When David P.
Inundated with applications to its freshman classes, UCLA is altering its admissions procedures for next fall so that no applicant will be evaluated solely on the basis of standardized test scores and grades from high school.
Ingestion of even small amounts of the widely used pesticide aldicarb may alter the human immune system, according to a study by the U.S.
In the wake of an acrimonious fall election campaign, new legislative efforts are under way to change the way California selects members of the state Supreme Court.
Surely you remember the energy crisis of the late 1970s, when President Jimmy Carter went on television wearing a sweater.
A Superior Court judge has told lawyers in the election fraud case against City Councilman Floyd A.
There is an outside chance the Chicago Cubs will get into the World Series this season, which means right now is a good time to start making plans for an October trip to China or a Polar region.
Former Democratic Rep. Jerry M.
The Pentagon's top military officer warned Thursday that Nicaraguan contras must unite and change their tactics or face losing U.S. financial support in their opposition to Managua's Sandinista government.
It may not be an Iceland summit meeting, but Cypress resident Andrew J.
The City Council on Monday will consider lifting restrictions on the types of card games and other entertainment to be allowed at a proposed poker club.
You wouldn't want to be anywhere near this town next week should basketball coach/hero/savior Lute Olson decide to leave the University of Arizona to take the head coaching job at Kentucky.
When "Cheers" co-creators James Burrows and Glen and Les Charles had to come up with a title for the episode they were filming at the end of last November, the name "Cheerio Cheers" seemed to fit.
The former prosecutor in the "Twilight Zone" manslaughter trial accused the current prosecutor Tuesday of pressuring him to change his story to save the case.
An upcoming study of the formula by which Los Angeles police officers are deployed probably will not change the number of officers assigned to the San Fernando Valley, Police Commission member Bert Boeckmann predicted Monday.
The ongoing dispute between pro-development city officials and anti-growth residents has erupted again, with both sides seeking to have part of the other's ballot arguments for an upcoming referendum thrown out.
This week, for the first time in its 54-year history, Newsweek magazine carries a condom advertisement.
Hobie Alter Jr. of Capistrano Beach and Randy Smyth of Huntington Beach battled down to the wire in the final race of the Hobie-17 nationals Friday.
Hobie Alter Jr. won both of his races Wednesday to take the lead after the first day of championship qualifying in the Hobie 17 U.S.
Imagine yourself as the weapons officer seated beside the pilot of a high-performance jet fighter zeroing in on its target at 620 m.p.h.