Ignacio Coronel Villarreal died in a gunfight in an upscale suburb of Guadalajara, authorities say. Separately, dozens of Tijuana law enforcement officers are arrested in an anti-corruption sweep. In a significant blow against the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, Mexican troops on Thursday killed one of the group's top figures during an arrest raid in western Mexico.

Group of voters alleges Prop. 14, which passed in June, is unfair to minor parties

By Carissa Marsh cmarsh@theacorn.com The city hall salary scandal that has ignited local and national headlines and sent one town into an outrage may have a negative trickledown effect on Simi Valley and one other Ventura County municipality. read more

LA PORTE A petition to remove numbers from being assigned to straight party ticket voting in La Porte County was denied Thursday, in part because numbers have to be assigned to each item on absentee ballots, County Clerk Lynne Spevak said.

LOS ANGELES, July 30 (UPI) -- The California state attorney general's office said seven doctors and a nurse investigated will not be charged in the death of pop music icon Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson - California - LOS ANGELES - Attorney general - Pop music

The City Council dismisses Edward Lee's firm. One councilman says the association with the Bell salary scandal is an 'embarrassment.' Lee signed off on the huge salaries paid to Bell officials. The attorney who was Bell's legal counsel when city leaders agreed to pay lavish salaries to top administrators has been let go by neighboring Downey, where city leaders said they no longer felt ...