Glamorous homes, booming industries and sunny beaches have put Los Angeles on the map as one of the most desirable places to reside in the country. Read more...

A multitalented Bollywood tycoon will speak to the UCLA Anderson School of Management community on Wednesday. Bhuvan Lall, president and CEO of Lall Entertainment, has had more than 18 years of experience with the Indian film industry. Read more...

While big-name organizations like World Vision International are the face of tsunami relief in the United States, it’s often tiny groups in countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia that mobilize resources on the ground. Read more...

Jackson trial jury selection begins SANTA MARIA “”mdash; Michael Jackson smiled Monday facing the first group of prospective jurors to undergo screening for possible service in his trial on child molestation charges. Read more...

Some teams have harder scrimmages than others. But they don’t get much tougher than those of the UCLA men’s soccer team, which will face the full U.S. Read more...

Kenneth Stein, discussing the future of the Palestinian people, cited high voter turnout in the 2005 Palestinian elections to emphasize the potential for democratic rule in the region and to emphasize the changes underway. Read more...

Former assemblyman Marco Firebaugh launched his quarter-long tenure as a visiting professor with a lecture focusing primarily on the state of education funding in California. Firebaugh, who served the maximum three terms as an assemblyman representing Bell Gardens, Commerce and South Gate among other cities, repeatedly criticized Gov. Read more...