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Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 08:31 PM EDT

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Los Angeles Times

Asiana crash focuses scrutiny on foreign pilots

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:12 PM EDT

Crash of Asiana Airlines jet that killed three in San Francisco raises the issue of the qualifications of foreign pilots. The Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco earlier this month in which three died and dozens were injured has focused attention on foreign airline safety and training procedures at a time when international air travel has boomed.        

For police, the goal is vigilance, not vigilantes

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 04:12 PM EDT

Cheviot Hills neighborhood watch group plans to be the eyes and ears and let the cops be the muscle. The bold, broad daylight burglaries in and around Cheviot Hills started in May and have come in clusters since then. About a dozen homes were hit in one day alone, and roughly 50 in a month.        

As L.A.'s Chinatown changes, some see opportunity for renewal

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:13 PM EDT

Among the owners of longtime area businesses, there are those who embrace an evolving Chinatown, seeing multiculturalism as the way to survive. In its heyday, Empress Pavilion fielded an army of 100 employees that brought the restaurant to life at dawn; a crew of 20 prep cooks chopped vegetables, wrapped dumplings and crimped shumai .        

Independent monitors to keep watch on hunger strike at 9 prisons

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:13 PM EDT

State authorities send independent monitors into nine California prisons to assess developments during the inmate hunger strike. SACRAMENTO — State authorities have sent independent monitors into nine California prisons to keep watch on an inmate hunger strike that will soon enter its third week.        

Vietnamese Americans agitate for human rights in their homeland

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:12 PM EDT

Vietnamese refugees in the United States and a reform party press for political change in the communist country. Until Communist captors locked his dad in a 9-by-9-foot jail cell, Khoa Nguyen did not fully appreciate the battle his father was fighting.        


Los Angeles Daily News

Valencia brush fire burns 2 acres

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 08:19 PM EDT

VALENCIA -- A small brushfire that burned two acres in Valencia today was knocked down by county firefighters using water-dropping helicopters and hand crews, a county fire official said.

California national rank on per-pupil spending abysmal, but tide is poised to change

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:55 PM EDT

It's difficult to believe now, but there was a time -- through the eras of flower children, bell bottoms and disco -- when the Golden State was widely seen as the gold standard on education spending.

Misreading L.A. County freeway data can take a toll: Editorial

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 05:51 PM EDT

People feel very strongly both ways about the rise of freeway toll lanes in Southern California -- or, actually, three ways.

Detroit couldn't keep overspending forever: Charles Krauthammer

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 05:50 PM EDT

If there's an iron rule in economics, it is Stein's Law (named after Herb, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers): "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of California surf culture: Larry Wilson

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 05:50 PM EDT

We Southern California surfers call it the stoke, the transcendental joy that comes from riding a wave. The Hawaiians call it the aloha vibe. Is there a chance that these Pacific pleasures made it into that decidedly non-surfing document, the Declaration of Independence?


CBS 2 Los Angeles

San Jacinto City Manager Loses Second Child To Same Highway 7 Years Apart

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:52 PM EDT

Brandon Hults, 20, was traveling south at about 2 a.m. when he lost control of his sedan. His vehicle struck a guard rail.

Homicide Detectives Probe Shooting Death Of Man In Artesia

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:34 PM EDT

An argument between a group of men and a patron at an Artesia restaurant Saturday morning ended with a fight outside the eatery and a man being fatally shot.

Fantasy 5 Ticket Worth $191K Sold In Los Angeles

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:17 PM EDT

A ticket worth more than $191,000 was sold in Friday's Fantasy 5 draw.

Hemet Boy, 15, Dead In Apparent Shooting

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:04 PM EDT

Officials in Hemet say a 15-year-old boy was gunned down early Saturday.

Rick Warren Returns To Pulpit 16 Weeks After Son’s Death

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:14 PM EDT

Evangelical Christian megachurch Pastor Rick Warren Saturday is expected to deliver his first sermon since the death of his youngest son, Matthew.


KABC-TV Los Angeles

Anaheim police find body on 57 Freeway

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 08:20 PM EDT

Anaheim police are asking for the public's help after a body was found on the 57 Freeway early Saturday morning.

Hawthorne cop cruiser crash: Woman dies of injuries

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:57 PM EDT

A female driver who was critically injured following a collision with a police cruiser in Hawthorne Wednesday has died.

Rick Warren returns to pulpit for first time following son's suicide

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:35 PM EDT

The pastor of the one of the U.S.'s largest mega-churches is returning to the pulpit Saturday following his son's suicide.

Memorial service held for slain OC woman

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:34 PM EDT

A memorial service was held Saturday for a Tustin woman who was found strangled in May off the coast of Hawaii's Big Island.

Pope Francis shames Brazilian church for Catholic exodus

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 06:05 PM EDT

Pope Francis issued blunt criticism of the Brazilian church's failure to stem the "exodus" of Catholics.


FOX 11 News Los Angeles

Top Car Pick is Surprising: The Chevy Impala

Friday, Jul 26, 2013 11:46 PM EDT

The Chevrolet Impala is the first American sedan to ear the top spot in 20 years! We took it for a test drive to find out why.  

Carson Puts The Pressure On To Clean Contaminated Land

Friday, Jul 26, 2013 09:16 PM EDT

No one disputes chemical compounds contaminate the soil and ground water in the Carousel neighborhood in Carson. 285 homes sit on top of what was once a huge Shell Oil tank farm .


KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Inmate Commits Suicide During Statewide Prison Protest

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 07:20 PM EDT

A state prison inmate who had participated in the statewide hunger strike has died, apparently by hanging himself in his isolation cell, state corrections officials said Saturday. The death of the 32-year-old man occurred Monday in the segregation unit at …

Shooting in San Bernardino Sends Officer, Suspects to Hospital

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 04:05 PM EDT

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KTLA) – Gunfire broke out during a traffic stop on Friday in San Bernardino, injuring one police officer and two gunmen, authorities said. The shooting started when two officers attempted to stop a sedan at 9:12 p.m. …

LAPD Urged to Take Tougher Stand on Hit-and-Run Crashes

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 03:05 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A Los Angeles City Council committee urged the LAPD Friday to crack down on hit-and-runs crashes. The Council’s Public Safety Committee recommended the police department change its policy on the crashes, including taking reports on all …

Police Find Missing Fontana Man’s Body Inside Burned-Out Car

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 12:20 PM EDT

RIALTO, Calif. (KTLA) — The body of a missing Fontana man was found late Friday night inside a burned-out car in Rialto, according to the Los Angeles Times . Alejandro Padilla, 40, was found dead inside the vehicle, when firefighters …

Amanda Bynes Accused of Trashing Hotel Room Before She Was Hospitalized

Saturday, Jul 27, 2013 11:20 AM EDT

NEW YORK (KTLA) — A posh hotel in New York has accused Amanda Bynes of trashing one of its rooms, according to TMZ. The alleged incident happened at the Ritz-Carlton days before Bynes was detained on a psychiatric hold in …


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