SPECIAL SERIES:  Under The Influence - Money and Politics.

The WikiLeaks fracas: terrorism or journalism? Whistle-blowing or gossip? And so forth.

Sarah Palin's new reality show, the deficit commission, and non-evil Republican plot to ban earmarks.

Boxer declares victory over Carly Fiorina, Karl Rove, and others

PODCAST: Reviewing California's propositions and races across the country. 

What else? Obama's USC speech! Plus: Midterms!

Obama's trip to USC is but a taste of what's to come: low expectations.

Carmen Trutanich is the Los Angeles City Attorney.

L.A.'s city attorney explains his outsider status and his relationship with City Council.

Midterm elections, the war in Afghanistan, and Facebook takes over the internet.

Brown v. Whitman v. Allred and documentary v. teachers unions.

PODCAST: Republican pledge to America; health care reform's first awkward steps.

Hemp Con

But you can buy a sick skull-shaped bong and some Krunk Wic.

Kanye West gets all Jack Kerouac on us.

Former governors Gray Davis, George Deukmejian, and Jerry Brown

Brown visited L.A. to honor the California Conservation Corps and to generally not campaign for Governor.

AT&T MicroCell

For just $150, you too can turn your regular old cell phone into a cell phone that makes phone calls.

Residents of a poor village in South Africa seem hopeful about their new, free homes. But how will this change their lifestyle?

The World Cup is on t.v. at a popular hang-out in South Africa, but the locals would rather eat, flirt, drink and dance.