Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 10:10 p.m. | November 4, 2011
Late last year, as more and more Marines were killed in Afghanistan in the fight for the longtime Taliban stronghold of Sangin, then-Defense Secy. Robert Gates offered to allow the Marines to withdraw. "Absolutely not," Commandant Gen. James Amos told Gates. Instead, the Marines ordered more reinforcements and equipment to Sangin and vowed not to quit until the Taliban is vanquished. In April,... View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 5:00 p.m. | November 4, 2011
A drug cartel attack in Mexico cost Adali Gutierrez, 20, of El Monte his parents and left him with a disfigured face and the responsibility of being patriarch to his four younger siblings. View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 10:24 p.m. | November 3, 2011
The Marine Corps, while still reveling in its reputation for having the toughest recruit training of any military service, has realized that boot camp injuries cost time and money and can be demoralizing to injured recruits and their buddies. View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 9:34 p.m. | November 3, 2011
Over 100 nurses from Los Angeles and Orange County join Occupy L.A. in a march from City Hall to the financial district in downtown Los Angeles. View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 9:43 a.m. | November 3, 2011
Bill Spawr gets to the racetrack way before the crack of dawn and could be in line for a big career highlight if 5-year-old gelding Amazombie wins the sprint race at the Breeders' Cup this weekend. View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 8:21 a.m. | November 1, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of Halloween revelers flocked to Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood for the 2011 West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval, billed as one of the world’s largest Halloween celebrations. View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 10:39 p.m. | October 28, 2011
An uncommon mix of people have squeezed into a motley tent city on the 1.7-acre lawn surrounding City Hall: middle-aged Marxists, out-of-work blue-collar workers, lawyers, teachers, train-hoppers and anarchists — along with a rowdier element looking to drink beer and drop acid. View Post»
Posted By: Times Editors
Posted On: 5:00 a.m. | October 24, 2011
As protesters come and go, the one constant at Occupy LA is art. There is rarely a time on the grass surrounding City Hall that someone is not expressing themselves through painting, silk screening, dance, music and poetry. As demonstrators walk along Temple St. and chant slogans to loud drumbeats, they pass by tents offering healing chakra massages, books and food. Along the concrete steps,... View Post»
Posted By: Scott Harrison
Posted On: 8:30 p.m. | October 22, 2011
Tour of the 152-year-old Big Horn Gold Mine located in the Sheep Mountain Wilderness in the Angeles National Forest. View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 5:47 p.m. | October 20, 2011
The L.A. Sports Arena has been transformed into an enormous health fair called CareNow. The free clinic will run through Sunday and expects to treat 5,000 patients. "A lot of what we see out here is preventable," said Don Manelli, president of CareNow. Manelli said his goal was to meet the immediate needs of the patients but also to have an "enduring impact' on their health to keep them from... View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 9:00 a.m. | October 20, 2011
About 3,000 people were waiting in line Monday morning at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena -- some since Sunday -- for a chance to get free medical care in a massive temporary clinic. View Post»
Posted By: Times Editors
Posted On: 9:40 p.m. | October 18, 2011
The teacher, the social worker, the activist, the student –– just some of the protesters furious at Wall Street that have taken over the grassy area around City Hall in downtown Los Angeles and public streets and parks in other major cities around the world. View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 5:13 p.m. | October 17, 2011
The Seal Beach Police Department released seven 911 calls made during a shooting rampage last week at Salon Meritage that left eight people dead and a ninth person seriously wounded. Two of these calls have been edited for length and clarity and presented here with photographs of the aftermath. View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 2:00 p.m. | October 17, 2011
A cool breeze blows through the bamboo reeds as the sound of the nearby surf competes with a group of musicians in the midst of a jam session on the sand. Welcome to the ‘Bamboo Room.’ View Post»
Posted By: jeromeadamstein
Posted On: 5:49 p.m. | October 15, 2011
Thousands lined up last year before dawn outside the Los Angeles Sports Arena, hoping to get the healthcare they could not afford. One woman needed help herself, but spent the precious hours at the free medical clinic getting care for her two daughters. Another man got his teeth worked on, but found out he needed multiple root canals. Yet another got eye glasses at the Remote Area Medical... View Post»
Posted By: Marc Martin
Posted On: 10:00 a.m. | October 15, 2011
Patricia Manuel was sharing a bed with her mother in a budget motel next to a highway in Toledo, Ohio, when she realized her life had just taken a defining turn.
Given the circumstances, it would be fair to assume it had been a turn for the worse.
But that assumption would be wrong.
A few hours earlier, Manuel had beaten Florida’s Lauren Fisher in the third round of the National... View Post»
