In response to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's final State of the State Address last week, students have expressed surprise and doubt about the state's proposed commitment to higher education. Read more...

The Environmental Protection Agency proposed putting stricter limits on national smog emissions Jan. 7, the agency's first attempt to address the health and environmental issues caused by smog. Read more...

The explosion of an underground electrical transformer shook Glenrock Avenue around 8:46 p.m. on Wednesday, causing reverberations that could be heard from multiple streets in the North Village. Read more...

A large explosion shook Glenrock Avenue around 8:46 p.m. on Wednesday, causing reverberations that could be heard from multiple streets in the North Village. Many buildings lost power and police at the scene said the sound and vibrations were caused by the explosion of an underground electrical transformer. Read more...

At 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, two men entered an apartment on the 400 block of Landfair Avenue with a gun, police said. Read more...

A former UCLA Medical Center researcher has entered a conditional guilty plea to charges of viewing the confidential medical records of celebrities and other patients. Read more...

California state Sen. Leland Yee reintroduced two bills to the state Legislature last week, targeting reform of the University of California and the California State University systems. Read more...