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  • Chris Brown and girlfriend Karrueche Tran involved in car crash

    Chris Brown was recently caught on camera accidentally crashing his Range Rover into another car while he was driving in Los Angeles with his on-again girlfriend Karrueche Tran. The troubled rapper, who had crashed his Porsche into a wall back in February, was seen writing down insurance information after he rear-ended a black Mercedes, Contactmusic reported. The couple was on their way to ...

  • CA considering social media policy after Warner Twitter rant

    Cricket Australia (CA) chief James Sutherland has said the governing body might need to consider implementing a social media policy after Australian Test batsman David Warner's recent Twitter controversy. He said there had been no discussions about developing a social media policy for players, but admitted it is something that CA is considering. Sutherland insisted he will continue to ...

  • Will Smith not a swimmer

    Actor Will Smith may have pulled off several stunts in Hollywood films, but he doesn't know how to swim! He didn't learn to swim as he didn't have too many swimming pools in his vicinity when he was young. "I can't swim. In inner City Philadelphia, there's not a lot of swimming pools and I never actually learnt how to swim and I'm embarrassed about it," femalefirst.co.uk quoted the 44-year-old ...

  • Los Angeles city councilman Garcetti opens lead in race for mayor

    Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti greets supporters during an election night party at the Hollywood Palladium, May 21, 2013. (LUCY ...

  • UC hospitals face second day of worker walkout

    LOS ANGELES -; Workers at University of California hospitals around the state were expected to picket for a second day before an intentionally brief strike ends early ...

Movie Review

I Am Sam

"I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is," declared the titular simpleton of Forrest Gump (1994), and director/cowriter Jessie Nelson seems to have taken that line and decided to make an entire movie about it in I Am Sam, which tells the story of a mentally handicapped man fighting for his right to be a parent. The state of California has declared that, because he has the ... ...

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  • How Infrastructure Investment Brought America’s Game To Santa Clara California

    John Maynard Keynes has been validated once again. Through a wise investment in infrastructure, and in forward growth, the city of Santa Clara, California has turned what once was a center for dried fruit into the high tech heart of the United States. And through this investment in the infrastructure needed for growth, the city has not only gained a status once considered only for major cities, ...

  • San Diego looks to spoil MLB debut for Cards Lyons

    Tyler Lyons says he didn't set any sort of timetable for when he wanted to make his first Major League start. And he knows he can't control the length of his initial stint in The Show, temporary though it may be with Jake Westbrook on his way back. But that won't take away from his Major League debut Wednesday night, when the left-hander faces fellow rookie Burch Smith and the ...

  • Bumgarner looks to shake off rocky start

    Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner experienced a few firsts in his last start against the Rockies. However, they were ones he'd rather forget. Bumgarner surrendered nine runs to Colorado, exceeding his previous career high of eight on June 21, 2011, against the Twins. He also allowed his first Major League grand slam. That major mistake with two outs in the fifth inning chased Bumgarner ...

  • Foster Farms recalls grilled chicken breast strips for containing allergens

    With much of the country in severe drought conditions, America's farms are getting hit hard, which means food prices will only continue to rise well into 2013.  Here's how you can protect your wallet from drying ...

  • LA voters back measure to cap number of pot shops

    Medical marijuana has been legal in California since voters approved it in 1996. However, regulation of so-called pot shops has been haphazard in many communities, none more so than LA. The number of dispensaries in the city surged since 2007, reaching an estimated 1,000 and prompting a series of unsuccessful efforts by city lawmakers to bring order to the ...

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