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As clients have come to face a wider range of problems, the facility has become a multifaceted social service agency For a hundred years, they have been coming to St. Anne's, teenage girls whose adolescence was stolen by pregnancy. Unmarried, life on hold, they've taken their places in the long, historical queue to receive the comfort and care of a place named after the mother of the Virgin ... Read the full article… »

The passwords of 14 more people affiliated with the hospital, including four doctors, were apparently used to improperly view records. California health regulators have connected 14 more people affiliated with UCLA Medical Center, including four physicians, to the improper viewing of celebrity medical records, bringing the number of current and former workers apparently implicated in the ... Read the full article… »

Prosecutors criticize L.A. schools chief for allowing officials who allegedly failed to report a molestation claim to return to their campus jobs. Los Angeles County prosecutors were sharply critical Monday of L.A. school district Supt. David L. Brewer's decision to send two high school administrators back to work on campus after they were criminally charged with failing to report a student's ... Read the full article… »

A federal judge sentences Ruben Palomares, the gang's ringleader, to 13 years. Palomares' cousin, Gabriel Loaiza, is given nine years. Facing a potential life sentence in federal prison, a former Los Angeles police officer who was the admitted mastermind of a home invasion robbery gang apologized for his crimes Monday, telling a federal judge, "I became something that I despised." Read the full article… »

The tentative pact would help bridge a wage gap among L.A. County custodians. Los Angeles County janitors would receive raises averaging more than $1,000 a year for four years and expanded benefits under a tentative labor agreement reached Monday with cleaning contractors and building owners. Read the full article… »

City attorney asks a judge to keep 36 convicted prostitutes and five known pimps from walking anywhere on a 5.7-mile stretch of Figueroa in South Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Atty. Rocky Delgadillo said Monday that he had asked a judge to bar 36 convicted prostitutes and five pimps from walking anywhere on a 5.7-mile stretch of Figueroa Street, part of a larger effort to crack down on a ... Read the full article… »

The bus company, which touted $1 fares, will stop taking bookings on several routes and expects to decide by Friday whether to pull out of the city. Talk about a cheap fling that didn't last: Apparently even $1 fares to San Francisco and Las Vegas aren't enough to lure Angelenos out of their cars. Read the full article… »

Prospects for the Willowbrook hospital reopening are grim, officials say. L.A. County's bureaucracy is seen as one impediment. The once-steadfast promise to reopen Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Medical Center by February 2009 has given way in recent weeks to the bleak prediction among some officials that it could be years before the linchpin in south Los Angeles County healthcare is ... Read the full article… »

After five years of opting for a four-hour daily work commute, one man now drives 25 minutes each way in a used BMW because his mass transit route grew even longer. B y virtually any measure, Cliff Moore has a great commute. The kind of commute, I suspect, many of you would dearly love to have. Read the full article… »

Counselors offer valuable lessons as simple as how to use QuickBooks software to as complex as how to do business in China. Nervously practicing her pitch for hours in her home office, the co-founder of educational toy maker Budding Brilliance Corp. tried not to think about the dollars at stake in her presentation to a group of Tech Coast Angels , an influential Southland organization of ... Read the full article… »

The former 'Law and Order' actor, who tried to board a flight at LAX with a handgun, tells police he forgot it was in his briefcase. Dennis Farina is a bum shot. Read the full article… »

For the last eight years, the program has helped at-risk students get a leg up on their career paths. As a sophomore in high school, Omar Estrada saw two choices for his life: run with the notorious 204th Street gang in his Harbor Gateway neighborhood or make something of himself. Read the full article… »

Supporters call him a consensus builder and a grass-roots community activist. Critics see an elitist with an abrasive style. During a day of stop-and-go campaigning for the 2nd District seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, state Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas paused for a little criticism from his campaign manager: You need to do more to toot your own horn. Read the full article… »

A father's decision not to bail out his son ends with the son being severely beaten by fellow inmates in L.A. County jail and left with permanent brain damage. Thadd McNamara was at the helm of his motor home on a cross-country trip in 2005 when his cellphone rang and a neighbor gave him the news: His grown son, Sean, was in trouble with law -- again. Read the full article… »

The success of the Student Empowerment Academy, which provides discipline and personalized attention, could mean more children will get such opportunities. The sound of the Los Angeles Unified School District's preferred future comes from the north end of Jefferson High School's campus. It's loud. Read the full article… »

BELL GARDENS Authorities probe fatal stabbing Read the full article… »

The $30-million complex, years in the making, has a bilingual library, a health clinic and a lake with fish. County officials on Saturday dedicated a more than $30-million civic center in East Los Angeles that took nearly a decade to complete. Read the full article… »

Four people are arrested after a lunchtime melee involving as many as 600 students. A fight between rival groups of black and Latino students at Locke High School quickly escalated into a campus-wide melee Friday, with as many as 600 students brawling until police restored calm with billy clubs. Read the full article… »

The potential loss of talented instructors prompts parents to gather near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to protest. Drawn by pink slips issued to thousands of teachers, recruiters from school districts nationwide are wooing California teachers with greater fervor than usual. Read the full article… »

LOS ANGELES Council backs airport contracts Read the full article… »