(Los Angeles, CA) -- The mayor of Los Angeles is back from a senate hearing in Washington, D.C. with a plan to accelerate the expansion of L.A. County's rail system. Friday, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the first of its kind plan could put 12 transportation projects ...Read & Hear More
(Burbank, CA) -- The Northern California studio owned by producer and director Robert Zemeckis is being shut down by The Walt Disney Company. The "L.A. Times" reports ImageMovers Digital of San Rafael produces motion-capture animation ...Read More
(San Francisco, CA) -- Veterans in California are struggling to find work with an unemployment rate of nine-point two percent in 2009. Nationally, that figure for vets sits at eight-point one percent ...Read More
(Hollywood, CA) -- A Beverly Hills supergraphics firm has offered to buy the undeveloped land surrounding the world-famous Hollywood sign. But the offer to preserve the iconic sign comes with a condition ...Read More
(Los Angeles, CA) -- USC has announced C.L. "Max" Nikias will become its new president on August 3rd. Nikias will replace outgoing President Steven B, Sample, who has held the post since 1991. Nikias, who is currently serving as USC's executive vice president and provost, will become the eleventh president of the university ...Read More
(Washington, DC) -- President Obama hosted another high-level meeting on Afghanistan. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs cited ongoing progress in Afghanistan, "each and every day." The White House meeting included top defense, national security and ...Read & Hear More
(Washington, DC) -- Congressional Democrats are inching "closer" to final votes on healthcare reform. So said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during her weekly news briefing. The White House put a March 18th deadline on completion of healthcare reform legislation but met resistance from Congressional Democratic leaders ...Read & Hear More
(New York, NY) -- A judge in New York has postponed approval of a possible settlement for nearly ten-thousand Ground Zero workers. The federal judge delayed action, saying he wants to know how much money lawyers would see from the more than 650-million dollar ...Read More
(Undated) -- E-Trade has 100-million reasons to fire back at Lindsay Lohan and the company is doing just that. Lohan is suing the online trading company for 100-million-dollars, claiming she is the parody target in E-Trade's "milkaholic" Super Bowl ad ...Read More
(Washington, DC) -- Sean Penn's infamous surly side was on display last night during a gala hosted by the Washington Hebrew Congregation, and it was not an act. The two-time Academy Award-winning actor was not pleased when asked by a reporter about comments he recently made about critics of his work in Haiti ...Read More
(Undated) -- Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass reteam for the action thriller "Green Zone," opening nationwide this weekend. The film puts Damon's character -- Officer Roy Miller -- on the trail of weapons of mass destruction in U ...Read & Hear More
