http://news.yahoo.com/local/Los+Angeles/43700 Yahoo! Local News - Los Angeles Times en-us Fee hike and budget cuts trigger the occupation of Wheeler Hall. A daylong occupation of a classroom building at UC Berkeley on Friday ended with the arrests of 41 students who had barricaded themselves inside to protest budget cuts and steep hikes in student fees, university officials said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=137r2rpsd/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-uc21-2009nov21%2C0%2C1334635.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-uc21-2009nov21,0,1334635.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:12 +0000 The chief investigator in the fatal blaze says there is not enough evidence to arrest anyone. 'Basically we have nothing at this point,' he says. 'We have run down all our leads.' Nearly three months after the Station fire blazed through the foothills and canyons above Los Angeles, killing two firefighters and scorching 160,577 acres, investigators say they don't have the necessary evidence to ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13abvmpi1/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-arson21-2009nov21%2C0%2C7372132.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-arson21-2009nov21,0,7372132.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:02 +0000 LAPD cold-case detectives use DNA evidence to tie the suspect to the stabbing of a 63-year-old woman, who also was sexually assaulted. More than 27 years after Hazel Hughes was found stabbed to death in her Koreatown apartment, Los Angeles Police Department cold-case detectives have arrested a New York man in the slaying, police said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13deo71j0/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-coldcase21-2009nov21%2C0%2C6186818.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-coldcase21-2009nov21,0,6186818.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:49:02 +0000 A gallery tour shows a thriving art community hidden in a gritty, industrial area. I was tired of staring at that blank space on my hallway wall. For years, I'd been searching for just the right artistic statement for the spot at the bottom of my stairs -- something to brighten my mood when I stumbled down bleary-eyed in the morning, and calm me as I headed upstairs to bed at night. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13bick6ql/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-banks21-2009nov21%2C0%2C2335042.column%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-banks21-2009nov21,0,2335042.column?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:34:12 +0000 Children and youths are especially hard-hit by swine flu. It is important to watch for danger signs, as the onset of respiratory failure can be swift. For parents worried about a child sick with the flu, deciding when to head to the emergency room can be difficult. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13jdbpiv9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-flu-guidelines21-2009nov21%2C0%2C6322646.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu-guidelines21-2009nov21,0,6322646.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:34:02 +0000 The unpredictable H1N1 strain may have peaked, and some credit vaccinations. Hospital officials report that the numbers of patients with H1N1 flu appear to be leveling off at many Los Angeles area hospitals, easing wait times at crowded emergency rooms less than a week before Thanksgiving. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13i11q2jt/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-flu-hospitals21-2009nov21%2C0%2C4395649.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-flu-hospitals21-2009nov21,0,4395649.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:24:00 +0000 The 17-year-old pleads guilty to fatally shooting Agent Robert W. Rosas Jr., who was lured out of his vehicle in July while patrolling a remote area east of San Diego. A Mexican teenager pleaded guilty Friday to fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last summer while attempting to rob him of government property in a remote area east of San Diego. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13gjgq849/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-border-agent21-2009nov21%2C0%2C665788.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border-agent21-2009nov21,0,665788.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:09:00 +0000 Joe Loudon attended a gathering in Orinda, drank some beer and later died. Miscues in the investigation led to finger-pointing, igniting a debate over whether his death was an accident or a crime. The telephone rang shortly after 8 a.m. on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. The caller was a friend of my son's who said he needed to speak to him. "It's important," he said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=138a8tl1f/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-joe22-2009nov22%2C0%2C3027116.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-joe22-2009nov22,0,3027116.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:54:01 +0000 Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown says dozens of African American churches were defrauded of thousands of dollars over lease agreements for computerized advertising kiosks that were supposed to be free. State Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown said Friday that he is investigating an alleged scam that forced more than 30 African American churches in Southern California to pay thousands of dollars for substandard ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13d7ma1j8/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-churches21-2009nov21%2C0%2C5648750.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-churches21-2009nov21,0,5648750.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:12 +0000 A judge denies a sentence reduction for Kai Harris, 32, who was convicted of the 2004 killings of two people during a drug dispute at Nickerson Gardens housing project. A judge denied a request Friday to reduce the death sentence for a man convicted of murdering two and attempting to murder two others in a South Los Angeles housing project. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13bn5jqt2/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-harris21-2009nov21%2C0%2C4332216.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-harris21-2009nov21,0,4332216.story?track=rss Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:02 +0000 http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=137qpnsgg/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-fraud-link%2C0%2C3345825.storylink%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fraud-link,0,3345825.storylink?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:22 +0000 Museum says it was able to operate "on a normal basis" by quickly reining in spending when the economy slowed. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=137g1qhi9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-lacma-link%2C0%2C1449862.storylink%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-lacma-link,0,1449862.storylink?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:12 +0000 A Mexican teenager pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a U.S. Border Patrol agent last summer while attempting to rob him of government property in a remote area east of San Diego, according to a plea agreement announced today. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13de4ofqf/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-mexican-teen-link%2C0%2C979811.storylink%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mexican-teen-link,0,979811.storylink?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:12 +0000 Investigators say they don't have evidence to arrest anyone for setting the blaze, which turned into the biggest in L.A. County history. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=139beba0i/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-station-link%2C0%2C5696046.storylink%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-station-link,0,5696046.storylink?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:02 +0000 The Catalina Island Conservancy has been rounding up the herd so females can get a reversible contraceptive vaccine. The goal: Control the size of the herd to keep it and the environment healthier. Half a dozen men with walkie-talkies and cattle prods set out on foot at sunrise Thursday to coax a herd of 10 feral bison into a corral a mile away at the bottom of a Santa Catalina Island valley. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13j0i0k7q/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-catalina-bison20-2009nov20%2C0%2C1351086.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-catalina-bison20-2009nov20,0,1351086.story?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:19:03 +0000 The 860 boxes with Christmas ornament labels turn out to contain 316,000 bongs and other drug pipes. No arrests have been made and an investigation is pending. Talk about holiday cheer. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13kc7rc2r/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-christmas-bongs20-2009nov20%2C0%2C7946125.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-christmas-bongs20-2009nov20,0,7946125.story?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:04:02 +0000 Nurses, dentists and other professionals with addictions will be subject to more drug tests, and any restrictions to their licenses will be listed on public websites. In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those in treatment and immediately removing from practice anyone who relapses. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13m0oeol4/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-california-nurses20-2009nov20%2C0%2C1768450.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-nurses20-2009nov20,0,1768450.story?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:24:10 +0000 Ruth Seymour, who is retiring after 32 years, was passionate, unflagging and determined to do things a different way. Her way. She built the radio station with a broad, worldly sensibility. My acquaintance with Ruth Seymour over the years had been fleeting. But inevitably when I saw the KCRW radio general manager, it would provoke reminiscences about the days long ago when I worked with her ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13fqkocer/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-et-onthemedia20-2009nov20%2C0%2C121936.column%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-et-onthemedia20-2009nov20,0,121936.column?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:24:00 +0000 The regents, some expressing concern about potential pitfalls, said they acted out of a moral imperative to aid the community for which the hospital was once a point of pride. In a unanimous vote that sparked cheers of "thank you" from the audience, University of California regents on Thursday approved a partnership with Los Angeles County that clears the way to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13igb10r9/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-king-hospital20-2009nov20%2C0%2C3225184.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-king-hospital20-2009nov20,0,3225184.story?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:39:10 +0000 The five organizations will receive the money from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a system to evaluate teachers based partly on student test scores. Los Angeles-area charter schools have won a $60-million grant to develop a teacher-evaluation system based at least partly on student test scores. The grant, part of $335 million in related awards announced Thursday by the Bill ... http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/local/Los_Angeles/Los_Angeles_Times/SIG=13aefs0rq/**http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fla-me-gates20-2009nov20%2C0%2C7512389.story%3Ftrack%3Drss http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gates20-2009nov20,0,7512389.story?track=rss Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:49:12 +0000 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:04:12 +0000