Three Palestinian students from universities in the Gaza strip spoke at UCLA on Wednesday about their experiences living under Israeli military occupation. Hekmat Bessiso, Adel El-Ghoul and Mustafa Al-Kayali are student activists against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. Read more...

As Neil Ins weighs his organic blue and pink potatoes, Lynn Johnson displays her plants that grow from seashells and musician Raymond Lee Parker plays jazz music for hours on the piano. Read more...

Kirk Larson can describe the scene perfectly: it’s nearly 5 p.m. and the workers have gone home. The sun is setting on a long day of labor in the strawberry fields of Irvine and in the distance, Larson can make out his two teenage sons traversing the horizon on horseback. Read more...

There has been little legal progress in the case against the student accused of attacking the UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Resource Center in September, and some campus leaders are wondering why the case has not yet been brought against the man arrested more than six months ago. Read more...

Service workers in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees plan to go on strike today because of their frustrations with contract negotiations between them and the University of California. Read more...

City levies fines against alleged money launderers The city’s Ethics Commission levied $147,000 in fines against 13 people allegedly involved in political money laundering, officials said. Read more...

Rising temperatures send tethered blimp vertical LONG BEACH “”mdash; A tethered Ameriquest blimp got an unexpected lift, rising uncontrollably when temperatures climbed at Long Beach Airport. Read more...