
NewsWatch
01
Sep 2008

Jim Thornton was just 22 years old when he learned how good it feels to go home alive.
The 1974 shooting was the first major incident for the rookie Los Angeles police officer, fresh out of the academy. A man opened fire directly on...
01
Sep 2008

The 2010 race for governor is on the mind of California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner, who is the highest-ranking Republican in the state after the governor.
With Schwarzenegger termed out, Poizner is making clear to everyone -...
29
Aug 2008

It's hard to believe how this could be happening after all the headlines and trials and mayoral directives but it's true -- the give away of public money to public relations firms for jobs that city workers are paid to do or don't need to...
29
Aug 2008

Hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money is sitting in inactive Los Angeles trust funds, some idle for more than decade, at a time when declining revenue has forced the city to raise fees and cut services, according to an audit...