Mike Feuer

Michael and Karen Villalpando have come a long way in the publishing world since mortgaging their home in 1990 to purchase the Park Labrea News. Over the past 21 years, the longtime La Cañada Flintridge residents worked hard to grow the once 3,000-...

Dr. Jerold Beeve and his wife Dorothy Beeve, of La Cañada Flintridge, were each awarded one of 100 Ellis Island Medals of Honor presented in May by the National Ethnic Coalition. The couple are founders of the Beeve Foundation for World Eye and Health...

Add the Boy Scouts to the list of hot topics in the Capitol....

Faced with a congressional stalemate over transportation funding, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants county voters to approve an indefinite extension of a half-cent sales tax used for transit projects. A proposed November ballot measure will be...

Legislation aimed at regulating controversial Buy Here Pay Here used-car dealers, which charge steep interest rates and are quick to repossess vehicles, was approved by the state Senate Banking and Financial Institutions Committee. The bill, by Sen....

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa briefly walked out of a transportation committee meeting Thursday after another elected official used the term “gang rape” in a reference to a transit sales tax championed by the mayor. The dust up came...

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa briefly walked out of a transportation committee meeting Thursday after another elected official used the term “gang rape” in a reference to a transit sales tax championed by the mayor. The dust-up...

LOS ANGELES -- Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa briefly walked out of a transportation committee meeting Thursday after another elected official used the term "gang rape" in a reference to a transit sales tax championed by the mayor. The dust-up came at a...

SACRAMENTO — Two consumer protection bills aimed at reining in Buy Here Pay Here used-car dealers won easy passage in an Assembly committee. The bills would give buyers information about a vehicle's value and a 30-day or 1,000-mile warranty against...

A legislative panel recommended Wednesday that California’s courts suspend a computer modernization project that has grown in cost from $260 million to $1.9 billion with uncertainty over whether it is affordable. The 4-0 vote by the Assembly...

As former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky’s preliminary hearing on sex abuse charges begins this week, California lawmakers are rushing to introduce legislation aimed at preventing similar scandals here. Critics have said Penn State officials &#...

First, lawmakers approved expedited judicial review for an NFL stadium proposed in Los Angeles, then they expanded it to large renewable-energy projects. And now, legislation has been introduced to give the same special treatment to rail projects in Los...