A day after United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon disclosed the Arab League's call to send a joint mission to Syria, major world powers on Thursday cautiously welcomed the offer.

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Unified School District paid Mark Berndt, the teacher at the center of the Miramonte Elementary child abuse scandal, $40,000 to drop the challenge to his dismissal last year.

The payout consisted of four months of ...

LOS ANGELES -- The multiple-car teams owned by John Force and Don Schumacher dominate drag racing's funny car class, but one-car team owner and driver Cruz Pedregon isn't about to concede an advantage.

After finishing a close third in the ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A decorated Marine who was fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy in a high school parking lot was described Thursday as a deeply religious man who regularly went to the campus track with his young daughters for ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- University of California, San Francisco Medical Center said Thursday it is committed to providing an illegal immigrant from Oakland the kidney transplant he needs to live. The announcement followed the nationwide response ...

WALNUT CREEK, Calif. -- University of California, San Francisco Medical Center announced Thursday that it will move forward with giving an illegal immigrant from Oakland the kidney transplant he needs to live.

Jesus Navarro Navarro, a 35-year-old...