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Wesley Korir repeats as Los Angeles Marathon champion

LA Times - Korir defended his title, winning in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 20 seconds, the third-fastest time in race history. Pulling away from a pair of fellow Kenyan...

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State Fund reformer was paid a salary of $450,000 a year, plus perks

LA Times - Janet Frank earned more than $1.6 million, then quit after two years. She later took a higher-paying job with a competitor. After its president was ousted in a...

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Democrats vie for union endorsements

LA Times - At SEIU video-conference forums across the state, candidates for lieutenant governor and attorney general criticize state employee furloughs and tout their...

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Train hobbyists show what gets them steamed up

LA Times - Nearly a dozen put their miniature rail systems on display for public viewing in an event presented by members of the Model Railroads of Southern California...

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Police fatally shoot unarmed man in Koreatown

LA Times - Steven Eugene Washington, 27, didn't respond to commands and seemed to reach for a gun, officers say. Relatives say he had a learning disability and was...

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Santa Monica sushi restaurant closes after serving whale meat

LA Times - A statement on the Hump's website calls the decision a 'self-imposed punishment.' Federal prosecutors have charged the owner and chef with...

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California's food stamp participation rate is nation's second-lowest

LA Times - Fewer than half of residents eligible for food stamps received them in 2007. Recent changes have boosted the rate, but critics say far too much federal money...

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Dollars and angst motivate voters

LA Times - Republican candidates, especially Whitman, can lavish money on their campaigns. Democratic candidates, especially Boxer, must deal with voters' anger. It...

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Women starting to make waves in skimboarding

LA Times - The rough-and-tumble sport was born in Laguna Beach more than half a century ago, and men have long dominated. In June, the inaugural professional world...

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An ex-Marine can run for us

LA Times - A young man who lost a limb in Iraq has found a new way to help his adopted country. If you get up too late Sunday morning to run the Los Angeles Marathon, or...

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The city that loves the car was slow to pay for parking

LA Times - Meters gobbling a nickel an hour made their first appearance in 1949. Los Angeles lays claim to being the birthplace of such phenomena as drive-in church...

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On your port side, a smokestack and a sewage pipe

LA Times - The Urban Ocean Boat Cruise shows visitors the grittier side of L.A.'s coast. On a drizzly afternoon, a group of tourists huddle aboard the Christopher...

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Anti-illegal billboard effort scores victories in Hollywood

LA Times - Eight of the oversize supergraphics have come down in three weeks, a shift in a dispute that had been marked largely by stalemate in recent years. Los Angeles...

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L.A. County Sheriff's Department ordered to name deputies in three killings

LA Times - Superior Court judge rules that state confidentiality law does not bar disclosure of such information. A Los Angeles County judge ordered the Sheriff's...

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Hundreds call police about Alcala's photo collection

LA Times - Families of people missing for decades want to learn if there are ties to the convicted murderer. The day after a jury voted for the death penalty for serial...

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