A UC Irvine neurosurgeon won more than $2 million in a jury award in a whistleblower retaliation claim against the university’s hospital this week, the doctor’s attorney said. Jurors in Santa Ana reached a verdict Monday after about a day and a half of deliberations in a trial of the lawsuit filed by Dr. Mark…
Long Beach police have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of sexually assaulting two teenage girls. Others may also have been assaulted, officials said Friday. The suspect was taken into custody Tuesday following reports made by 16-year-old and 17-year-old girls. In separate incidents over…
Los Angeles County health officials told more than 1,000 college students and staff members who might have been exposed to measles to stay home this week, in one of the largest quarantine orders in state history. The declaration has raised questions about how effective the orders will be and how…
California’s attempt to ease inmates back into the community is coming at a price: more prisoners, some with violent convictions, walking away before their time is up. Fifty of the state’s more than 126,000 prisoners absconded last year, almost half of them from a program that allows male inmates…
When California shifted its bullet train plan into high gear in 2008, it had just 10 employees to manage and oversee design of the largest public construction project in state history. Consultants assured the state there was little reason to hire hundreds or thousands of in-house engineers and…
Where Dodgers fans gather, blue heaven is found. We asked readers where they go to be with other Dodgers fans if they can’t make it out to Chavez Ravine, and like Dodgers bullpen coach Mark Prior during a ninth-inning save situation, you answered the call. The Greyhound Bar & Grill (Highland Park)…
From the beginning, USC has played a central role in the college admissions scandal. This week, there were new signs that federal prosecutors are continuing to burrow into the university’s role. They announced that a former soccer coach was cooperating with their investigation, and that could provide…
I thought the vaccination wars in California pretty much fizzled out in 2015 after we outlawed religious and “personal belief” exemptions for children whose parents don’t want to immunize them against diseases like pertussis, measles and mumps. Silly me. Lack of faith in scientific consensus is…
Shanti Raminani, 12, and Mia Turel, 13, skipped six grade levels to attend Cal State Los Angeles – the only university in California that accepts students so young. Experts say schools across the country need to do more to support whiz kids.
Thief steals aircraft, but leaves note on hanger door.
