Today it was my distinct honor to nominate Deputy Chief Charlie Beck to be the next Chief of Police of the LAPD. He is tough when it comes to criminals and progressive when it comes to policing.
Daniel Heimpel | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living
Within 18 months of leaving the system, 1/4 of children in foster care will have been incarcerated, 1/5 will have experienced homelessness and 1/3 will suffer major depression.
Michael Hubbard | Posted 11.01.2009 | Impact
I've been working with homeless families since I was very young. One thing I've learned is that making a personal connection is just as important as opening your wallet.
Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.31.2009 | Impact
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AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology
LOS ANGELES — City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and othe...
Brad Friedman | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics
So we went out to Griffith Park out here in L.A. on Sunday to check out the kick-off day for the new "Tea Party Express II" national tour. Thought we ...
Reuters | Steve Gorman | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business
As Los Angeles housing advocates launched a campaign warning of mortgage rescue scams, a couple hit by foreclosure are charged with torturing two loan...
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
Today, I took a big step in helping homeowners to combat loan scams and foreclosure fraud, the start of NeighborWorks America's national campaign against loan modification scams.
Paul Rosenthal | Posted 10.26.2009 | Denver
What do the editorial writers for the Denver Post want? More roads. Perhaps they should visit Los Angeles to see how well that worked.
David Dean Bottrell | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
Theatre in L.A. is sort of a strange beast. When I first arrived here to seek my fortune as a screenwriter, I was floored by the number of small theat...
TMZ | Posted 10.25.2009 | Entertainment
TMZ has learned Brad Pitt was involved in a minor motorcycle accident moments ago in Los Angeles. A witness at the scene tells us Pitt was trying to ...
William Bradley | Posted 10.24.2009 | Entertainment
On the surface, it's a period detective picture. Beneath, it's much more. The film creates its own mesmerizing world through evocative music, costuming, and production design.
Starre Vartan | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
From 125+ entries into the Project Green Search Model Competition, a top 10 have been picked to go to Los Angeles for the November 6th crowning of the...
Murray Fromson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media
On March 7, 1965, Jack and I met for the first time, on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the outskirts of Selma, Alabama, he reporting for the Times and I for CBS News.
Molly Greenwood | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
Instead of buying a new car, I bought a Vespa. And you know what? It has turned out to be the perfect complement to my alternative transportation lifestyle.
Sarah Newman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Green
Sadly, we live in an era where Bar and Bat Mitzvahs have become night-club shuls with absurd budgets. One family went the opposite route, incorporating sustainable practices throughout.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Tomorrow, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority can and should pass the Long Range Transportation Plan, paving the way for $300 billion in investment over the next 30 years.
Rich Kassel | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York
The mayors teamed up with Teamsters President James P. Hoffa to endorse federal legislation that would enable ports around the nation to adopt local green-growth programs to reduce air pollution.
AP | THOMAS WATKINS and BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — The arrest of Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case was set in motion last month by Swiss authorities, who informed fed...
AP/ Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
LOS ANGELES -- Fossil bones housed at a Los Angeles museum belong to the smallest dinosaur discovered in North America, scientists said Tuesday. Th...
Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.
AP | GREG BEACHAM | Posted 10.21.2009 | New York
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Alex Rodriguez has done something remarkable in every game of his charmed October. CC Sabathia is settling for every time he t...
New York Times | RICHARD SANDOMIR | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media
But the story is that the Los Angeles market is being drubbed by New York and Philadelphia. Maybe it's the old time-zone thing that limits viewership...
AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 10.20.2009 | Entertainment
LOS ANGELES — Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s sit-coms "The Addams Family" and "Green Acres," has died. He ...
Bill DiDonna and Charles Kelly | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living
The location for the restaurant was a block off of Sunset Blvd. A little out of the way. Maybe its low profile will serve it well, I thought. A place a little that will catch on by word of mouth.
Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics