A group of high-paid University of California executives are petitioning for increases in retirement benefits that amount to tens of millions of dollars, threatening legal action if the regents do not fulfill an agreement made more than 10 years ago. Read more...

After nearly 17 years of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the Senate voted on Saturday to repeal the policy that bans openly gay men and women from serving in the military. Read more...

Future UC employees will see a less generous retirement package with the adoption of a comprehensive new plan by the University of California Board of Regents during a special meeting on Monday. Read more...

Joshua Elder just wanted a night off from studying. Like most of the more than 71,000 people who were at the Rose Bowl, Elder did not know about the 40-person brawl that broke out in Lot 1 just three hours before kick off. He did not know two people had been stabbed or three people had been arrested. And he did not know he had the same name as a suspect. Read more...