Force Friday continues on and we've got a gigantic photo gallery of the new Hasbro toys stuffed to the gills with new characters for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and even stranger game tie-ins. Behold the merchandising wonder!
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti defended the city's crime-fighting strategy Friday, saying more highly trained cops and gang intervention efforts are being deployed in the hardest-hit areas to help reduce a dramatic hike in killings last month.
As Vice President Joe Biden continues to publicly ponder whether to enter the presidential race, a key question has emerged: If he runs, would he try to push Hillary Rodham Clinton aside or, simply and more gently, stand as a possible replacement?
I'm Davan Maharaj, editor of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. Subscribe to the newsletter TOP STORIES A Haunting Image The photo is disturbing and saddening: A little boy, lying lifeless on a beach, a victim amid the flight of refugees from Syria...
You can't blame Italian tennis player Flavia Pennetta for thinking of a doomsday scenario when a drone crashed into the stands during her second-round match at the U.S. Open on Thursday night in New York.
Jose Luis Cazares and Marina Torres cleaned the Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live for more than six years, working 11-hour night shifts seven days a week up until 2011.
It's a mystery as vexing as the purpose of the seventh-and-a-half floor: Where exactly has Charlie Kaufman been?
Gillian Spence plunges her hand into a shallow tray of 10,000 writhing mealworms. She comes up with a handful of the inch-long, beige-colored grubs, which squirm over and between her fingers.
For teachers, going back to school means getting restless students just back from summer vacation into learning mode. When it comes to building a positive classroom dynamic, the first few days back are key.
Tre Madden's grandfather scouts for the St. Louis Rams. His uncle coaches for the New York Jets. So when the USC tailback seeks counsel about preparing for the NFL, he has a knowledgeable sounding board.
The self-described "joyful tortoise" in the race for the GOP presidential nomination is more angry than happy these days.
- Elinor Dempsey was sitting on her red longboard off Morro Strand State Beach last Saturday, waiting for a wave. The sun was out, the ocean was glassy, and she was doing what surfers do - spacing out a little bit, enjoying the water.
When Marsha Kelly saw an ad in her local newspaper for a free back brace that helps seniors "reclaim their youth," she decided to call the 800 number.
Shavar Jeffries, the new president of Democrats for Education Reform, used a hotel in Los Angeles this week to explain how school choice could work.
Welterweight champion Robbie Lawler's thumb injury will heal in time for him to make his second title defense Jan. 2 when he meets Carlos Condit at UFC 195 in Las Vegas, the UFC announced.
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Thursday, September 3rd
While playing in the Pacific Coast League, Corey Seager watched several other highly regarded prospects become impact players at the highest level of baseball.
Jim Harbaugh's coaching debut at Michigan produced the largest crowd in the history of Rice-Eccles Stadium.
The physicality, athleticism and pure strength on display during Thursday night's big-boy football game between 19-time Southern Section champion Long Beach Poly and City Section power Harbor City Narbonne brought out UCLA Coach Jim Mora, several college players and several thousand prep fans.
In the wake of the Dodgers' 10-7 defeat by the San Diego Padres on Thursday night, Manager Don Mattingly looked and sounded more frustrated than at any point this season.
Early review after phenom Corey Seager played his first game for the Dodgers: He's not going to let high expectations be a burden.
Novartis said Thursday that its Sandoz subsidiary will begin selling Zarxio, a copycat version of Amgen's infection-fighting Neupogen, in the United States.
Unnerved by a man who was "preaching the word of God" and suspiciously eying a knife, Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Todd Spitzer apparently handcuffed a man at a Foothills Ranch restaurant earlier this year, sheriff's officials said Thursday.
