Stuart Taylor Jr. was in my law school class. Or, more accurately, I was in his law school class, since he graduated at the top of the class and I graduated.

If regulators and brokerage firms are serious about restoring public confidence in the markets, they will have to do better than they did in the pathetic case of Mark C. Hotton.

Two men have been arrested for the Halloween shootings of four people on the University of Southern California campus.

Los Angeles police say three people have been wounded and gunshots reported in a disturbance that erupted in a crowd of Halloween revelers in Hollywood.

San Francisco police are asking for the public's help in finding two more suspects wanted in connection with the vandalism of a city bus during World Series celebrations late Sunday.

is facing additional charges after authorities said he attacked a detective in a Visalia courtroom.

Prosecutors say a Los Angeles County probation officer has been convicted of assaulting a 13-year-old inmate at a juvenile hall in 2009.

A video played in court shows a 10-year-old boy who fatally shot his father telling police he didn't think he'd get in trouble because he saw an episode of “Criminal Minds” where a child killed an abusive father and was not arrested.

A California judge has confirmed her ruling approving a request from the state's political watchdog agency to investigate the donors behind an $11 million campaign contribution from an Arizona nonprofit.

Merced police have arrested a dentist on suspicion of sexually assaulting a patient who was under sedation.

Burbank police say a boy who was jumping on his bed in a second-story room fell of a window and survived the 35-foot drop.

Two men are dead and a third is hospitalized in critical condition after an explosion and fire destroyed a Pasadena boarding-type residence housing 19 people.

Investigators say an arsonist touched off a blaze that engulfed a Southern California home and burned an elderly woman.

Marin County and state officials are investigating the death of an infant at a San Rafael daycare center.

California has canceled a prison medical care contract with a legislator's spouse.

Firefighters say a woman and her six children narrowly escaped flames in a bedroom of their San Luis Obispo apartment.

Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- This election is making me feel oh so special. One party is gallantly protecting me from the other party’s “war on women.” The president wants my vote so badly that he’s trying to scare me with his opponent’s plan to return to “the social policy of the 1950s,” which I assume means back-alley abortions. Both parties are aggressively courting me in their quest for the women’s vote.

The military has begun flying Southern California Edison vehicles to the East Coast to aid in restoration of electricity knocked out by Hurricane Sandy.

An inmate at a Northern California prison is recovering after he was shot in the hip by a guard who was trying to break up an assault on another inmate.

The ex-boyfriend of a woman who manages trust accounts for private investors is facing charges that he stole $17 million from clients of his former partner.

The San Diego Stock Exchange Index closed higher Thursday at 121.59, up 0.76 percent from Wednesday. Advancing issues beat decliners 48 to 37, and 55 issues were unchanged.
Cymer Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI) was the top dollar gainer, up $2.24 to $81.93.
Pricesmart Inc. (Nasdaq: PSMT) was the top dollar loser, down $1.44 to $81.43.
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