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What chance does the immigration lawsuit from 17 states have against...
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has taken the lead in filing a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday, challenging President Obama's executive action protecting the deportation of millions of...
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Proposed CEQA changes could push development to disincentivize car use
; Credit: Photo by Jonathan Kos-Read via Flickr CommonsA change to the formula used under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) could have a large impact on development throughout the state....
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Eric Garner decision: What needs to change in police training
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 3: People lie down in the street as they take part during a protest in support of Eric Garner at the Columbus Circle on December 3, 2014 in New York City. Garner died after...
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What do we do with the United States’ arsenal of nuclear weapons?
Military personnel observe a nuclear weapons test in Nevada, the United States, in 1951.Credit: US Government; Credit: US GovernmentIt’s no secret that the United States has a larger stockpile of...
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The Orange County bankruptcy, 20 years later
A surfer rides a wave beside Huntington Beach pier as participants at the annual Pier Plaza Plunge spend some time in the chilly waters of the Pacific Ocean at Huntington Beach, California, for the New...
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'Tales of the Grim Sleeper' by filmmaker-cum-homicide detective once more
Nick Broomfield's "Tales of the Grim Sleeper" follows a 25-year-old story of a serial killer that quietly stalked South Central Los Angeles and allegedy murdered dozens of sex-trade workers.The...
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Governor Brown considers expanding Medi-Cal for Deferred Action Recipients
Governor Brown at KPCC.; Credit: Mae Ryan/KPCCNow that President Obama has announced his executive orders on immigration, California Governor Jerry Brown is considering expanding Medi-cal benefits to...
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Filmweek: 'Still Alice,' 'Wild,' 'Dying of the Light' and more
Julianne Moore stars in 'Still Alice'; Credit: Sony Pictures via AFI FestivalLarry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson and Andy Klein review this week’s releases, including 'Still Alice,'...
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Autonomous no more: Proposed bill would take decision-making control away...
University of California, Irvine, students march on campus to protest tuition increases approved by the UC regents.; Credit: Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCCThe University of California system has maintained...
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Glass ceiling hits plateau for California business women
Chief operating officer of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg speaks onstage at the FORTUNE Most Powerful Women Summit on October 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. ; Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for FORTUNEThe...
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Rolling Stone retracts University of Virginia rape story
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling...
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Should the Senate Intelligence Committee release its CIA interrogation report?
U.S. Select Committee on Intelligence chairwoman Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) speaks to members of the media after a hearing on the Benghazi attack last month. ; Credit: Alex Wong/Getty ImagesOn...
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After Ferguson, Garner, what should be President Obama's legacy on racial...
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during the Summit on College Opportunity at the Ronald Reagan Building December 4, 2014 in Washington, DC. President Obama commented on the death of Eric Garner as he...
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TIME’s Person of the Year finalists, including Taylor Swift as the sole...
A general view of atmosphere before the TIME's 2010 Person of the Year Panel at Time & Life Building on November 10, 2010 in New York, New York.; Credit: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for TIME...
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The next frontier for computer hackers: Your car
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed State Senate Bill 1298 that allows driverless cars to operate on public roads for testing purposes. The bill also calls for the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt...
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For some airlines, fees take off during holiday season
Over the course of the next two years, airlines will start hiking up fees during peak travel times on things like early boarding, checked luggage, and seat upgrades, according to a report by IdeaWorks...
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Will Garcetti’s earthquake plan mean even higher rents in Los Angeles?
Angelus Plaza Apartments.; Credit: John Williams PHD/Flickr The owners of a common type of wood frame building vulnerable to collapse in an earthquake would have five years to shore up those structures...
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Senate Committee: CIA torture in wake of 9/11 was ineffective and illegal
Senator John McCain, R-Arizona, speaks to reporters about the release of a report on CIA interrogations of high-value terrorists a decade ago, while walking from the subway on Capitol Hill in...
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How is California doing in the national fight to curb over-medication of...
A veteran sits in a wheelchair at the Quincy Veterans Home February 16, 2005 in Quincy, Illinois. The home, with its 683 beds, is the largest and oldest of four veteran's nursing homes in Illinois. ;...
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The changing meaning of Chinatown Los Angeles
Chinatown Immortalization is one thing Los Angeles Chinatown can claim over its other iterations in the country. The 1974 Roman Polanski noir put this Los Angeles landmark in our collective...
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