Son proud of mother who stood up to 'Speak English' taunts at IHOP
Carlos Vasquez had gone to IHOP to have lunch with his parents to celebrate his birthday.
Carlos Vasquez had gone to IHOP to have lunch with his parents to celebrate his birthday.
California's labor oversight board has issued a complaint alleging that the largest charter school organization in Los Angeles interfered with the right of its teachers to unionize.
The future of a landmark nuclear deal with Iran hinges partly on the votes of about a dozen U.S. senators, mostly Democrats, who will be key players in deciding whether a resolution of disapproval advances out of Congress.
A middle-aged man armed with a hatchet and gun filled a Nashville movie theater with pepper spray and exchanged gunfire with a police officer before officers shot and killed him Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Larry Aubry and I met at Century and Western, near where, a week earlier, two children and an 18-year-old woman were shot in what has been a bloody summer in South Los Angeles.
In August 1945, the U.S. dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now, as Japan and the rest of the world prepare to mark seven decades since the end of World War II in the Pacific, new evidence has emerged about the Japanese military's own secret program to build a nuclear weapon.
From the "I wanna be a star" high jinks of "I Love Lucy" to the micro self-absorption of "Seinfeld," narcissism has always been a key ingredient in comedy. In recent years, however, self-centeredness has become not just predictable, but synonymous with adorable - the internal myopia of lead characters...
President Obama will ask Americans on Wednesday to give his tentative nuclear agreement with Iran a chance when he delivers a history lesson on the most prominent U.S. adversary of his lifetime -- the Soviet Union.
"Decisions That Matter" is a video game that comes with a "trigger button." No, not the gun kind.
President Obama's climate-change plan will face a fierce challenge in the courts this fall, when lawyers for at least 15 states join the coal and power industries to block the carbon-reducing rules before they take effect.
Beneath glimmering chandeliers at an Art Deco movie house built into the side of a mountain, 150 silent-movie buffs sat wide-eyed as snippets from films lost decades ago lighted up the screen.
Walt Disney Co. set a record for profit in its most recent fiscal quarter but warned that dramatic changes in the television landscape could eat into earnings.
The White House plan announced last week to award federal education funding to prison inmates spotlighted a population that is often an afterthought in the national discussion on college access.
Test your knowledge of silent films and the actors who were in them.
A statue of a Korean man with a grenade in his right hand, winding up for the throw, looms over Hyochang Park in Seoul. The bronze figure, dressed in a Western-style suit and knee-length overcoat, is Lee Bong-chang, known for his attempt to assassinate Japanese Emperor Hirohito by throwing a grenade...
When summer starts, we're like kids with a whole set of new toys. So many peaches, melons, eggplants, tomatoes, even zucchini, that we just can't wait to dig into and cook. But like all infatuations, this one has a limited shelf-life. Once the newness wears off, we're left with fixing dinner....
Convention Center design: A review in the Aug. 2 Arts & Books section about the proposed expansion for the Los Angeles Convention Center did not fully describe the city Bureau of Engineering's procedure in this case for selecting architects. Teams of architects competing to design the expansion...
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan have reached their highest level since the United Nations began keeping detailed records six years ago, the international agency reported Wednesday.
Jimmy Rollins played 15 seasons in Philadelphia, winning a World Series title, a most-valuable-player award and establishing himself as the finest shortstop in franchise history.
Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday approved a $5-million settlement with the family of an aspiring TV producer who was held hostage in a West Hollywood apartment before sheriff's deputies mistook him for an armed suspect and killed him.
The Angels have an opening for a general manager. Dave Dombrowski, one of the finest general managers of his generation, parted ways with the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO - The federal investigation involved years of undercover work and culminated in a sweeping indictment with 29 defendants. Among them was former state Sen. Leland Yee, who pleaded guilty July 1 to racketeering.
At least four men who were ticketed by Los Angeles International Airport Police while driving for Uber's low-cost car service have criminal convictions that would bar them from operating a taxi in Los Angeles, records show.
Frustrated with Congress' lack of action on stricter gun control laws, Los Angeles leaders have joined other cities in trying to sidestep Washington by imposing tighter regulations at the local level.
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is shifting research funding from UC San Diego to USC to test an experimental Alzheimer's drug, a setback for San Diego in its fight for control of the disease project.