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The University of California announced Monday a significant boost in California students, particularly Latinos and African Americans, offered admission for fall 2016.

Walt Disney Co. Chief Operating Officer Thomas Staggs will depart the Burbank company this year, throwing into question the company's succession plans.

As Kobe Bryant plays out his 20th and final season with the Lakers, The Times has reached out to players, coaches and broadcasters for recollections about his career.

More shoppers could soon have an easier way to pay online than using their credit card -- by simply typing in their Amazon.com user name and password.

Viacom's BET Networks has acquired the "Soul Train" franchise, which includes a popular award show and a wealth of videos and photos dating back to the groundbreaking music and dance show's origins in the 1970s.

The disclosures contained in a massive leak of documents from a Panamanian law firm reverberated worldwide on Monday.

Unsigned NFL free agent Greg Hardy denied ever laying a hand on former girlfriend Nicole Holder, or any other woman, during an ESPN interview on Monday.

If you've been paying attention to the bar scene in Los Angeles, you've probably noticed how much it's been growing.  And the term "craft cocktail"? It's about as prevalent as "farm-to-table." If you're looking for a spot to meet a blind date, or just need a new watering hole, here are three new...

The granite statue of Junipero Serra has stood headless in a Monterey park ever since October, when an apparent protester used a sledgehammer to decapitate the image of the 18th century priest.

The world's rich and powerful were scurrying for cover Monday after what may be one of the largest leaks of secret intelligence that the world has ever seen.

To say that the sudden death of Zaha Hadid last week has left a gap in architecture is an understatement.

After nine months of fervent conservation, drought-fatigued Californians narrowly missed meeting the water-savings target set by Gov. Jerry Brown a year ago. 

LeSean McCoy will not face charges in connection with a bar fight that injured two off-duty police officers at a Philadelphia night club in February.

On March 23, the San Juan Water District, which serves upper-crust residential estates in the Sacramento area, declared that the drought is over. After months of El Niño rainfall, Folsom Lake, the district's chief water source, had become so full that excess water was being released over Folsom...

On Sunday, the new arch-villain on "The Walking Dead" started menacing people with his baseball bat and looked poised to bash someone's skull in.

The final meeting of the 2015-16 school year for the City Section Board of Managers on Monday produced lots of news. Among the actions and information that came forward:A three-year contract with officials was approved, giving a raise of $3 for 2016-17, $2 for 2017-18 and $2 for 2018-19. For example,...

The California Supreme Court made it more difficult Monday for companies to deny employees a seat while they work.

Since its inception in 2014, the iHeartRadio Music Awards has struggled to distinguish itself in a crowded landscape of second-tier telecasts aiming to be the meme-inducing, social media-driven alternative to the prestigious Grammys.

A top U.S. speedskater has been given a one-year ban for injuring a Dutch team coach during a late-night scuffle outside a hotel.

Consumers will be better able to determine if they're getting a sweet deal on high-speed Internet access and avoid indigestion when they open their bills by using nutrition-like labels for broadband service unveiled Monday by federal regulators.

In "Once Upon a Time" this week, two evils come together and bonds over familial issues and children provide the story lines in the "Our Decay" episode.We start with a flashback to Oz. Zelena, understandably upset over having been sent to Oz as a toddler, wants a time travel spell, and needs the...

Alaska Air Group Inc. will acquire Virgin America Inc. in a deal valued at $2.6 billion, the two airlines announced Monday. The move would beef up Alaska Airlines’ presence on its primary turf, the West Coast, but strip California of its only major airline headquarters.

Welcome to Essential Politics, our daily feed on California politics and government news. Here's what is going on today: Gov. Jerry Brown is signing the $15 per hour minimum wage bill this morning in Los Angeles. Here are eight ways Donald Trump could scramble the California primary. You can find...

A conservative effort to shift political power away from fast-growing communities of immigrants fizzled Monday when the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the current widely used method of counting all persons when drawing up election districts.

Eddie Vedder, Lana Del Rey, Elvis Costello and X are at the top of a bill for a new summer music festival that will launch Aug. 27 and 28 at Orange County’s Doheny State Beach in Dana Point.