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The City Council Oct. 14 approved a community participation plan that will guide the city in its efforts to create voting districts for City Council elections. The effort is underway following approval by Whittier voters of Measure W in June, a city spokesperson said.

Construction of the long-planned dog park advanced as the City Council Oct. 14 contracted with Willdan Engineering for construction management of the facility on two vacant lots along the Greenway Trail between Philadelphia Street and Gregory Avenue for a fee of $40,000.

In its first status report on Los Angeles County jail reforms, the Office of Inspector General said commanders were committed to reforms, but changing the attitudes of some deputies would be a slow, difficult process.

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The shooter who opened fire Friday morning at a Washington state high school played football and was recently named to the homecoming court.

The Downey Unified School District and the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District have formally placed on the Nov. 4 election ballot proposals to sell bonds to upgrade older buildings.

Rep. Maxine Waters has requested a meeting with officials from Los Angeles International Airport and a variety of federal agencies to discuss procedures being taken to screen passengers and respond to potential cases of Ebola at the airport.

A former teacher and soccer coach at Downey High School was charged Tuesday with 15 felony counts stemming from an alleged sexual relationship with a female student.

“Super Mario,” the Republican senate candidate, not the video game, expects to break the Democrats' super majority by winning the 32nd state Senate seat Nov. 4.

Flu season is a dangerous time. And pregnant women and infants are especially at risk from the flu.

There’s no dispute that veteran LAPD detective Frank Lyga bragged during a video-taped training session that he drove recklessly on the freeway, loudly uttered gender and racially laced epithets, and name-called a ranking officer in the department.

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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan discussed the economic benefits of developing high-quality education for preschool children during a visit here Tuesday.

State Sen. Holly Mitchell, D-Los Angeles, has told Inglewood area ministers, that she will not rescind her endorsement of Tom Torlakson for state superintendent of public instruction.

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The suspect in Wednesday's shootings in Ottawa had "connections" to jihadists in Canada who shared a radical Islamist ideology, including at least one who went overseas to fight in Syria, multiple U.S. sources told CNN on Thursday.

A Canadian soldier was shot and killed as he and another soldier stood guard at Canada's Parliament war memorial Wednesday. Details are emerging as authorities try to secure the government building in Ottawa.

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An actress who made headlines when she was handcuffed and briefly detained along a Studio City street was charged Tuesday along with her boyfriend for allegedly committing a lewd act in public.

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Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s doctors and staff are trained and “prepared to care for” Ebola patients, a senior hospital official said Friday following a large-scale exercise intended to test the facility’s readiness.

Blood from Michael Brown that was found on the uniform and in the police car of Officer Darren Wilson appears to back the officer's version of events, but still leaves questions unanswered, law enforcement sources told CNN.

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Gigi the robot looks like a skinny, harmless cousin of R2-D2, but the machine is a cold-blooded killer for hire, a germ zapper that could become an important weapon in the fight against Ebola.

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The heirs of Jimi Hendrix and a music producer had a deal for a proposed film and soundtrack drawn from European concerts in 1969, but the producer had unrealistic expectations, an attorney for the rock icon's estate told a judge Thursday.

The city is on its way to becoming one of the first in Southern California to achieve a 75 percent recycling rate, reports City Manager Phil Wagner.

Bringing together both native English speakers and students still learning the English language, the Lynwood Unified School District this year kicked off its new dual immersion program, starting with kindergarteners at Will Rogers Elementary School.

A majority of the Central Basin Municipal Water District Board of Directors made it official Oct. 9 by firing General Manager Antonio Perez, the third manager to be let go in the past several years. He was suspended last month.

Mayor Eric Garcetti has named Luis J. Rodriguez to a two-year term as poet laureate and literary ambassador of Los Angeles.

The sale of St. Francis Medical Center here and five other hospitals was approved by the board of directors of the Daughters of Charity Health Systems, its parent company, last Friday.