Several groups said Tuesday that an air monitoring plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't do enough to address the health concerns of Southern California residents living near congested highways. | Traditional police work wouldn't have nabbed Dr. Lisa Barden for visiting 43 pharmacies to illegally obtain tens of thousands of pain pills to fuel her own addiction. Nor would it have busted Dr. Nazar Al Bussam as the top distributor of controlled substanc... | The City Council of Fullerton, California, approved Tuesday evening the hiring of an independent consultant to reform the city's police force and review last month's arrest and subsequent death of a homeless schizophrenic man, a spokeswoman said. | Attacked Giants fan Bryan Stow is showing "significant improvement" and has been able to follow simple commands, Stow's family and hospital representatives said Monday. | Maria Shriver may be crying -- but it'll be all the way to the bank. Arnold Schwarzenegger is willing to give his soon-to-be ex-wife a "very generous divorce settlement" -- more than is required under California law. | Are the students of Big Bear High School in southern California walking around with pornographic yearbooks that could get them arrested? Students in the mountain community of Big Bear Lake, 70 miles east of Los Angeles, were asked to turn in their yearbooks... | A USC report issued to strengthen accountability among California charter schools includes for the first time a list of the state's top 10 charter campuses. | It seems Arnold Schwarzenegger could be living up to his most famous one-liner - 'I'll be back'. Today the Terminator star's estranged wife was spotted wearing what looked suspiciously like her wedding ring for the first time since June of last year. |