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Three runoff elections for the Los Angeles City Council on May 21 have pitted local candidates stressing their grass-roots support against what they see as either Sacramento or city political insiders trying to take over local government.

It was a problem he struggled with personally, and he wanted to help others overcome their addiction issues, too.

The Tony Award-nominated play ORPHANS will play its final Broadway show TODAY, MAY 19 after 27 previews and 37 regular performances at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre .

City Councilman Eric Garcetti leads City Controller Wendy Greuel by 7 percentage points in a tightening race for mayor of Los Angeles, according to the latest opinion poll, but the survey's director said Greuel could still stage an upset in Tuesday's election.

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In this Sept. 29, 2011 photo, Dr. Christine Daniel gives a flu shot to patient Amparo Villaluazo at Daniel's Sonrise Medical Clinic in Mission Hills.

Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St. Louis and Philadelphia face the nation's highest levels of sexual abuse at the hands of guards, according to a new federal report based on surveys of inmates at... Inmates at jails in Indianapolis, Baltimore, St.

The northbound San Diego Freeway will be closed tonight and tomorrow night at Santa Monica Boulevard as crews conduct concrete repairs.

Students, parents and officials heralded the proud grammar school that for a century has served the west San Fernando Valley, while playing a major role in its development.

Rose Queen Vanessa Manjarrez will represent San Gabriel Valley Pride in Sunday's Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade, parade organizers said.

Diane Anderson-Minshall, editor at large of The Advocate and editor in chief of sister publication HIV Plus, has been named an official community honoree of L.A. Pride, Los Angeles's annual LGBT pride celebration, to be held June 7-9 in West Hollywood.

An investigation was underway today into the fatal officer-involved shooting in Pacoima of an apparently suicidal man, authorities said.

Actor Edward Furlong was arrested again on Friday, May 17, after allegedly violating a protective order filed against him by an ex-girlfriend. Furlong is seen here in a police booking photo after his arrest for alleged domestic violence, the arrest which resulted in the protective order, on January 13, in Los Angeles.

Some customers of Riverside Public Utilities, including those in the Highgrove area, don't get to vote on Measure A on June 4 because they're not city residents.

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Police patrol outside a Chopard store in Cannes after a $1m jewellery heist at the Novotel hotel.

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck, right, and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa discuss the dismissal of the LAPD consent decree Thursday, ending federal oversight of the department.

Candice Glover, a 23-year-old singer from St. Helena Island, S.C., was crowned the Season 12 American Idol champion Thursday night.

A new report reveals that Los Angeles leads the nation in dog attacks on mail carriers.

With nearly one in three people in the L.A. electorate claiming Latino heritage, the city election Tuesday could be decided by the brown vote.