A look at Mayor Eric Garcetti's sustainability plan for Los Angeles, the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, drifting at the Grand Prix at Long Beach.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti's vision includes an increase in the use of electric cars, more reliance on solar power and a reduction in gas emissions.
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150 years ago today, on April 9th 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appamattox Court House, Virginia.
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President Obama is heading to Panama to attend the Summit of the Americas, but after last time, what sort of reception can he expect from the other leaders?
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This week news of a fatal shooting in North Charleston, South Carolina became a huge story.
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Drifting: it's an exciting, crazy style of auto racing that's become wildly popular. Here's the absolute minimum you need to know about it.
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Political news from around the Golden State with USC's Sherry Bebitch Jeffe and Capital Public Radio state government reporter Katie Orr.
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President Barack Obama has announced support for an end to what's commonly known as conversion therapy, which aims at changing someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Months after reforms were made to help sick veterans be seen at VA hospitals, government data shows the wait lists are not any shorter.
The hunt is on for a new poet laureate. Friday is the deadline to apply, or nominate a candidate. But we want to know: What's your favorite California poem?