Dennis Romero

Yes, another year-end, top-of-the-decade list, this time from Sports Illustrated. The magazine says the Los Angeles Lakers are the sports franchise of the decade. The Staples Center-based ballers beat out the NFL's New England Patriots (number two), the University of Connecticut's women's basketball team (number three), the San Antonio Spurs......

If you haven't noticed, it's that time of year when the best-of lists, biggest-story roundups and top 10 rankings arrive, and it's especially pronounced as the '00s are coming to a close. (BTW, we hope this post ends up in your top 10 posts about top 10 posts). The headline......

The Los Angeles County coroner's office cremated more bodies that were unclaimed or had indigent families than it did last year. With nine days in the year left, the number of cremations at the coroner's office for the poor and unclaimed was put at 720 versus 708 last year, according......

New Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck is rising to the challenge of fighting crime in lean times by reassigning 130 officers from desk duty to street patrols. Beck told the Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday that the move would be a first wave in a larger effort to put......

After getting hammered on the issue, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas hit the pause button on a planned $707,000 renovation of his office by referring the matter to the county's CEO for a review to determine if code violations, safety concerns and energy efficiency could be a factor in......

Brittany Murphy's husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, told television show Access Hollywood this week that the actress was sick and maybe a bit worn down at the time of her death Sunday morning. He said she had recently seen a doctor and that she was just coming off a year......

The FBI on Tuesday released its files relating to pop star Michael Jackson. Most of the seven files, which comprise a total of 333 pages, relate to the bureau's assistance with local cases surrounding molestation allegations. In 1993, the FBI states, its London and Manila offices stepped into a Santa......

It could be a blessing or a curse for new Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck: Rates for major crimes in Los Angeles continued to dip in 2009. With continuing joblessness, a city struggling to find money to hire officers, and a looming release of 40,000 state prisoners, the only......

United Teachers Los Angeles filed suit against the Los Angeles Unified School District over its establishment of a charter campus that would relieve overcrowding at the Eastside's storied Garfield High School. What's wrong with charter schools, you ask? This could be about jobs. The UTLA argues that the district is......

NBC apparently pulled the online clip of a Saturday Night Live spoof of Brittany Murphy from a site, Hulu, the network co-owns. The move on Monday came a day after the actress died following cardiac arrest at her home in the hills above the Sunset Strip. NBC wouldn't comment on......