Obama and Xi Jinping meet to talk North Korea, cyberattacks; Sunnylands: A desert retreat for presidents, politicians and movie stars; Rev. Guy Erwin on becoming the Evangelical Lutheran Church's first openly gay bishop; Delays in border trade cost the US billions of dollars, and more.
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• 6:21
This is the first time that President Obama will meet with China's new leader since he assumed the presidency in March.
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• 3:24
This weekend, the Sunnylands estate in Rancho Mirage will serve as the backdrop for the meeting between President Obama and Chinese president Xi Jinping.
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• 10:13
We take another look at this week's biggest news stories with Matthew Cooper, national correspondent for the National Journal and James Rainey, political columnist for the LA Times.
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• 5:11
Recently the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected its first openly gay bishop to oversee churches in Southern California. The move followed the church decided allowed openly gay men and lesbians to serve as clergy nearly four years ago.
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• 3:57
Time is money anywhere, but especially at the US-Mexico border. The U.S. and Mexico trade more than a billion dollars in goods every day, and all that commerce comes through land crossings that spread from California to Texas.
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• 10:18
This morning, we're following breaking news on the San Onofre nuclear plant. Southern California Edison announced in a press release that it is closing the generating station due to uncertainty over the plant's future.
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• 7:08
If you're on the photo-sharing app Instagram, chances are you've come across the work of Richard Koci Hernandez. He has more than 160,000 followers and he's become something of an evangelist of a new form of "mobile social photography."
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• 4:00
LA's Natural History Museum is celebrating its 100th anniversary with new exhibits, parties, and an expansive outdoor garden. The new green space is more than a new attraction, and it'll also function as a research laboratory.
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• 4:47
Serial killer Richard Ramirez died this morning of natural causes at Marin General Hospital while awaiting execution on death row at San Quentin State Prison.