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Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday approved a bill giving the Los Angeles County MTA authority to operate articulated buses on the 14-mile Orange Line in the San Fernando Valley.

Gov. Jerry Brown on Sunday closed a loophole in state law that allows some elephant ivory to be bought and sold in California as long as it was originally obtained before 1977.

People sniffled in the pews of New Hope Church here Sunday as Pastor David Ewert read the names of the nine people killed in last week’s shooting at Umpqua Community College. Nine candles flickered at the Communion table near the pulpit. "These candles are lit in memory of these nine individuals...

Former USC linebacker Devon Kennard made an impressive interception for the New York Giants against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

The driver of a vehicle that struck and killed a 19-year-old woman in Sherman Oaks early Sunday turned around and came back to look at the victim before driving off, police said.

What’s good for one Rasmus brother this week has not been good for the other.

Those who have watched City Section football games through the years know that penalty flags frequently fly out nonstop.

Mike Scioscia has stressed all season that the focus of his players and coaches needs to be “in-house,” but he won’t fault anyone in the team’s Globe Life Park dugout of peeking at the out-of-town scoreboard in left field on Sunday.

Long ago, when Australia's Dieri aborigines sent women to thrash out grievances with other, sometimes cannibalistic tribes, there was a tacit agreement: It's not OK to shoot the messenger — or boil and eat her.

Jacob deGrom will start against the Dodgers in Game 1 of the National League Division Series -- and he could start Game 4 on short rest as well, New York Mets Manager Terry Collins said Sunday.

Israeli authorities took the extraordinary step of banning non-resident Palestinians from the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday as a spike in violence gave rise to concerns that a third intifada, or uprising, may have begun.

It was an offensive outburst in the Eastern League opener on Friday night between South East and Huntington Park. And when the dust had settled, South East prevailed, 49-41, behind a 5-foot-6, 150-pound running back named Martell Taylor.

Los Angeles police officers shot a man to death after the rear window of their police cruiser shattered while the officers were at a stoplight in Van Nuys, authorities said Sunday.

'Black-ish' tackles a sensitive subject

The N-word's unsavory legacy has roiled the realm of classic literature going back decades before the advent of television ["That word," Sept. 20].

One of Joseph Conrad's pivotal works, "The N— of the Narcissus," was first published in 1897 under an innocuous...

The New Mexico secretary of state, who oversees campaign finance reporting and once bemoaned a "culture of corruption" in the state, has been accused of using her election fund as a personal piggy bank at jewelry stores, ATMs and casinos.

Corals are turning chalk white and dying on reefs stretching from the Florida Keys to the Miami area, in what experts call one of the worst episodes in two decades of coral bleaching in Florida.

The Champagne-soaked uniforms had been scrubbed, the beer grins back to tight smiles.

In the wake of national public anger over killings by police in New York, Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere, landmark California legislation to protect minorities from racial profiling and excessive force won Gov. Jerry Brown's signature Saturday.

In a significant break from tradition, UC Berkeley will ask some freshman applicants to submit letters of recommendation from teachers and mentors this fall. And the UC system is studying whether all of its nine undergraduate campuses should do the same in future years as another way to choose...

I'm Kelly Scott, arts and culture editor of the L.A. Times. Our critics and feature writers have been crisscrossing the region to see the plays, concerts and exhibitions that are making for a thoroughly overstuffed fall arts season. Here are some of their critical assessments and sneak peeks in...

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"Red Oaks": In the Oct. 4 Calendar section, an article about the Amazon show "Red Oaks" quoted actor Paul Reiser as saying, "The only hard part is explaining to my 80-year-old mother how to watch it." Reiser said "mother-in-law," not "mother."

Jonathan Quick made 15 saves and the Kings earned a 4-0 exhibition victory over the Colorado Avalanche.

UCLA freshman quarterback Josh Rosen pursed his lips and blew, and then said, “Losing is not fun.”

Viktor Postol might not have thought he was going to score a knockout on his way to a world title.