Bell News

Federal investigators scoured a fatal helicopter crash site in the Sierra Nevada mountains Wednesday, trying to determine whether it might have been caused by a lack of markings on a high-voltage power line spanning the river canyon.

The kickoff media op for year two is Tuesday morning at 9 at REDCAT Downtown. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Councilmember Tom LaBonge, actor Alec Mapa, LA Opera mezzo soprano Ronnita Nicole Miller and local arts leaders will discuss this year's action.

Once fashionable Chihuahuas have replaced pit bulls as the most common breed left in California animal shelters.

Author Syrie James who wrote "The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen," at home in Los Angeles.

Corning in the Evening Thursday Jan. 14 will be the first Corning in the Evening for the new year.

British artist Damien Hirst, right, and Ukrainian steel billionaire and philanthropist Victor Pinchuk, left, are seen during the opening of their joint project, the Cradles of Hope neonatal center at the National Children's Hospital in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 22, 2009.

Gagosian Gallery has published a new book featuring the work by Jeff Koons. This recent publication features Jeff Koons' painting series, Hulk Elvis, in which he creates large works of the Incredible Hulk, inflatable monkeys, geishas, birds, and the Liberty Bell , all bursting with energy and precision.

The panel takes place at MOCA -- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and follows the kickoff event for the second annual Los Angeles Arts Month.

The U.S. Forest Service summoned several powerful firefighting airplanes in the early stages of the largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history, then canceled and reordered them, causing a two-hour delay in their arrival, according to government records.

In this season of celebrations, an unusual one recently took place at Third and Market streets, where Caltrans installed a new bell that was actually an old bell to commemorate something that happened 100 years ago, and is occurring again.

The Sacramento SPCA has 20 Chihuahuas for adoption, relieving a Santa Barbara shelter where the small dogs are far too numerous.

The head honcho is coming to town, and wants to treat me to the best brunch in Los Angeles.

Woodland Police Officer Gina Bell patrols the Woodland High School campus during lunch.

A customer leaving a Starbucks in Bell on Sunday was dragged and killed by a motorist who had just used his car to try to ram another group of victims, investigators said.

As a boy, Whittier resident Eugene D. Noller watched initial rocket tests by Cal Tech students in Pasadena's Arroyo Seco and went on to a 40-year career at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Police in Bell have arrested the suspected driver in a deadly hit-and-run. Authorities said the incident happened at about 9:40 Sunday morning at the intersection of Atlantic and Florence avenues when a driver hit a pedestrian and kept going.

Becki Adams, of Pleasanton, a member of the Pleasanton Handbell Choir, practices with the other members of the handbell choir at the Church of Jesus Christ and Latter Day Saints in Livermore, Calif., on Thursday, Dec.

Anna Pavlovna Bulkina won the top prize in the 2009 Wideman Piano Competition on Sunday.

The transformation of the nearly half-finished Solano 80 Center is temporarily stalled, developer John Jay of Jay-Phares Corp.

An Ashland man who went to visit friends and family last month in the Midwest hasn't returned, prompting friends in Oregon to report him missing, Ashland police said.