Crypt sale tests enduring allure
Richard Poncher's eternal sleep will soon be disrupted. The one-time Beverly Hills resident, who died 23 years ago at age 81, will be moving out of the crypt above Marilyn...
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Hardy, rare fliers finally taking off
Thirty-three years after being classified an endangered species, the El Segundo blue butterfly is flourishing on 200 acres of sand dunes near Los Angeles International Airport. Entomologist Richard Arnold, a...
Should You Worry About Propofol – the Drug Michael Jackson Used?
Photo: Christina Barany/Getty Images LOS ANGELES - -- Following the death of singer Michael Jackson, there has been increasing public concern about the drug propofol that police found in his...
Jackson’s death spotlights common anesthetic’s perils
Even before Michael Jackson's death, the anesthetic that police found at the pop star's home had been a focus of concern for federal regulators. The attention Jackson's death has attracted...
Many vendors feeling the heat
As the population of Latinos has grown across the United States, so have the number of taco trucks catering to them. How communities approach them varies widely. Restrictions have been...
Octuplet births raise questions
Even as the birth of octuplets at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center drew attention and applause from around the country, questions arose Tuesday about whether the mother's doctors did enough...
Crossing the line
One wonders if the administration wasn't caught up in a credibility issue with the war, that it wouldn't be required to publish photos to prove that Saddam Hussein's sons were...