The Los Angeles City Council has given preliminary approval to an ordinance that would ban the declawing of cats. ...more

November 6, 2009

The Los Angeles city attorney's office is investigating how the city can legally press third parties to pick up at least some of the costs for Michael Jackson's memorial service at the Staples Center. ...more

July 9, 2009

Tampa firefighters ignited a blaze this morning in a new $200,000 training building – a series of seven red shipping containers with metal stairs, doors, windows and vents. ...more

September 26, 2008

The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city. ...more

July 30, 2008

Having lost her job and her three-bedroom house, Darlene Knoll has joined the legions of downwardly mobile Americans who are four wheels away from homelessness. ...more

June 24, 2008

A woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million in a case against one of California's largest health insurers. ...more

February 24, 2008