The first of two pretrial hearings in the Michael Jackson child molestation case gets underway today in Santa Maria. A judge will consider a number of items crucial to the case. Meanwhile, Jackson's sister La Toya provides some new revelations.

A woman whose abduction was captured on videotape as she was leaving work at a Wal-Mart was found shot to death Friday, hundreds of miles away, police said.

The Robert Blake murder trial was adjourned early today because of the death of an attorney's relative.

California Hospital Medical Center hosted a grand opening celebration today for the first trauma center to open in Los Angeles in more than a decade.

A female acquaintance of comedian Bill Cosby has made an allegation against him that has prompted a police investigation in Pennsylvania, the entertainer's attorney said Thursday.

in Culver City and now investigators are trying to figure out a cause.

A Riverside teenager has testified that he helped dispose of the headless body of his mother and that his older half brother later confessed to the murder.

President Bush got a hearty "hoo-ah" from the crowd at Stop No. 1 on his 10-ball dance card, but it was Miss USA 2004 Shandi Finnessey who attracted an even lustier cheer at another inaugural soiree Thursday night.

Picasso artwork no longer is relegated strictly to art galleries for the well-heeled. Costco, the discount retailer, has sold a couple.

for allegedly stealing a pornographic video starring herself. I happened at a newsstand in West Hollywood.

A rally is scheduled in Inglewood today to condemn a jury's $2.4 million award to two police officers disciplined by that city for the rough, videotaped arrest of a handcuffed teenage boy at a gas station.

A college student whose abduction was captured on a surveillance videotape as she was leaving her clerk's job at a Wal-Mart was found shot to death Friday, and a suspect was arrested, authorities said.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell held a roundtable discussion with a dozen law enforcement agencies from Oregon and Washington today. They are looking for new ways to fight the abuse of methamphetamines.

The Portland Citizens Corps' was launched today. It will consist of volunteer citizens who can jump into action anytime there's a natural disaster or terrorist attack.

The Oregon Attorney General's office has completed its investigation of Neil and Diana Goldschmidt's connection to a state investment in the Texas Pacific Group.

WASHINGTON The government says Medicare's new prescription drug benefits rules could cut drug costs in half for most senior citizens.The final rules for the program...

Authorities say the the driver of a suspected stolen vehicle, possibly under the influence of meth, was hospitalized after crashing into another vehicle along Highland Drive in Gresham Friday morning.

The Job Doc advises an unemployed worker to view her skills as transferable and look in other fields for work. Also: English classes may help with accent... Tell employer upfront about wedding plans.

This week's correspondent muses on her different jobs in a myriad of corporate settings and how, each time she changed jobs, she also changed her uniform to suit the culture.

The financial gains of black and Latino workers are now declining, according to a new report by United for a Fair Economy. Also: Law firm charged with retirement bias... Employer monitoring gets mixed reviews.