The Race for Governor: How Do the Candidates Stack Up So Far?
Arnold Schwarzenegger still has more than a year left in office, and it's hard to imagine why anyone would want his job. But the candidates running to replace him in the 2010 election are off and running -- and a new poll shows how they're doing. How is the field shaping up?
Former Prisoner Wins Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement
Earlier this year, we reported on a petty thief who spent years locked in solitary confinement after California prison officials determined he was a member of a violent prison gang. Throughout his time in solitary, Ernesto Lira insisted he was never a member of any gang. He sued the Department of Corrections over mental disorders he says he developed behind bars. Lira had his day in court -- and won.
Turning Points: Otis Charles
In the next chapter of our Turning Points series, we meet a man of the cloth who for many, many years had a secret he kept from all but his closest friends and colleagues.
CD Review: "Where The Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968"
Two years ago, the folks at Rhino Records released a CD set focusing on music from the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s. Now they're putting the spotlight on the Los Angeles scene of that same era. Pop music critic Steve Hochman says the lavish four-disc package is as sprawling, scattered and electrifying as the region itself.