
Nov 6 - By Ken Ritter, Associated Press Writer
A 19-year-old woman was the driving force behind a youthful burglary ring that preyed on Hollywood's rich and famous, often brazenly walking into unlocked homes to make off with cash, jewels and family heirlooms, authorities said. Complete Story...
Nov 6 - By Associated Press
The Los Angeles City Council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that would ban the declawing of cats.

Nov 5 - By Courtney Hazlett, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
Oprah Winfrey has no immediate plans to give up her syndicated talk show and move it to her new cable network, according to a spokesperson for her production company, Harpo.

Nov 5 - By Associated Press
Rihanna, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Green Day and Carrie Underwood will be among the diverse roster of performers planning to take the stage at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles, show producers said Thursday.

Nov 5 - By Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press Writers
A surge in medical marijuana in California has left communities trying to regulate or ban the drug. This wine country town has welcomed a dispensary as a strong source of tax revenue during the recession.
Nov 5 - By Associated Press
A judge overturned a settlement allowing major outdoor advertising companies to convert more than 800 billboards in Los Angeles into digital displays, but declined to revoke permits already granted for about 100 conversions.
Nov 5 - By Greg Risling, Associated Press Writer
The wife of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt lost her bid Thursday to be reinstated as the team's chief executive during a hearing in the couple's messy divorce.
Nov 4 - By Associated Press
Los Angeles police say they have arrested a man sought in a case involving burglaries at the homes of celebrities.

Nov 4 - By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press Writer
When the Rev. Tom Eggebeen took over as interim pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church three years ago, he looked around and knew it needed a jump start.

Nov 3 - By Michael Ventre, msnbc.com - Only on msnbc.com
LOS ANGELES - I can’t look at Frank and Jamie McCourt without thinking about Jon and Kate Gosselin. And believe me, I try very hard not to think about Jon and Kate. But there they are, coming at me in regular bursts of pseudo-celebrity shrapnel, and there is no safe haven from them. They’re like spam requests for money from Nigerian princes, only without the dignity.

Nov 3 - By Anthony Mccartney, AP Entertainment Writer
Police seized dozens of diamond rings, high-end shoes, bags, guns and drugs from the homes of three people suspected of burglarizing celebrities' Los Angeles residences, search warrant records show.
Nov 2 - By Associated Press
A Los Angeles police officer has been indicted for attempting to illegally export guns to his security firm in Belize.

Oct 30 - By Ieva M. Augstums, AP Business Writers
Regulators on Friday shut small banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 119 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans.
Oct 30 - By Associated Press
Criminal charges won't be filed against 30 Los Angeles police officers who fired rubber bullets and pummeled demonstrators with batons at a pro-immigration rally two years ago, prosecutors said Friday.
Oct 30 - By Associated Press
An emergency room doctor has been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon for swerving his car in front of two cyclists on a Brentwood road, causing them to crash into the back of the sedan.
Oct 29 - By Associated Press
Fifteen California legislators have signed a letter supporting the extradition of Roman Polanski to Los Angeles to face his decades-old child sex conviction.
Oct 29 - By The Associated Press, Only on msnbc.com
United Airlines retired its last Boeing 737 on Wednesday, sending it off with a cross-country trip that was a retirement flight for one of its longtime pilots, too.

Oct 29 - By Solvej Schou, Associated Press Writer
The FBI was reviewing security camera footage Friday with police in the hunt for an unidentified gunman who wounded two men in a synagogue parking garage.
Oct 28 - By Associated Press
The Walt Disney Co. has submitted plans to build a sprawling soundstage and production complex outside Los Angeles in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Oct 28 - By Associated Press
A former multimillionaire real estate financier has been found shot to death in a parking garage in Los Angeles.

Oct 28 - By Associated Press
A man with slicked-back hair who stole $26,000 in cash and jewelry from an Israeli basketball team at the Staples Center also scammed his way into two downtown hotels to steal thousands of dollars from Chivas de Guadalajara soccer players and a salsa music troupe, police said Wednesday.

Oct 28 - By Thomas Watkins, Associated Press Writer
For a group of Hollywood-obsessed teens, entertainment news on the Internet offered more than a glimpse into the lives of stars. It helped them break into celebrities' homes.

Oct 28 - By Associated Press
Patrick Swayze's widow has told a crowd near Los Angeles that the loss of her husband of 34 years has left her with sadness "on a cellular level."
Oct 27 - By Associated Press
"Late Late Show" host Craig Ferguson had to finish taping his program by flashlight on Tuesday after high winds knocked out power at CBS Television City in central Los Angeles.
Oct 27 - By Jacob Adelman, Associated Press Writer
City Council members tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal Tuesday to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services, a boon for the Web giant as it seeks to wrest market share for office software from rival Microsoft Corp.