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Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue

Vote on pot shops could end lingering LA issue

Greg Risling · May 22, 2013 11:36 pm

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

Fate of LA pot shops left to voters

Greg Risling · May 19, 2013 3:50 pm

Damages awarded in J&J’s DePuy hip implant case

Damages awarded in J&J’s DePuy hip implant case

Greg Risling · March 8, 2013 9:50 pm

Members of the news media are shown outside a home, at left, in Big Bear, Calif., where two women were taken hostage by fugitive Christopher Dorner. Police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters in their manhunt for Dorner, a revenge-seeking ex-cop. They had no idea he was hiding among them, possibly holed up in this vacation home across the street from their command post. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Mistakes ultimately ended ex-LA cop’s rampage

Tami Abdollah, Greg Risling · February 14, 2013 5:00 am

Members of the news media are shown outside a home, at left, in Big Bear, Calif., where two women were taken hostage by fugitive Christopher Dorner. Police scoured mountain peaks for days, using everything from bloodhounds to high-tech helicopters in their manhunt for Dorner, a revenge-seeking ex-cop. They had no idea he was hiding among them, possibly holed up in this vacation home across the street from their command post. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Carjacking victim says fugitive ex-cop was calm

Tami Abdollah, Greg Risling · February 13, 2013 5:00 am

Frontman for LA band charged with $6M loan fraud

Frontman for LA band charged with $6M loan fraud

Greg Risling · January 25, 2013 10:26 pm

Church can’t withhold names in Calif. priest files

Church can’t withhold names in Calif. priest files

Greg Risling · January 7, 2013 10:59 pm

Church can’t withhold names in California priest files

Church can’t withhold names in California priest files

Greg Risling · January 7, 2013 5:00 am

Calif. lawmaker to bring back rape loophole bill

Calif. lawmaker to bring back rape loophole bill

Greg Risling · January 5, 2013 12:59 am

A burned city bus bench seen in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Thursday Dec. 27,2012 after police arrested a man for allegedly setting a 67-year-old woman on fire who was sleeping on the bus stop bench. Authorities said the man, who is in his 20s, was arrested early Thursday. Police said the attack occurred shortly after 1 a.m. outside a drug store. A witness said he saw a man come out of the store and pour something on the woman who had been sleeping on a bench before striking a match and setting her ablaze. The woman, who may be homeless, was taken to a hospital and listed in critical condition. (AP Photo/Greg Risling)

LA police: Fire set on woman ‘defies explanation’

Greg Risling · December 28, 2012 9:16 am

A burned city bus bench seen in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles on Thursday Dec. 27,2012 after police arrested a man for allegedly setting a 67-year-old woman on fire who was sleeping on the bus stop bench. Authorities said the man, who is in his 20s, was arrested early Thursday. Police said the attack occurred shortly after 1 a.m. outside a drug store. A witness said he saw a man come out of the store and pour something on the woman who had been sleeping on a bench before striking a match and setting her ablaze. The woman, who may be homeless, was taken to a hospital and listed in critical condition. (AP Photo/Greg Risling)

Woman set on fire in LA as she sleeps on bench

Greg Risling · December 28, 2012 3:28 am

FILE - In this photo taken June 25, 2011, file photo, Toyota keys sit in a fish bowl at the Toyota of Tampa Bay dealership in Tampa, Fla. A plaintiffs' attorney on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, says Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a settlement in a case involving hundreds of lawsuits over accelerations problems. Steve Berman said Wednesday the settlement, which still needs a federal judge's approval, was worth more than $1 billion and is the largest settlement in U.S. history involving automobile defects.

$1 billion deal major step in Toyota legal trouble

Greg Risling · December 27, 2012 1:07 pm