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Fallout from the Gabrielle Leko scandal continued this week, as the school board considers requiring La Cañada Unified employees to report any inappropriate conduct they witness between another employee and a student. Spurred by complaints that the La...

Sopiko Tsertsvadze is a 17-year-old from Surami, Georgia, who is now attending Faulkton High School. Her host parents are Dawn and Kelly Melius. Q. What are your parents' names and what do they do for a living? A. My mum is a social agent and works at...

I’ve been on this kick where I write movie reviews in the form of a song. Here’s one to the tune of 9 to 5 in honor of the Dolly Parton that used to do interesting blue grass tunes and a few decent movies. Openin’ my red vines/walkin&...

SAN DIEGO -- San Diegans began celebrating Martin Luther King Day Monday morning with the 24th annual All People's Breakfast at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. The slain civil rights leader would have turned 83 on Sunday. The keynote speaker is...

We can honor King by serving others To the editor: “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgment. Life’s most persistent and urgent question...

    Four months later and hundreds of miles away from her home in Franklin County, Shirley Hodges remains were found in Cherokee County, Alabama.     We've learned more about the discovery from investigators on the other end of this case, in Alabama.   ...

Mother Nature and Santa sure did have a great time planning for our winter so far. Mom Nature has outdone herself. At this writing, five days into January of the New Year, each day seems to be better than the previous. Warm sunshine, melting ice on lakes,...

Mother Nature and Santa sure did have a great time planning for our winter so far. Mom Nature has outdone herself. At this writing, five days into January of the New Year, each day seems to be better than the previous. Warm sunshine, melting ice on...

Celebrating in great style the Chinese New Year 4710, the Year of the Water Dragon, hostess Elizabeth An of AnQi in South Coast Plaza invited some 50 local VIPs to a luncheon in her private dining room. An was joined by David Grant and Werner Escher of...

Michigan became the 26th state 175 years ago on January 26, 1837. Governor Rick Snyder declared the date "Michigan Statehood Day" and urged "every resident to take a moment and reflect on the beauty, greatness and promise of our state.” Plenty of...

It's hard to beat the weather from yesterday but today is setting up to be another great day. Although it's February 1, it feels like more like April 1. We are really enjoying a mild winter to date. During the winter months so far, December was five...