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I'm Christina Bellantoni, the Essential Politics host today. Let's get started. Subscribe to the newsletter In an election season as unpredictable as this one, perhaps it's fitting that the undercard forum of lower-tier presidential candidates has scrambled its makeup. Stranger still, the so-called...

Jurors began deliberating Monday afternoon in the trial of Joseph Mercado, who is accused of killing his former girlfriend, her brother and father during a shooting spree at the family's home in Hawaiian Gardens more than five years ago.

Dr. Howard Green, a Harvard scientist who made an accidental discovery that led to a method for regenerating human skin and saving the lives of severe burn victims, has died. He was 90.

The Clippers were being lulled into the kind of game they didn't want to play, something that can easily happen while facing the Memphis Grizzzzzzlies.

Matt Barnes returned to Staples Center on Monday, and there was a lingering story line involving a former teammate who also once called the arena home.Surprisingly, it wasn't Chris Paul, Blake Griffin or any of Barnes' other pals from his three seasons with the Clippers.The Memphis Grizzlies small...

The red, exhausted face of Ryan Kesler was contrasted by the exasperated look of Ryan Getzlaf in the Ducks' dressing room.Kesler played one of his best games of the season Monday, scoring his first goal and putting forth a tireless effort in trying to extend the Ducks' four-game winning streak.It...

Each of the Clippers' last three games came down to the final minutes of the fourth quarter. Monday marked the first time they finished, beating the Memphis Grizzlies, 94-92, at Staples Center.

Last week in L.A. tech:

Glu sued. The makers of the wildly popular “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood” game -- it has grossed more than $100 million -- got sued.

Game developer Kung Fu Factory contended it discussed a similar game with an agent executives believe is tied to Kris Jenner of the Kardashian...

A federal appeals court dealt a severe and possibly fatal blow Monday to President Obama’s executive actions to allow up to 5 million immigrants living illegally in the United States to stay and obtain work permits.

Rain, lightning and snow blanketed parts of Northern California on Monday, but the occasionally severe storm system weakened as it moved south, bringing to parts of Southern California only chilly temperatures and light showers that were expected to continue through Tuesday morning.In Monterey,...

A controversial $490-million plan to more than double the number of charter schools in Los Angeles is facing its first major political test this week as the Board of Education considers two proposals aimed at limiting the growth and independence of charters.One of those would have the school board...

Seeking to counter complaints over rising numbers of students from other states and nations, UC President Janet Napolitano wants to expand enrollment of undergraduates from California by 10,000 by the 2018-19 school year, according to a proposal released Monday.The plan would boost in-state enrollment...

Restorative justice is a wonderful concept; a way to make student discipline less punitive and more productive. But in Los Angeles Unified, it's little more than a slogan, generally misunderstood and rarely applied.

Half of Californians in the country illegally would be eligible for the state’s healthcare program for the poor if it were expanded under a proposal by legislators, a new report finds.

Noting that some 300 U.S. veterans are sitting on death row in prisons around the country, an advocacy group Tuesday called for greater efforts to assist battle-scarred former troops who are convicted of capital murder after their military service.

The University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe's resignation has been all over the news on Monday. Hat tip to the Columbia Missourian for covering this issue closely and compiling a comprehensive timeline. Here are 10 key moments, incidents, posts, remarks and protests that led up to the...

They came from different parts of the world but were driven by the same unlikely dream.

The warning signs circle the protesters' tent encampment like guard towers: No media allowed. The activists say the tent city is meant to be a safe space.

The campus coup d’etat was over.

After two top University of Missouri system officials announced their resignations Monday following allegations that they had not sufficiently addressed racial issues on campus, students danced on the quad where activists had set up a tent city. The football team...

Albert Pujols underwent a foot operation last week, raising the possibility he could be on the disabled list when the Angels open next season.

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With Zack Greinke now a free agent, Clayton Kershaw is the only frontline starting pitcher on the Dodgers.

The momentum for the 2015 National League Cy Young Award seemed to shift away from Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke and to Jake Arrieta as the Chicago Cubs' big right-hander finished the season with a flurry.

The debate over the U.S. economy tends increasingly to boil down to the question of: "which economy?" There's no question that growth overall has been decent since the depths of the recession. But for the typical rank-and-file worker, the economy still looks sluggish, even stagnant.