Officials agree to plant four times as many trees, provide scholarships and job training in exchange for clearing Endeavour's route. The California Science Center received final approval Monday to chop down 265 trees to make room for the space shuttle Endeavour as it rolls through the streets of Los Angeles.

Seeing Los Angeles through a foreign visitor's eyes eventually erases some initial awkwardness, on both sides of the cultural divide.Scanning the crowd, I spotted the last person I imagined picking up at LAX: 5 feet 1. Black hair. Frowning.

Some cities, counties and nonprofits that rallied to keep cash-strapped California parks open want money back after officials found $54 million in a parks fund.When cash-pinched state officials announced last year that they couldn't afford to keep 70 California parks open, residents jumped in to help. Neighbors held bake sales, cities dug into their reserves, and nonprofits rallied big donors. ...

Accreditation report says the college has paltry financial reserves, a dearth of leadership and a slow-moving style of governance. The 77-year-old school now must make a case for continuing to exist.SAN FRANCISCO — The report this month from the accreditation commission was scathing.

The French railway recommended that the state build the rail line along the Interstate 5 corridor and partner with it or another foreign firm to hold down costs.As state officials accelerated their effort to design a high-speed rail system in 2010, they were approached by the renowned French national railway with a suggestion: The project could use the help of an experienced bullet train operator....

UC regents had been expected to raise tuition in mid-July. But UC officials say they will forgo the hike in exchange for $125 million from the state budget deal.University of California students had cause Wednesday for some celebration: UC administrators said they would not seek an immediate tuition hike as a result of the state budget deal reached in Sacramento.

A proposal to exchange the old Spring Street site for new offices next to a long-planned courthouse would save 'hundreds of millions of dollars,' an official says.Federal officials want to construct a new office building next to a long-planned courthouse in downtown Los Angeles, a proposal that may appeal to congressional Republicans because of a novel development plan.

Los Angeles teachers union agrees to 10 furlough days in upcoming school year, preventing thousands of layoffs. The deal will shorten the school year by a week.The Los Angeles school district and the teachers union reached a tentative agreement Friday that would prevent thousands of layoffs in exchange for 10 furlough days, which would shorten the school year by a week.

The commuters of Compton enjoy the freedom the Blue Line provides, and have given up much in exchange. The residents of Beverly Hills have a better deal with the Purple Line. It's a long way from the casino tables of Compton to the "slums" of Beverly Hills.

Cadiz Inc. could realize $1 billion to $2 billion in revenue over the plan's 50-year life. Opponents say public resources are being used for private profit.CADIZ, Calif. – Three decades ago a group of businessmen pored over NASA satellite imagery as part of a worldwide hunt for large groundwater reserves they could tap to grow desert crops. They found the signs they were looking for here in ...

Melissa Chan of Walnut is the first accredited foreign correspondent to be barred from China in 14 years. She is not sure what prompted her expulsion.After filing 400 stories from China, reporter Melissa Chan never thought she'd wind up in the headlines herself.

Of 40 million born abroad, the greatest number lives in California, with large populations in New York, Texas and Florida, Census Bureau report says. The U.S. foreign-born population has risen to its highest level since 1920, with 13% of all those living in the nation in 2010 having been born elsewhere, a new report from the Census Bureau shows.

Dozens of languages are spoken at a Hollywood gym's sauna that serves as a cross-cultural exchange post. The coolest place in Hollywood is a sauna inside the health center at El Centro and Selma that's been around since the mid-1980s.

In exchange, the university will drop a libel and invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against Cary ONeal. The source of the foamy discharge flowing down a creek and spilling over a beach remains a mystery.An environmental crusader known as "Mr. Malibu" has apologized to Pepperdine University and retracted accusations that the school is to blame for effluent flowing down Marie Canyon Creek and into the Pac...

The SEIU will drop two healthcare-related initiatives after an accord with the California Hospital Assn. to facilitate union activity and find ways to lower costs, improve quality and expand access.SACRAMENTO — A labor union that pushed a pair of ballot measures that would have reined in excessive hospital billing and expanded healthcare for the poor has dropped them — in exchange for ...

New security measures following the slayings of two foreign students will also include sharing of crime data with USC public safety officials and installation of more security cameras.USC and the Los Angeles Police Department announced sweeping new security measures Thursday, including the addition of 30 police officers to the area surrounding the campus.

Authorities filed trafficking and bribery charges against four current and former TSA screeners, alleging they received cash bribes in exchange for turning a blind eye on drugs packed in suitcases.The man with eight pounds of methamphetamine in his carry-on bag stood in the snaking security line at Los Angeles International Airport's Terminal 4, inching toward the checkpoint, when a TSA screener a...

A court approves a land exchange that will put Sunset Rock, where a succession of crosses stood for decades, in private hands. The memorial in a national preserve had been a source of contention since 1999.A dying man's request is nothing Henry and Wanda Sandoz take lightly. So when the sick and elderly Riley Bembry asked the couple nearly 30 years ago to maintain a memorial and a cross atop a lon...

The little-known Western Undergraduate Exchange offers discounts at public colleges and universities to students from 15 states.While her classmates agonize over which college to attend, high school senior Samantha Morgan is passing up offers from Cal State campuses in Long Beach and San Jose. She is heading out of California to avoid overcrowded classes and other state budget problems.

The university offers fall entrance to 43% more non-California freshmen than last year. Such students would each pay an extra $23,000 a year, helping plug budget gaps caused by reductions in state funding.The University of California admitted 43% more out-of-state and international freshmen than last year, significantly boosting its controversial efforts to enroll those higher-paying students, acc...

Officials are mourning the school's two slain students while trying to reassure families and hold its place as a top global draw. The university has more foreign students than any other U.S. college.For the last decade, USC has enrolled the largest number of international students of any college in the country: 8,615 last year. The Los Angeles university worked hard to achieve that — recruit...

The Los Angeles mayor also orders the hiring of a recognized public safety analyst, formerly of the LAPD, to oversee the department's accounting of its performance. Seeking to bolster public confidence in the beleaguered Los Angeles Fire Department, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa late Thursday called on the City Council to dip into budget reserves to activate six more ambulances and ordered the appoin...

Other L.A. County supervisors back her request and urge Sheriff Baca to be more transparent about the program. His report is expected next week.A Los Angeles County supervisor called on the Sheriff's Department on Tuesday to be more transparent about how taxpayer dollars are being spent within its volunteer reserves program.

A 1990s agreement, in exchange for a pay cut, to place 'pre-disciplinary' documents in an 'expired file' after four years complicates L.A. Unified's attempts to review records.The Los Angeles school district's effort to identify teachers suspected of misconduct has been complicated by a little-known clause in the teachers' contracts that limits how long allegations can remain in a teacher's file. ...

Ezequiel Garcia, a longtime immigration agent, had told his wife of problems at work. But when she called him at the office, everything seemed normal. An exchange with a supervisor grew heated, however, and he did the unthinkable: He turned his weapon on a fellow agent.Ezequiel Garcia, a longtime federal immigration agent, had told his wife of problems at work.

Despite the sense of unease over the charges involving a 14-year-old girl, the close-knit community rallies around the memory of Andrew Bourne, a popular surgeon.Dr. Andrew Bourne seemed to have it all: A loving family, a successful surgical practice in Mammoth Lakes, a mountain home where he could ski with friends or plunge into the wild with his dog, Oreo. He even had time to volunteer; he serve...

Unlike other big city airports in the nation, L.A. International hasn't seen foreign flights surpass pre-recession numbers. Among factors cited are the economy, changing travel patterns and the Japanese quake.Los Angeles International Airport is lagging well behind other big city U.S. airports in the contest to attract highly prized foreign travelers after a steep dip in international trips tied t...

A Los Angeles woman arrested on suspicion of prostitution after she allegedly offered sexual favors in exchange for Chicken McNuggets is homeless and has a history of run-ins with the law, Burbank pol

A Los Angeles woman arrested on suspicion of prostitution after she allegedly offered sexual favors in exchange for Chicken McNuggets is homeless and has a history of run-ins with the law, Burbank pol

A woman was arrested on suspicion of prostitution after she allegedly offered sexual favors in exchange for Chicken McNuggets, Burbank police said.