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Over the past three years, the Obama administration has struggled to change a culture of violence and impunity within the U.S. Border Patrol — a culture that has tolerated excessive force against suspected border crossers, including unnecessary lethal shootings. To its credit, the government has ...

My mailman told me recently that he’s retiring soon and plans to move up to Mt. Shasta. When I asked him if he would miss Venice, he replied, “I already do.”  The neighborhood he’d once loved was long gone.

Golden Globes 2017 updates: Hollywood reacts to Meryl Streep's big speech and a 'Sex and the City' reunion at the after-party Jan. 9, 2017, 4:15 a.m. The Golden Globes have wrapped with "La La Land" breaking records and "Moonlight" winning for drama. But the night was filled with so much more including...

Essential Politics: Football legend Rosey Grier mulls a run for California governor, lawmaker proposes new self-driving car oversight Jan. 9, 2017, 4:05 a.m. This is Essential Politics, our daily look at California political and government news. Here's what we're watching right now: Rosey Grier,...

At the Golden Globes, the Cecil B. DeMille Award has too often been an opportunity for larger-than-life personalities to make surprisingly small points. 

For a show that started with a red carpet-and-limo ode to “La La Land’s” traffic-jam musical opening, the 74th Golden Globes on Sunday weren’t always the most seamlessly choreographed affair. NBC red carpet interviewer Jenna Bush Hager mistakenly kicked off a meme-storm when she asked nominated...

Video games as a professional sport made no sense to Lars Windhorst, a European oil and agriculture investor, until a summer evening in Seoul. Before him lay an impressive sight: Thousands of kids in lawn chairs outdoors watching teams battle in the 2012 championship for “League of Legends.”

Republicans opposed the Department of Education from its beginning and regularly threaten to abolish it now, arguing that educational policy should be reserved to the states. Two respected Democrats also objected to the department’s creation almost 40 years ago. New York Sen. Daniel Moynihan warned...

Golden Globes 2017 updates: Hollywood reacts to Meryl Streep's big speech and a 'Sex and the City' reunion at the after-party Jan. 9, 2017, 4:15 a.m. The Golden Globes have wrapped with "La La Land" breaking records and "Moonlight" winning for drama. But the night was filled with so much more including...

California winter storm live updates Jan. 9, 2017, 3:16 a.m. A string of winter storms is expected to bring up to 20 feet of fresh snow to Mammoth Mountain. The winter weather is also bringing some more much-needed rain to other parts of California. Officials say that if these wet conditions extend...

Is the Oscar best picture race over before the nominations have even been announced?

The most powerful in a series of winter storms lashed Northern California and Nevada on Sunday with heavy rains and strong winds, causing widespread flooding, downing trees and unleashing mudslides.

Thomas J. Barrack Jr. drew worldwide attention for bailing out Michael Jackson when the singer’s Neverland Ranch was on the brink of foreclosure.

Disneyland’s 1955 opening was plagued by snafus, including the widespread distribution of counterfeit tickets.

It was a road trip through one of China's most tightly controlled regions.  We drove uphill and deeper into the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, an area of southwestern China's Sichuan province, adjacent to Tibet, where more than half the residents are Tibetan. There were five of us...

The big trend on the 74th Golden Globes red carpet was, well, golden. The stars arriving in golden garb were matched by just about as many in silver, making sparkly metallics one of the night’s top looks.

California winter storm live updates Jan. 8, 2017, 10:55 p.m. A string of winter storms is expected to bring up to 20 feet of fresh snow to Mammoth Mountain in the next week. The winter weather is also bringing some more much-needed rain to other parts of California. Another powerful storm from...

Point guard Jordan McLaughlin had done it all for USC in the final part of its game with California on Sunday night, and with 5.6 seconds remaining, he was presented with his most daunting task: drive the length of the court, with the 25th-ranked Trojans trailing by a point, and beat the buzzer.

Golden Globes 2017 updates: Ryan Gosling triumphs over Ryan Reynolds, a standing ovation for 'Moonlight' and the afterparties begin Jan. 8, 2017, 10:59 p.m. The Golden Globes have wrapped with "La La Land" breaking records and "Moonlight" winning for drama. But the night was filled with so much...

Golden Globes 2017 updates: Ryan Gosling triumphs over Ryan Reynolds, a standing ovation for 'Moonlight' and the afterparties begin Jan. 8, 2017, 10:59 p.m. The Golden Globes have wrapped with "La La Land" breaking records and "Moonlight" winning for drama. But the night was filled with so much...

Golden Globes 2017 updates: Ryan Gosling triumphs over Ryan Reynolds, a standing ovation for 'Moonlight' and the afterparties begin Jan. 8, 2017, 10:59 p.m. The Golden Globes have wrapped with "La La Land" breaking records and "Moonlight" winning for drama. But the night was filled with so much...

Brandon Ingram strolled into the Lakers practice facility Saturday night, holding sneakers in one hand and dressed for a late-night workout on his own.

California winter storm live updates Jan. 8, 2017, 10:55 p.m. A string of winter storms is expected to bring up to 20 feet of fresh snow to Mammoth Mountain in the next week. The winter weather is also bringing some more much-needed rain to other parts of California. Another powerful storm from...

Whether his current predicament affects any potential invitation to the NBA dunk contest in February is the least of Larry Nance Jr.’s concerns.