ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The first data from an experiment in a California city where needy people get $500 a month from the government shows they spend most of it on things such as food, clothing and utility bills.
The 18-month, privately funded program started in February and involves 125 people in Stockton. It is one of the...
TORRANCE (CNS) - A San Fernando Valley man who allegedly attacked a man in a red hat bearing the slogan "Make America Great Again'' written in Russian while in the restroom of a Hermosa Beach bar pleaded not guilty to three felony charges.
David Delgado, 32, of Winnetka, is charged with one count each of assault by means of force...
VENTURA (AP) — A man who acknowledged shooting and killing a protected mountain lion that roamed the mountains near Los Angeles has been sentenced to 30 days in jail.
The Ventura County district attorney's office said Thursday that Alfredo Gonzalez must also perform community service and pay restitution.
The 60-year-old pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of the protected cougar, known...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it’s acquired an Italian Renaissance masterpiece and a pair of Gothic sculptures it ranks among the greatest works in its collection.
The Getty Thursday says it bought a 16th century painting by Agnolo Bronzino called “Virgin and Child With Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist.” It’s on...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - James Franco and two other men were sued on Thursday, Oct. 3 by two women who allege the trio headed an acting school that sexually exploited female students.
The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was brought by Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, whose allegations include fraud, sexual harassment, and discrimination, as well as civil rights violations.
The...
DÁNICA COTO
Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Marcel Cineus scanned the crowd for hints of a potential customer as people bustled past his wooden stall filled with hundreds of textbooks in the hills of Port-au-Prince.
School was supposed to start in early September, and Cineus by now would have sold a couple hundred books. But violent protests have shuttered public...
SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s highest court ruled Thursday that individual member countries can force Facebook to remove what they regard as unlawful material from the social network all over the world _ a decision experts say could hinder free speech online and put a heavy burden on tech companies.
The European Court of Justice ruling,...
DAN JOLING
Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s northern fur seal population for three decades has been classified as depleted, but the marine mammals are showing up in growing numbers at an unlikely location: a tiny island that forms the tip of an active undersea volcano.
Vents on Bogoslof Island continue to spew mud, steam and sulfurous gases two years...
City News Service
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A brush mouse in Julian tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, authorities said.
County Vector Control officials said they found the mouse during routine monitoring of the area. They've collected multiple mice that have tested positive for the virus in areas of north and east county, including Fallbrook, Bonsall, Boulevard, 4S Ranch, Warner...