Euthanasia

by Mark Silva Sarah Palin is back. After a brief respite from Twritter and all the rest, the early-self-retired-resigned-withdrawn-bowed-out governor of Alaska has returned to Facebook. With fire: Calling President Barack Obama's healthcare reform...

by Mark Silva With the White House this week gearing up a campaign to dispel "misinformation'' about the healthcare reform that President Barack Obama is promoting, the president today says that it's important to quell the "outlandish rumors''...

Lady Di is a lovely purebred collie with a pleasant disposition, just like lots of other dogs dumped at shelters in areas that lack anywhere near enough would-be owners. Unlike all but a lucky few of those animals, she got......

The 90-year-old doctor who was accused last month in a mercy killing for his terminally ill wife before turning the gun on himself has died of his injuries. As a result, the Orange County district attorney's office has dismissed the......

After more than 2 1/2 hours of public discussion, the Santa Monica City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday night in favor of an ordinance that would ban cat declawing in the city. The proposed measure will have a second reading before......

When he agreed to play Jack Kevorkian in the HBO movie “You Don’t Know Jack,” Al Pacino was not just taking on a living person who is familiar to many of us from the nightly news. He was also slipping......

LONDON -- A veteran British TV reporter has claimed on the air that he used a pillow to smother a lover who was dying of AIDS, adding a startling contribution to the country's debate on mercy killing. The Nottinghamshire Police force said it would...

No doubt many Los Angeles city agency managers have written letters to council members beseeching them to spare their departments deep cuts during this budget crisis. But few start with a story about police officers in a standoff with three......

Last year, many in L.A.'s animal rescue community were angered by the decision of L.A. Department of Animal Services' then-general manager, Ed Boks, to cut funding to a program that offered free spay and neuter vouchers to low-income pet owners......

Amanda Wieck knew taking care of her dog Coby would come with a price. But she never expected how much he would cost in just one year. "I would probably say close to $500 because of the health issues he was having," Wieck said. "I only own one pet...

After an intense, months-long search to find the successor to controversial L.A. Department of Animal Services General Manager Ed Boks, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced Thursday that he's appointed former Seattle Humane Society Chief Executive...

After more than a year without a general manager, the L.A. Department of Animal Services once again has an official leader. Brenda Barnette, who comes from the Seattle Humane Society and previously headed Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation, was........