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California's public university system on Thursday agreed to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that was partially closed in 2007 after deadly lapses in care.
It's a seemingly simple approach to one of the modern world's most complicated political problems: By marrying the dainty lutes of the East with thrumming violas of the West, composer Hafez Nazeri says he wants to create harmony between the U.S. and his native Iran.
It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.
Amelia Mendoza's last words to her husband were that she was afraid she would be fired for reporting that she had been assaulted at her hospital nursing job.
A California nurses' union has threatened a one-day strike at 34 hospitals, accusing the providers of poor swine flu preparedness.
Students who might be too glued to their televisions to keep up with homework are going to find channels like MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon prodding them to get on task and graduate.
An AIDS advocacy group filed complaints Thursday with state officials against 16 production companies that show unprotected sex in porn movies.
County officials on Tuesday approved a plan to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that has become a symbol of the area's continued racial strife.
A graduate student imprisoned for a month in Iran and barred from leaving the country for nearly a year has returned to Los Angeles.
Though he'd waited since 3:25 a.m. to see a dentist, a smile graced the face of Arturo Castaneda on Tuesday afternoon as he leaned against his blind man's cane and waited for someone to pull his bothersome tooth.
A union says some California hospitals aren't adequately protecting nurses from swine flu.
The city attorney stood on the roof of a homeless shelter high above the human misery of Skid Row in April and announced a $1.6 million settlement from a hospital accused of dumping about 150 mentally ill patients on the streets.
The majority of a $1.6 million settlement negotiated after a hospital was accused of dumping 150 mentally ill patients on Skid Row hasn't gone to charities working with the city's homeless.
A California judge appointed a lawyer Monday to oversee the estate of Nadya Suleman's octuplets, saying he wanted to ensure they weren't exploited by reality television shows, tabloid photo spreads or other paid ventures.
A 17-year-old Californian Thursday became the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
A shaggy-haired 17-year-old from Southern California has become the youngest person to sail around the world alone.
They wouldn't be allowed to perform in Iran, but singers Joan Baez and Jon Bon Jovi are showing their support for protesters.
A man identifying himself as the boyfriend of a young woman whose grisly death in Iran's postelection protests was captured on amateur video said Monday that she only wanted democracy and freedom for the people of Iran.
Iran's opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is not under arrest, but cannot talk with journalists, take phone calls or stand at a microphone at his rallies, his spokesman said Friday from Paris.
Los Angeles county health officials are offering a free, at-home program to test for sexually transmitted diseases.
A judge ruled Thursday that Blue Shield of California was right to drop the policy of a man who sued the health insurer on claims that he was wrongly dropped after an accident left him with huge bills.
For some foodies, Tweets lead to great eats.
Swine flu has been ruled out as the cause of one of two recent deaths being investigated by the Los Angeles County coroner's office.
They have seen each other socially, with their husbands in Washington or at the United Nations, but the 15 African first ladies met this time to speak candidly about problems facing women and children on their home continent.
A $1.6 million settlement has been reached with two Southern California hospitals accused of improperly discharging and dumping psychiatric patients on Los Angeles' Skid Row, the city attorney's office said Wednesday.
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