New poll shows Donald Trump running strong in Iowa, New Hampshire

Obama tells Kenya that corruption, oppression of women, genital mutilation of girls serve as an 'anchor that holds you down'

Uber now spends more on lobbyists than Wal-Mart, Bank of America or Wells Fargo

Woman shot dead in Hollywood had business dispute with suspect, police say

CONCACAF Gold Cup controversies continue to keep focus off soccer

Best of the rest: The greatest athletes who never reached the pinnacle

Plaschke: Opening ceremony is out of this world

Special Olympics at a glance

Photos from the opening ceremony

A mako shark's epic migration could help save her species

Turning Filipinotown into an oasis of healthful eating

Start-ups ramp up the fun in fierce contest to retain talent

Fire erupts at swimming pool of Cosmopolitan hotel on Las Vegas Strip

More city dwellers are embracing 'hobby farms': 'It's like we live in the country'

Selfies are nice, but many teens at VidCon want business advice

Ridley Scott to direct 'The Cartel,' based on 'El Chapo'-inspired novel by Don Winslow

Marlon Brando's private audiotapes tell the story of a man haunted by memories

Far from the original route and outrunning exhaustion

'It's hard to explain how fast fire moves'

In firelands, the crisis is over — for now

When drought isn't a farmer's biggest worry

A wildfire in front of us, drylands all around us

ESPN personality Colin Cowherd sells Connecticut home at a loss

Elvis Presley's honeymoon hideaway is back on the market

Bob Hope estate on the market for nearly half the previous asking price

Danny McBride puts his Hollywood penthouse loft up for rent

Onetime home of dancer and film star Ginger Rogers sells in Hollywood Hills

Dodgers say they haven't discussed trading Yasiel Puig

Kanye West, Steve McQueen unveil 'All Day / I Feel Like That' at LACMA

Nola, the rare northern white rhino, recovering at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

Malibu vintners fight to stop extension of ban on new vineyards

UC Irvine grad fatally overdosed on Ecstasy at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas

Hundreds of firefighters battle Palomar Mountain blaze

 More than 425 firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection continued to battle a brushfire in steep and virtually inaccessible terrain on Palomar Mountain on Saturday, with smoke visible in northern San Diego County and southern Riverside...

Earthquake: 3.0 quake strikes near San Luis Obispo

Judge blasts ICE, says immigrant children, parents in detention centers should be released

Special Olympics World Games open at L.A. Memorial Coliseum

Earthquake: Magnitude 4.2 quake strikes Inland Empire

Grading City Hall: How is L.A.'s city attorney doing so far?

In a series assessing the performance of elected officials in California, The Times is issuing report cards with letter grades to the top officials in City Hall. This week: City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Can a Dear Cal letter get you into Berkeley?

High school seniors vying for acceptance at UC Berkeley face daunting odds. Until about 50 years ago, Cal admitted any applicant with a B average in college-prep classes. As recently as 1985, the acceptance rate was above 50%. With a record 79,000 applicants in 2014, Berkeley now admits only 17%,...

GOP and Latinos: On immigration, history shows the way

On the question of immigration, the Republican Party is at a crossroads.

The consequences of a bad deal with Iran

President Obama has made an art form of attacking his opponents rather than substantively defending his own policies, most recently regarding the Vienna agreement on Iran's nuclear program. Essentially, Obama argues that we must either accept his wretched deal or go to war to prevent Iran from...

From the Archives: Patton and Doolittle return home

The Week in Pictures

Obama visits Kenya