While the proposed Westside subway extension is expected to provide substantial benefits to transit riders, the multibillion-dollar project -- contrary to one of its selling... 3 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
Hebron, home to more than 150,000 Palestinians and 400 Jewish settlers, is often at the center of the storm, and it is once again. Residents are bracing themselves and warn... 22 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
Two Pasadena police officers whose names were kept secret after they shot and killed a parolee were identified in federal court papers filed by an attorney representing the dead... 23 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries. 3 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
Dozens of $20 bills lay like confetti on a Santa Ana street Friday after a 55-year-old man was killed during a robbery just hours after winning several thousand dollars at a... 3 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
Some 2.5 million Southern Californians will travel over Labor Day weekend, according to estimates from the Automobile Club of Southern California. 4 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
A Westwood company is at the center of a federal indictment alleging a massive human-smuggling ring involving Thai workers. 4 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
More than 100 are injured in the assault on a Shiite procession in Quetta, which comes two days after similar attacks on Shiites in Lahore.A suicide bomb blast targeting a Shiite... 4 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
The nation lost 54,000 net positions last month, the U.S. reports. Once-growing manufacturers shed jobs last month, as did budget-strapped state governments and the Census Bureau.... 7 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |  
Companies add 67,000 new jobs, but the unemployment rate ticks up as more than a half-million Americans resume their job searches.The unemployment rate rose in August for the... 9 hours ago | Los Angeles Times |