Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 10:25 p.m. | April 12, 2011
As the California Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown cutting billions of dollars in government services to help balance the state budget, nowhere are the effects likely to be felt more deeply than in Tulare County. It has become the Golden State’s welfare capital. Nearly a quarter of the population in this Central Valley agricultural region lives in poverty, and one in three residents receives... View Post»
Posted By: Bryan Chan
Posted On: 11:21 a.m. | April 12, 2011
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War when the rebels fired on Ft. Sumter. Reenacters were on hand to mark the occasion in Charleston, S.C. A world away, Libyan rebels continued their fight against the forces of Moammar Kadafi and U.S. troops patrolled in Afghanistan. On a lighter note it is Songkran, aka water festival, in Thailand and the squirt guns came out. View Post»
Posted By: Times Editors
Posted On: 10:20 a.m. | April 12, 2011
Susan Braig, a 61-year-old Altadena cancer survivor, takes old pharmaceutical pills and tablets and mounts them on costume jewelry to create colorful necklaces, pendants, earrings and tiaras that she sells. It's a way to help pay off her medical debt.
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Posted By: Scott Harrison
Posted On: 12:12 a.m. | April 12, 2011
The 2nd Street Tunnel opens and becomes famous filming site. View Post»
Posted By: Jerome Adamstein
Posted On: 9:45 p.m. | April 11, 2011
Debris is scattered on a platform at the Oktyabrskaya underground station in Minsk, Belarus, after an explosion ripped through a train during the evening rush hour, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than 126, many seriously; an ultra-Orthodox Jew prepares Passover matzah at a bakery in Israel; while in Zurich, Switzerland, the Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with... View Post»
Posted By: Scott Harrison
Posted On: 6:57 a.m. | April 11, 2011
Three writers and two staff photographers cover NORAD drill off Southern California coast. View Post»
Posted By: Times Editors
Posted On: 10:40 p.m. | April 10, 2011
Over 100 teenage foster girls under the supervision of the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services attend Prom Prep 2011 "Pretty Girl Rock" held at Valley Beth Shalom. The teens had their hair and makeup done by professionals who volunteered their time. The teens picked out prom dresses, shoes and jewelry after which they had their photos taken before a walk down the red... View Post»
Posted By: Jerome Adamstein
Posted On: 8:37 p.m. | April 8, 2011
A vehicle destroyed by fire is removed by rescue workers on a motorway near the German village of Kavelstorf after 80 vehicles collided during a sandstorm, with many catching fire, killing eight people and injuring 100; near Manila, residents hose down shanties as a fire rages in Paranaque City, causing 400 families to lose their homes.
A plastic doll rests in a rusted child's car at what... View Post»
