Tug-of-war

A reader wants to know why the 2010 Toyota Venza costs less than the 2010 Honda Accord Crosstour, and Ask.cars.com explains what???s actually going on. Then, PickupTrucks.com has a report on a tug-of-war challenge from GM???s vice chairman to Ford.......

"Come on — you can actually get a workout with that?" That was my first reaction to these four products, but I was wrong. Simple and relatively inexpensive though they might be, you can work up a sweat with these low-tech yet innovative strap- and...

In high school, Monica Quan was a focused basketball player who made the varsity team as a freshman and played for four years. A former coach described her as "unflappable." She had a tightknit group of friends, was well-liked and......

Immigrants rights advocates complained Tuesday about the move by Los Angeles County supervisors to crack down on so-called "maternity hotels," facilities that primarily host Asian women who travel to the United States while pregnant and stay to recover...

Family and friends had only praise for a Cal State Fullerton coach and her fiance a day after the recently engaged college sweethearts were found fatally shot in the parking structure of their condominium near UC Irvine....

Los Angeles is in dire financial straits. Its traffic woes are mounting. Joblessness is high. But at Monday night’s mayoral debate, the five top candidates were repeatedly drawn into a discussion about a less weighty, but more perhaps more rage-...

Two South El Monte High School students severed their fingers during a game of tug of war, officials said....

Los Angeles Police Department detectives who specialize in child sexual abuse cases have begun examining a trove of newly disclosed priest abuse files to determine whether there are cases that can be prosecuted. Capt. Fabian Lizarraga said detectives "are...

Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell said he is considering a run against Sheriff Lee Baca next year for one of California's top law enforcement jobs....

Two South El Monte High School students whose fingers were severed during a game of tug-of-war were in stable condition Tuesday after undergoing surgery to re-attach the fingers, officials said. The teenagers, a boy and a girl, underwent surgery Monday......

A bus fare increase approved by the Orange County Transportation Authority in November is scheduled to go into effect Sunday, officials said. Cash fare for a bus ride will rise from $1.50 to $2, according to the OCTA. A day......

When a woman smashed into a Moopark home with her car last June, police at first thought they were dealing with a garden-variety DUI. Instead, the incident led Ventura County prosecutors to file charges against three alleged distributors of "bath......