise to "celebrate the spirit of Labor Day" across Los Angeles County on Monday.
As more migrants continue to arrive, Germany called on its neighbors Monday to share the burden of accepting refugees fleeing war and violence, saying that the crisis had become a test of European values and solidarity.
Prime Minister David Cameron announced Monday that a 21-year-old British citizen was killed in a targeted Royal Air Force drone strike in Syria last month.
Looks like we're going to be celebrating the end of summer for a while. Labor Day may officially mark the season's end, but the weather won't be paying much attention to the calendar. It's going to be a hot September, with plenty of opportunities for parties and dinners -- or just sharing a bottle...
Football season arrives in Las Vegas with fans ready to wager on big games, college and professional alike. And with any good pigskin matchup comes food and drink specials up and down the Strip.
Junior shortstop-pitcher Isaiah Parra of Cypress has committed to San Diego State.
To any real fan, a hamburger is never "just a burger." A great burger is a work of art, passionately thought out and painstakingly executed. It's the very extension of the grill master's identity.
A Palestinian woman died Monday at an Israeli hospital of her injuries more than five weeks after an arson attack on her West Bank home that also killed her husband and infant son, Palestinian officials said.
When Stephen Colbert takes to the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater on Tuesday night as the new host of "Late Show," it will bring to a close an extended period of transition in broadcast late night that began with the announcement of Jay Leno's retirement more than two years ago. But it will also...
I knew something was wrong when I found myself doing doughnuts in a fully loaded slave ship off of Ivory Coast. During the past week, an educational game aimed at elementary and middle school students titled "Playing History 2 - Slave Trade" has been the subject of online controversy over a brief...
In this farming valley, often known as "America's salad bowl," the climate is cool and consistent, the soil is fertile, and an abundance of water has allowed a diverse set of crops to flourish.
A practicing attorney who holds two part-time elected offices, Albert Robles has a daunting work schedule. He's been even busier since becoming a high-profile promoter of efforts to build an NFL stadium for the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders on an old landfill in Carson, where he is mayor.