SAFETY concerns are accompanying a rising number of oil-laden freight trains throughout various cities in America, and a Reuters report shows that taxpayers in certain areas are financing the expansion…
THE $1.1 trillion spending bill approved by Congress included an allocation of $5 million toward an earthquake warning system in California that would begin next year. Scientists have attempted to…
THE $1.1 trillion spending bill approved by Congress included an allocation of $5 million toward an earthquake warning system in California that would begin next year. Scientists have attempted to…
Federal prosecutors sued New York City on Thursday, Dec. 18, as the city has allegedly not acted fast enough in reforming Rikers Island jail, particularly in how it deals with…
A former professor who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting underage boys while traveling to the Philippines was sentenced to five years in prison on Monday, Dec. 15. Walter Lee Williams,…
A new analysis by NASA scientists reveals that it would take approximately 11 trillion gallons of water to remedy the drought that has plagued the Golden State for the last…
A new analysis by NASA scientists reveals that it would take approximately 11 trillion gallons of water to remedy the drought that has plagued the Golden State for the last…
MANUFACTURING output in the US hit its biggest gain in nine months in November, surpassing Wall Street’s 0.5 percent growth estimate for that month. The overall industrial capacity used was…
TWO major global payment technology companies are being sued in the United States by the hosting service provider used by WikiLeaks for blocking payments to the website. American lawyers representing…
AUTHORITIES investigating a massive fire that engulfed an entire apartment building complex under construction in downtown Los Angeles are seeking two men captured on video near the scene around the…
A FILIPINO-American was selected as one of the five California Teachers of the Year. Lovelyn Marquez-Prueher, an English teacher at Dodson Middle School in Rancho Palos Verdes, was also one…
ROB Villeza was sworn in on Thursday, Dec. 11, as a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Villeza, who has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the…
PRESIDENT Barack Obama announced Wednesday at a White House Summit a $1 billion public-private investment into the expansion of early childhood education. “We’ve got kids in this country who are…
ROB Villeza was sworn in on Thursday, Dec. 11, as a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court. Villeza, who has served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the…
Prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco announced Dec. 9 that they were filing a suit against Uber, the mobile app ride-sharing service based in SF, alleging false and misleading…
The Obama administration announced on Dec. 8 new federal guidelines expanding protections for racial and ethnic profiling to encompass religion, sexual orientation, national origin, gender and gender identity. The new…
Prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco announced Dec. 9 that they were filing a suit against Uber, the mobile app ride-sharing service based in SF, alleging false and misleading…
AB 60 takes effect on Jan. 1 STARTING Jan 1. 2015, undocumented immigrants in California will be able to apply for a state driver’s license under Assembly Bill 60 (AB…
THE US Supreme Court on Monday, Dec. 8 refused to consider a BP case claiming that the company has been forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to claimants…
TWELVE hours exceeds the average workday. But for the last 47 years, that has been the norm for accountant Victor Sy. “I’m a workaholic,” he said. “I guess it’s a…
AB 60 takes effect on Jan. 1 STARTING Jan 1. 2015, undocumented immigrants in California will be able to apply for a state driver’s license under Assembly Bill 60 (AB…
AT a recent book signing, Miss America 2001 was approached and hugged by a girl who admitted she had pondered ending her life for some time. She attended the event,…
New York City will invest $130 million to reform its criminal justice system by expanding access to public health services for mentally ill inmates. “For years, the criminal justice has…
THE Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) struck down request to limit eastbound flights departing from Los Angeles International Airport between midnight to 6:30 am. Community groups state that such departures cause…
IF the cost of tuition at the University of California rises, taxpayers may find themselves contributing more money toward students’ education. On Thursday, Nov. 20, the UC Board of Regents…
AN aide to a Republican member of Congress resigned on Monday, Dec. 1 after criticizing President Barack Obama’s daughters, who were present during last week’s Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony, on…
MANY California county jails are experiencing a rise in drug smuggling cases, and officials say it is partly because parolees want to bring drugs into prisons. Part of the the…
A RELEASE from the National Retail Foundation (NRF) states that sales for this year’s Black Friday saw an 11 percent drop compared to those in 2013. Consumers spent a total…
THE Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) struck down request to limit eastbound flights departing from Los Angeles International Airport between midnight to 6:30 am. Community groups state that such departures cause…
Animating ice is complicated. And when it came to working on “How to Train Your Dragon 2,” that was a challenging part. “Ice is particularly difficult because it has a…
