Some advocates of gay marriage worry that a recent appeals court decision in New York against part of DOMA may lead to problems in the Supreme Court.
It's not enough for embattled cyclist Lance Armstrong to step down as chairman of the cancer foundation. He needs to leave the worthwhile organization in order to save it.
Billed as budget reform, the ballot measure would actually make some things worse.
Under a new policy to go into effect in January, exit permits will be eliminated and Cubans will be allowed to travel abroad more easily.
Crucial infrastructure — water plants, electrical grids and the like — needs to be protected, but the private sector is not being vigilant enough.
The immigration jail is scheduled to close next month because Sheriff Baca and federal authorities can't agree on the basic rules governing how it should operate.
The president and Romney spell out their different visions for the country in a spirited debate.
Republican criticism of the White House over the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi smacks of politics.
A plan for big plants in the Mojave Desert balances renewable energy and conservation needs.
Civil rights groups drop a lawsuit and the city agrees to make it clear that it does not condone discrimination against such renters, most of whom are black and Latino.
The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into whether Jewish students at the university are the victims of a "pervasive hostile environment" in violation of federal civil rights laws.
For months, Southern California Edison's customers have been paying for the San Onofre nuclear plant even though it is delivering no electricity. The Public Utilities Commission hasn't been much help.
The football star was involved in a dogfighting operation, but he's paid for his crime, so we say yes, let his family have the pet.
The 'compounding pharmacy' that produced an apparently tainted steroid linked to 14 deaths is not regulated by the FDA. This regulatory hole should be plugged.
It is time to make it clear in Pakistan and elsewhere that the Taliban's backward version of Islam is contrary to basic human rights.
Civil rights attorney Molly Munger and her conservative activist brother, Charles Munger Jr., are working to undermine Gov. Brown's Proposition 30.
The state already has laws to combat human trafficking. So why is this ballot measure necessary?
Its sad history of sex abuse has been chronicled in recent court cases. Commissioning a truly independent review of decades' worth of files would be big step forward.
Gov. Brown was right to act to reduce prices. But are more than market factors at work?
The U.S. government should settle with Kidd, a victim of the country's overreaction after 9/11.
David Alfaro Siqueiros' controversial mural was unveiled 80 years ago in Los Angeles, then quickly whitewashed. Now his gem is back.
Should foreign human rights abuses be adjudicated in this country? A 1789 law is at issue.
His decision not to hand over hundreds of undocumented illegal immigrants arrested each year to the federal government for deportation will help public safety.
Supt. John Deasy wants to provide a tablet computer to every teacher and student. But he doesn't have a real plan; it's more like a notion — and that's not enough
The sheriff deserves praise for promising to implement recommendations on improving his troubled department. Now he needs to make the changes.
Its requirement that genetically engineered food be labeled before being sold in California is problematic on a number of levels.
Signed into law this week, AB 2572 protects entrenched members of L.A.'s Community College District Board of Trustees.
It purports to take aim at all special interests in politics but in reality targets unions.
Suspected gang members imprisoned in California can be held in isolation units under conditions so harsh that they can be driven insane.
The candidate and his advisors indicate that, as president, he would rescind Obama's ban on harsh interrogation techniques.