Jorge Casuso

Chris Mlynarczyk's friends were beginning to joke that he had an uncanny knack for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Mlynarczyk, a regional purchasing manager for McDonald's...

The earth moved and the walls shook and afterward most everything was still standing. But if Sunday was not the Big One, for Californians it brought the prospect uncomfortably close....

Until recently, 27-year-old Bari Buckner knew little about Edmund G. Brown, the man to whom she now devotes much of her spare time. When Brown was governor of California from...

One of the most-watched video clips in history was played over and over again Wednesday for the only viewers who ultimately will count: the all-white jury that must decide the...

If a candidate`s electability is in the eye of the beholder, then Paul Tsongas` main task is to be seen as more than a regional candidate. That`s clear from a...

The abortion battles that have been flaring in hot spots across the country could soon turn into all-out war as more and more states decide the emotionally charged issue at...

For a decade, ever since he emerged from his rookie pro basketball season with a world championship, Earvin ''Magic'' Johnson stood atop his game. He grew into an idol for...

The nation`s 16-month-old recession appears to have swallowed many more jobs than previously reported, according to preliminary figures given by the states to the federal government. Taking the U.S. Bureau...

From her well-groomed looks and her demeanor, you`d never guess that the address on her job application or the message service that answers her calls are provided by a homeless...

He looks like a Redford and talks like a Kennedy-attributes that might seem wasted on a state insurance commissioner. But in California, the home of populist voter revolts, that typically...