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Oakland ordered to hand over documents on Duong family, Mayor Thao and his partner
Federal investigators are ordering the city of Oakland to turn over documents involving a prominent and influential local family that…
A hotel employee stabbed a guest and drove him to the San Diego pier, police say
A hotel worker stabbed a woman in the chest in San Diego, then fled and headed off a pier into…
A mountain lion was killed on the 405 freeway on July 4th.
A mountain lion was found dead along the center divider of the 405 Freeway Thursday afternoon, the second time a…
Why the Surgeon General's statement on gun violence matters
Hey, cheer up: the news isn't all bad. The federal government last week acknowledged for the first time that gun…
Man shot and killed by Downey police after allegedly setting off fireworks
A man was fatally shot Saturday by Downey police after he reportedly set off fireworks in his backyard, authorities said.…
A memoir of Chicano studies, intertwined with a Compton story
Book Review Compton in my soul: a life in pursuit of racial equality By Albert M. CamarilloStanford: 312 pages, $28If…
US investigators sanction Boeing for sharing information about mid-air explosion | Aviation News
Boeing had “blatantly violated” federal rules by providing “non-public research information,” investigators said. US investigators have sanctioned Boeing for disclosing…
A closer look at the controversial case against a senior LADA official
One legal expert called it “nonsense,” while another said it simply raises more questions than it answers. But two months…
2 dead, 1 injured in high-speed car crash that ended at LAX
According to authorities, two people were killed and at least another was injured when their car went off the 105…