Update: Fox spokeswoman Claudia Russo says she “can confirm that John's contract has not been renewed,” and that “an extensive search for his r
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What is it about Google+ that's so much more attractive to Californians than New Yorkers?
Yes, the famed Googleplex is located in our nerdy nothern region (anoth
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If you're to believe the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, 38-year-old Sheng Hui Chen is a brave, shit-talking man. In fact, they claim, he pretty much made
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Updated after the jump: California Controller John Chiang won't list the names of state employees along with their salaries. When should privacy trump transparen
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Prince William and his wife, Kate, are heading to Skid Row on Sunday to visit Inner-City Arts school, which is all fine and dandy. But we suggest the royal couple al
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While some news organizations are known for inventing a generation every time Apple introduces a new product (the iPad generation!), there are limits.
Historians Wil
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Remember the poisoned apple that Snow White eagerly gobbled down?
In today's world, that apple would not need to be dipped in a cauldron of venom.
It would com
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Charlie Romero is a small, exotic island just off the east coast of Echo Park, nestled in a sea of tidy bungalows in East L
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The U.S.-Mexico border has been shored up with thousands of new agents in what appears to us to be the Obama administration's attempts (and Bush's before tha
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Update: Lee got six years behind bars as well as a $20,000 fine. AP.
She's sorry. So sorry.
Lisette Lee, the Beverly Hills woman who used her family's privat
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You can often hear West L.A. residents, and those on the nearby Santa Monica border, whining about the rampant homeless-veteran population in their area (which is tr
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On the first day of Carmageddon, cyclists, joggers (and one DUI suspect) braved the empty 405 freeway — while the rest of L.A. stayed home. On the second day o
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