Justin Pritchard

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This June 16, 2012 file image from video made available by the Vandenberg Air Force Base shows an infrared view of the X-37B unmanned spacecraft landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The purpose of the U.S. military's space plane is classified, only fueling speculation about why it has been orbiting Earth for nearly two years on this, its third mission. The plane is expected to land this week at a Southern California Air Force base.(AP Photo/Vandenberg Air Force Base, File)

Up in the sky, a mystery space plane _ but why?

Justin Pritchard · October 15, 2014 8:46 pm

In this Monday, Oct. 13, 2014 image from video provided by passenger James Wilson of Kyle, Texas, an American Airlines Flight 2293 crew member checks a Boeing 757 cabin's wall panels that cracked loose in the interior of the plane during flight from San Francisco to Dallas. The AA Flight 2293 landed at San Francisco airport without incident about 2:15 p.m. Monday. No one on the plane with 184 passengers and six crew members was hurt. While it is disconcerting for passengers to see any piece of an aircraft break, the cabin's wall panels are not part of the plane's structure, said Robert Ditchey, an aeronautical engineer with four decades of experience.(AP Photo/Courtesy of James Wilson) MANDATORY CREDIT

Panel popping plane; scary but not dangerous

Justin Pritchard · October 14, 2014 9:22 pm

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., announces its new car Tesla "D" in Hawthorne, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Tesla’s ‘D’ adds all-wheel drive, safety features

Justin Pritchard · October 10, 2014 3:57 pm

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., announces its new car Tesla "D" in Hawthorne, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Tesla adding all-wheel drive, safety features

Justin Pritchard · October 10, 2014 5:46 am

FILE -- In this April 23, 2014 file photo, State Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, a candidate for Secretary of State, makes his opening statement during a candidates debate held by the Sacramento Press Club in Sacramento, Calif. Padilla is opposed by Republican Pete Peterson, a Pepperdine University think tank director.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file)

Similar ideas mark race for elections chief

Justin Pritchard · October 4, 2014 9:20 pm

Los Angeles Metro aware of possible subway threat

Los Angeles Metro aware of possible subway threat

Justin Pritchard · September 25, 2014 7:15 pm

In this May 14, 2014 file photo, a row of Google self-driving cars are shown outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. For the first time, California's Department of Motor Vehicles knows how many self-driving cars are traveling on the state's public roads. The agency is issuing permits, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 that let three companies test 29 vehicles on highways and in neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Self-driving cars now need a permit in California

Justin Pritchard · September 16, 2014 8:36 pm

Los Angeles city worker Ralph Mendoza repairs a street in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Poorly maintained highways and major roads cost Californians an extra $44 billion each year in repairs, accidents and time and fuel burned in traffic, according to a report issued Thursday by a transportation advocacy group. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Report: Bad roads cost Californians billions

Justin Pritchard · September 11, 2014 8:10 pm

FILE-This Aug. 1, 2014 file photo shows security guards at the gate to the site Tahoe Reno Industrial Center about 15 miles east of Reno, Nevada. Tesla Motors is considering the site as one of two, or possibly three, finalists where it will build a $5 billion factory to make batteries for a new model of electric car. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner, File)

Tesla Motors dealing as states play factory poker

Justin Pritchard · August 31, 2014 6:09 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo, container ships wait to be off-loaded at the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif. West Coast dockworkers and their employers say they have reached a tentative agreement on the difficult issue of health care, a major hurdle in contract negotiations at the ports that are vital to U.S. trade. In a joint statement Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014 announcing the tentative deal, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union and an association representing shipping lines said it depended on resolving other issues. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Deal on health care aids port contract talks

Justin Pritchard · August 27, 2014 11:43 pm

Health care deal in West Coast dockworker contract

Health care deal in West Coast dockworker contract

Justin Pritchard · August 27, 2014 2:17 am

Members of the Teamsters Union picket at LBCT in the Port of Long Beach, Calif., in support of a strike by port truck drivers Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Nearly 1,000 dockworkers briefly walked off their jobs Tuesday at the massive ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, disrupting the movement of international cargo before a mediator ordered them back. (AP Photo/The Daily Breeze, Stephen Carr)

Labor dispute briefly shuts LA, Long Beach ports

Justin Pritchard · July 9, 2014 3:31 am