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Police investigate a threat made to the East Los Angeles College campus which prompted an evacuation on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

A Los Angeles man was arrested when he showed up at a local park for an alleged tryst with a girl he met online, police announced Wednesday.

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2013 issue. Check out our entire People 2013 issue here.

Barnes Park at the corner of South Ramona and Harding avenues will be filled on Sunday with people partaking in the fun and food at the 15th annual Los Angeles Taiwanese American Heritage Festival.

The 7.73-square-mile city is celebrating its 97th birthday in a four-day celebration that will kick off Thursday.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art presents a new outreach initiative that brings an array of interactive art and film programming to nine communities in Southern California, including Redlands, San Bernardino, Altadena, Monterey Park, Hacienda Heights, Montebello, Compton, Inglewood, and Torrance.

Whether you are an enthusiastic supporter of the Affordable Care Act or among its harshest critics, at least one thing about health care costs is unarguable: The financial and bureaucratic labyrinth of charges and fees and insurance coverage is impenetrable, infuriating and sometimes devastating for millions of Americans.

Newly released Medicare data shows big differences in fees for the most common medical procedures from one hospital to another.

THE LOCAL NEWS PAGE. ? "RUTH TO THE RESCUE" IS LOOKING AT A NEW REPORT TONIGHT THAT SHOWS THE DISPARITY ON HOSPITAL FEES.

Hospitals within Marin sometimes charge tens of thousands of dollars more for the same treatment - a common occurrence in cities and counties across the country, according to data the government released publicly for the first time Wednesday.

District attorney's officials Wednesday honored two Monterey Park men who took on a hammer-wielding robber, a Claremont woman who chased and helped capture a burglar who broke into her neighbor's home and a Palmdale man who helped capture a man who was attacking his girlfriend in Sunland.

For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, shown here in an April hearing, says new data will empower health care consumers.

WASHINGTON Hospitals will now be required to tell patients how much they charge for procedures, a move federal officials hope will spark competition and lower costs.

David Fung, left, and Andrew Fung, right, have helped create a kind of local Asian ethnic pride, with Matthew Hui, center, at Hui's Fluff Ice shop in Monterey Park, Calif.

Welcome to Meanwhile, In SGV a regular feature in which TC, our fearless leader in all things San Gabriel Valley, brings word of restaurant openings, closings, and other unsung, curious neighborhood goings on.

At 10:44 a.m., Monterey Park police got word that a Honda Accord was stolen from the 300 block of Gladys Avenue.

SAN MARINO, Calif.>> Beneath the palm trees that line Huntington Drive, named for the railroad magnate who founded this Southern California city, hang signs to honor families who have helped sponsor the centennial celebration here this year.

A recent study ranked areas in La Canada Flintridge in the top six to 10 percent of the most polluted areas in state.