now "the l.a. timess specific details of what was in that 30-page legal charge that the nba submitted to sterling and his lawyers. >> if that "l.a. times" report is accurate, it could damage his attempt to keep his team. the gist of it is with "the l.a. times" saying the nba charging documents saying sterling tried to persuade v. stiviano to tell the investigators that he was not responsible for that infamous audio tapes. stiviano said on may 2nd, sterling approached her and asked her to tell nba investigators that she lied in her previous meeting with the league, to say she had altered the tape and the voice on the tape was not his. we reached out to donald sterling's new at tenney to respond to the l.a. times report about the nba's charging documents. we have not heard back at all since we first tried to reach out to him. the times quotes an associate of donald sterling claiming this is all a smear by the nba, they're throwing mud up against the wall to see what sticks. also "the l.a. times," another p

we know in the "l.a. timeshave been employees who have said they don't want shelly sterling involved either, she's a horrible individual as well. i don't know how much ammunition they have in their investigative reporting to help push shelly along but on the outside looking in, it looks like a game to me. >> suzanne, the timeline is pretty specific. the sterlings have to respond to a legal brief submitted by the nba by may 27th then all of the owners are scheduled to meet june 3rd in new york. if 3/4 of them vote to terminate the sterling's ownership of the clippe clippers, it's over for them. >> the nba made it leer they want to move forward, that's going to happen no matter what kind of deal there is between the sterlings. what i think is interesting is the fact we heard from mark cuban yesterday, the dallas mavericks, the owner of the team, the thing he was most worried about is being a hypocrite. he said, you know, i've had bigoted thoughts as well, i cannot throw stones when i live in a glass house. i woul

where was the "l.a. times" reporting all of this? i guess you could say, dude, that was eight years ago. >> some of it was reported but it certainly wasn't -- there was no concerted effort by the media to call this guy out, because it's kind of your point, the lawsuits are considered borg but suddenly we have a tape and a woman, we don't know her first time. we find out it's vanessa. >> this had every ingredient to become a perfect media scandal. there also was something else. there's actually no controversy. there's incredible consensus. it seems as if there's nobody on the other side. everybody said something has to be done. there was a huge push to figure out a way to make him give up the clippers. i've never seen so much agreement around something like this. >> i think one of the reasons, mara, for that is we have just come off of the clive bundy scandal where he was, again, spewing racist comments. but there was no -- >> he's a guy no one had heard of. >> no one heard of him, howie. he has no power. here comes sterling. all of a

the "l.a. times" is reporting a sale of his team the l.a. clippers could be imminent.s comes less than 24 hours after sterling said he was going to take on the nba and, quote, fight to the bloody end to keep the team. the "l.a. times" however says there was a 2 p.m. deadline for bids and several were expected. there is speculation the team could go for $2 billion. that would more than triple the previous record for an nba team. >>> the odds were against them but you would never know it looking at their t-shirts. the inspiring way one bay area school is celebrating its success. now it's happened closer to home. the mystery surrounding hundreds of dead >> a major stink in. yeah. now it's happened closer to home. the mystery surrounding hundreds of dead fish. female narrator: through sunday, it's posturepedic through sunday, it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' interest-free financing. mattress price wars end sunday at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ teacher layoff

i'm michael hiltzik, business columnist at the l.a. times, and i blog for the l.a. imes at a page called the economy hug which you can find at latimes.com. i'm also the author of this book, "the new deal: a modern history," which the paperback edition of which came out last year and which you can get upstairs. as i mentioned, the three authors with us today have all taken these very different approaches to the financial crisis, but their books all have a common thread in that they address issues of financial industry regulation and history and the ways that incumbents in this big, sprawling financial industry have managed through the years through a combination of political influence, very well-funded lobbying and misdirection and deception to avoid the sort of regulation and oversight that would have been done much to avert the financial crisis of a few years ago and would do much to keep the same thing from happening again in the future. so on my left, though it's hard to be to my left too much -- [laughter] as some of you who have read my columns might know is nom

i remember publisher of the l.a. times. i call them up and said, i think there is dearth of good conservative commentary, particularly on issues that get people's attention. he said, you may be right. i will set you up. miraculously they offer me a chance to do two columns a week. in april it will be 30 years. it was among, if not the top syndicated column in america, but i never took no for an answer, never took rejection as the final will -- word. there is an old song, it is not where you start. it is where you finish. >> host: you mentioned that johnson is a liberal. >> guest: he is a liberal democrat committed to diversity and pluralism. i dedicated the book to him because he opened the door for me. my life changed because of him. i had dinner recently in atlanta with he and his wife. they had just great people. this is what has happened. no one knows anyone anymore, in washington especially. we are all liberal, conservative . we are all parts of groups, african-american, latino, man, gay, straight, whenever it is. no o

the l.a. times reports the nba claims he asked his girlfriend to tell investigators the recordings were altered and the boys was not his. also also says he offered to end a lawsuit between his wife and that he and his car for were not as estranged as.. he's given until tuesday to respond. his hearing will be june 3rd before the other owners vote on stripping his ownership. >> a new lawsuit against the nfl. the claims in the league sent them painkillers to keep them on the field. three players among eight of the clintons in a lawsuit also 500 and named plaintiffs claimed the nfl and its teams illegally and mistreated painkillers and did not warn players about side effects. the claim injuries were not properly diagnosed to keep them playing in the field. >> at some point someone should oversee and let the players know too much of this or too much of that could create some problems in the long term. these are the things that were not in place are not talk about at the time. >> six of the eight named pl

we've seen reporting from "l.a. times" one place there.sting here though is that throughout the beginning we heard adam silver say from the nba this was not about shelly and about donald and that he was the controlling owner, not shelly even though it was owned by the family's trust. so this would change things on how they would proceed. it seems to imply here that there is room for negotiation and just that she wants it done on her terms but the sale is very much in play because they know that this issue is not going to go away. >> dominique joins us once again. sports attorney. we heard from a lot of voices there are people who have said that nobody with the last name sterling should be involved with the clippers going forward and many are going to wonder is this just a clever work around of the situation so that donald sterling can still control the strings of the organization? >> i think this is an expedited resolution. the story does not surprise me at all. silver has a history for being someone who favors settlements. ever since his

according to the l.a. times, the nba claims sterling asked v. stiviano to say it wasn't sterling making the racist remarks on the tape. the other owners will vote. >> my confidence level is high that we are doing the right thing. i have the owners behind me. the timing is laid out in the nba constitution. we are following it to the letter in terms of numbers of days that mr. sterling has to respond and when the hearing will be held. i know we are doing the right thing here. >> sterling could ask for a three-month extension to respond. the nba will not give him that. they accused him of destroying evidence in the case. >>> actor michael jace is being held on the shooting death of his wife. the couple's two young sons are under the age of ten. they were coming home from little league practice. >> they were inside when the shots rang out. they were at least inside the home. they are now with family members. it's unfortunate that a domestic incident like this occurs. they lost their mom and now their dad is in jail and most likely will be in prison.

good george woods, a psychiatrist who specializes on mental health and the raw tells l.a. times he appears to have been in early phase of prepsychosis, a stage in which it's easy to seem normal. as for getting three guns others say that getting therapy does not prevent anyone from legally buying a firearm. >> that 22-year-old killed six people, three of them from here in the bay area. uc students found found stabbed to death inside of roger's apartment. we have live team coverage on the killer, victims and shooting. we're live in santa barbara county. >> beginning with leanne melenndez, live in fremont now. >> reporter: david went to fremont christian, the school today posted some very nice things about him. they also wrote we're praying for comfort and healing for his family. and friends. david wong graduated two years ago. that is his senior picture. >> when we heard that the young man was from freemmont we held our breath. and then, our head master dr. tricia mier said he had been a 2012 graduate. our hearts broke. >> wong played basketball and loved the sport the family live

derrick kennedy of "the l.a. timesrammy press event at the beverly hilton when the singer raised eyebrows at the hotel pool. >> one of the conversation i had with a grammy staffer was that security were getting calls from guests that she was doing hand stands by the pool. oh, that's pretty bizarre. >> and then there was this -- kennedy says houston smelled of cigarettes and alcohol when she burst in on her mentor, clive davis. >> come say hi to your godfather. come say hi to your god dad. >> i'm like oh my god, you're a mess right now. you're embarrassing yourself. i'm embarrassed for you. >> but the pop star appeared anything but dishevelled or disoriented later that night. whitney houston attended a pre-grammy party at this hollywood nightclub. and as she walked the red carpet, witnesses say she had it together and was on her best behavior. adam ambrose is a publicist for true hollywood. >> she walked along here withholding hands in fact with bobbi kristina. they both looked radiant. when they arrived, they were look

. >> the l.a. times, which first reported the details, quotes an associate of sterlings calling the nba claims a smear. today, v. stiviano, in a new interview with dr. phil contradicted the claims that he didn't know he was being recorded. >> did he know he was being recorded? >> absolutely, with his permission. >> the documents cast doubt. they say they're intertwined. one sports agent says this has to do with shelly's attempt to keep her share of the clippers. >> this is really an attempt by the nba to create a guilt by association context. not only are they still connected but ms. sterling shares the lease or was otherwise tacitly indifferent to the known accusations. >> they have been living apart for more than a year and both announce their intentions to divorce. in a statement, shelly continues to be unfairly tarnished by the words of sterling. >> and allegations on when the camp originally heard the audiotapes. >> the nba documents says that the then clippers president andy rossa received a copy o

the "l.a. times" is reporting is that in april things between donald sterling, v. stiviano started to have a little bit of friction there, and that he sold the tickets, she found out, through an employee of the clippers. that he was selling her box seats and her parking space for the game that night. they wanted to make sure there wouldn't be any issues and v. stiviano wrote back, i don't want anything from mr. sterling. shortly thereafter, the audio recording became available via tmz we all have now heard, his racist rant, so all of this showing the time line -- >> wait, stop there, that's a lot of information to digest. i want to be clear. the "l.a. times," stephanie, is saying perhaps the material of consequence here cited by the nba and that was destruction of evidence, deletion of text messages, actually might have pertained to this employee of the clippers who was text messaging with the girlfriend, let's just call her what she might be, the mystery, the girlfriend, the buddy, the friend, the e

and so -- >> he told the "l.a. timesthat -- perhaps it was inartful how he put it but he was trying to help you move on with your life and get beyond this. maybe perhaps he worded it inappropriately. that's to the "l.a. times," not to us. is that sufficient? >> maybe what he was trying to say was trying to help me. however, i don't think that was necessarily the right thing to say. i am -- i was the victim in this case. and here's the judge sitting abover else, basically looking down on me, telling me to forgive my rapist, unfathomable. >> you're remarried now. >> i am. >> you have children. was a little astounded when i heard this man is appealing. wasn't this a massive win for him? i mean, doesn't he risk appealing this case and being thrown in the slammer, especially now that there is this huge backlash? >> it is a massive risk. you can imagine, why would he want to do that. and yet, if you think about it, it wasn't a total win for him. he is a convicted sex offender. he does have a responsibility -- >> oh, no, i only

. >> that's interesting because she's spoken to the "l.a. times." the "l.a. times" article, brian, let me ask you to get information on this, i'll put it on the screen. her intention to hold onto the team is a wrinkle apparently not contemplated by nba officials when they moved to strip her estranged husband of ownership. how much of a potential problem is this if she wants to fight it assuming he doesn't fight it. he indicates he will fight. >> it he will fight. >> it she indicates she wants to hold onto the team and is half own sneer this could be a real potential problem. sources say she holds equal to the team of donald sterling and efforts to ban him and make him forfeit the ownership of his team, adam silver said this applies specifically to donald sterling and donald sterling's conduct only. that may be a loophole shelly sterling could exploit. you meant him an didn't mean me and i'm a co-owner of this team. that could be a loophole she could make to keep control of the team and maybe keep it in the family somehow and have that situation the nba clearly

on, and we'll see. >> michael, i think this is very interesting, that you wrote a piece for the l.a. timesope sterling fights the nba but for a very different reason. you want the nba to learn a lesson from this. how so? >> well, look, i think it's going to be very unhealthy if we allow the nba as a league to parade itself as though it's a force for progressivism and equality. look at donald sterling of the he's been an owner at the nba for 33 years. he's the longest serving owner. he's the dean of the ownership and they have condoned his speech and his actions for decades and decades and decades. and the fact of the matter is he was allowed to sort of sail under the radar for years because the clippers didn't matter in that league. and now here we are, the clippers matter for only the third time in all the years that he's been there, but really the first time in maybe forever, and now it matters. and for the nba to say, well, we're really shocked and we don't agree with this, and we don't -- this is not us, the fact of the matter is donald sterling was them for many, many years. >> louis,

shelly sterling has said to the "l.a. times" she believes she's legally entitled to maintain the ownership. apparently she says that the sanctions that donald sterling was given by adam silver and the nba apparently do not apply to me or my family. this is apparently a wild card the nba officials according to the league officials spoken to at the time did not anticipate >> donald sterling has v factor on one hand and "x-factor" with his wife. >> he won't have any friends. >> here's the thing. she can hold every press conference she wants. >> daytime television. >> oh. sorry. >> need some more coffee. just got that one. we were arguing about this. she can hold a press conference and release a statement and say, i am a co-owner, however, that doesn't necessarily make her one. >> you can be a co-owner of the money, not the privilege. co-owner of the money, lady. >> it's all about the money and all about the taxes. they don't want to pay taxes on this. he's giving it to her so they don't have to pay the taxes, right? >> wouldn't it

by wednesday morning, nothing "new york times" in the, the "l.a. times "wall street journal," "washington post" had it an a-17. then we started to see, "cbs this morning" covered it on wednesday morning with bill plante who came out with a balanced piece saying this could be this or it could be that. >> "the new york times" then the next day -- >> a-8. >> published a two-day-old story. let me move you to the brett bear interview, talking about the editing of the talking points. well, let's take another look. >> did you also change attacks to demonstrations in the talking points? >> maybe. i don't really remember. >> you don't remember? >> dude, this was like two years ago. we're still talking about the most mundane process. >> dude, it is the thing everybody is talking about. >> dude. >> come on, tommy. my 14-year-old son doesn't say the word dude anymore. second of all, props to brett for coming right back at him and saying, dude, this is important. it spawned a hash tag on social media, #dude. i think really what this shows, he comes on fox news and th

"the l.a. times" reports a group of los angeles investors teamed with a former nba star, grant hill, and offered $1.2 billion to the team. no word on the value of the other bid. now, even if she does reach a deal with one of the groups, shellie sterling still needs to get her estranged husband to agree to the sale and persuade 75% of nba owners to sign off on it. the initial offer for the team is amazing, considering donald sterling purchased the clippers in '81 for $12.5 million. if the current offer is accepted, it will more than double the highest price ever paid for an nba team. milwaukee bucks were recently purchased for $550 million. >>> one of the future hosts of the world cup is issuing a dress code. just released this ad campaign telling fans who attend the 2022 world cup they will need to dress modestly. that means being covered up from the shoulders to the knees. men's wearing shirts at all times and women not wearing leggings as pants. the small middle eastern nation is trying to make sur

stuart: the l.a. timesays people lifesaving up for health care so they got less to spend in stores. that is another negative indicator for the economy in the future. >> it sure is but i don't think the l.a. times is very insightful. i used to write for them. i was on board of contributing member, they are fun people and live in sunshine but they don't understand this stuff. what you find, it is not that they are saving, worried about the future. obamacare is the very serious problem. you are going to see all sorts of problems exploding out of obamacare, you will lose your doctor, your hospital, all these things, concierge service comes through and then you get the irs. the monica crowley section you have here was just brilliant. if you look at irs people, they want to please their bosses and what better way to please barack obama than to go after his enemies or his opponents. in the white house with nixon, it goes to the white house. believe me it does because they wanted to. stuart: we have got to prove it

journalist ron sobel covered the tax revolt for the l.a. times. inflation of the 197os translated into the unescapable fact that many california homeowners were paying more in property taxes or faced paying more in property taxes than the actual mortgages on their homes. many of these people were older individuals on fixed incomes, who, had this not carried, certainly would have lost their homes. they couldn't meet their tax payments. at the polls, proposition 13 easily passed, with 65% of the vote. and the tax revolt was in the national limelight. the victory for proposition 13 is the opening battle in a new american revolution. we have a new revolution against the arrogant politicians and insensitive bureaucrats whose philosophy of tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend, elect, elect, and elect is bankrupting we the american people, and the time has come to put a stop. how did proposition 13 affect local government services? los angeles city council president, pat russell. we cut our property tax by 2/3-- that was $200 million out of our budget-- ju

you might have heard of some of these, according to the "l.a. times," earlier this month he was at the cannes film festival in france where he crawled under actress america ferrara's dress. he had a pair of run-ins with stars in 2013. you might remember in 2012, he reportedly kissed will smith or at least tried to at the moscow premiere of "men in black: 3." i think will smith gave him a good flug for that one. >> for sure. >>> it took just over ten hours for one kick starter campaign to get more than $1 million in funding. >> $400 now. 30 seconds. yeah! >> those are the campaign backers, lavar burton and mark wolf celebrating the milestone has it happened. burton is well known of the host of the former tv show, now tablet app, "reading rainbow," and of course was on "star trek" for many years. this will help the online version of the show available to more children. the campaign continued to raise money overnight. it's at now more than $1.5 million. >>> well, rapper snoop lion, joe montana, and other big-name celebrities will host a benefit in san fr

the "l.a. times." >> reporter: sterling asked the former girlfriend to lie and tell the nba it was not sterling on the tape. she talked with dr. phil about the recordings . >> were disclosures made when you were recording him? and she gave variable answers to that. sure he knew. did i tell him every time? no. >> dr. phil said stiviano became emotional when she talked about her relationship and sterling and maintains she was just an assistant. >>> happening today in san jose, growing outrage over a decision to release a convicted rapist to southern california brings upset neighbors to northern california. kpix 5's keit do is at the santa clara county courthouse and protestors are arriving from l.a. county for this morning's hearing. kiet. >> reporter: yeah. those neighbors have made the 350-mile journey here to the hall of justice in downtown san jose trying to plead with the judge not to release this man into their neighborhood. this is a very vocal group of moms, elected officials and former rape vi

i remembered that tom was publisher of the l.a. times at the time, and i called him up, and i said, tom, i think there's a dearth of good, conservative commentary, particularly on the social and cultural issues that get people's attention. he said, you may be right. next time you come out to l.a., let me know, and i'll set you up with my syndicate people. they miraculously, i would say, offered me a chance to do two columns a week, and in april it'll be 30 years. and at one time -- i don't know where it is now, how many papers, but it was among the top syndicated columns in america. i never took no for an answer. i never took rejection as the final word. and there's an old song that barbara cook sings among others, it's not where you start, it's where you finish. >> host: and, in fact, you mentioned in "what works" that johnson is a liberal. >> guest: yeah. he's a liberal democrat. but he's a real committed to diversity and pluralism. i dedicated the book to him because he opened the door for me. my life changed because of him. i had din

restaurant congratulated him in the l.a. times. >> the lakers? >> no, it was the clippers. the lakers missed the playoffs in the worst season in history. >> yeah, put up your lands like that guy. and los angeles scoring five goals on just 30 shots, beating chicago 6-2. now tied 1-1 in the western conference final. >>> to the ballpark, tied in extra inings. watch the pitcher's left hand, he started and stopped the pitching motion, which allowed runners to advance. watch. >> oh. >> on a miscue by albuquerque, let's take another look, yes, he did. >> he flinched. >> did he? >> yep. he stopped. >> close. >> and because of that, they called a ball. runner walks in, cleveland beats detroit, 11-10. and another gaffe. you see golfer g eer rory mcilr. and -- >> it's off? >> yes, invitations sent, he gets cold feet, calls off the wedding. they are now splitsville. >> i wonder if there's more to that. i have a feeling there is. >>> california chrome gets his first belmont workout after getting the green light on his nasal strips. winning belmont, as you know, will make him the first t

sterling telling the "l.a. times" that the sanctions against donald sterling should not apply to her or her family. nba banned donald sterling for life fining him $2.5 million for racist comments he made. he may have to sell the team. >>> baseball legend tommy lasorda had something to say about the controversy engulfing his friend donald sterling. >> he shouldn't have said it and, uhm, he just hurt himself by -- by -- by talking too much and doing things that he shouldn't be doing. and i'll tell you, i don't wish that girl any bad luck, but i hope she gets hit with a car. >> lasorda commented on the matter while in florida this week picking up an honorary degree. >>> outraged parents crowded an emergency school board meeting in southern california after students were given a controversial writing assignment on the holocaust. 8th graders at the rialto unified school district were asked to write an essay on whether they believed the holocaust really happened. the district withdrew the assignment as inappropriate. >> fo

restaurant congratulates the lakers on a great playoff run in the l.a. times. it's the clippers. n't do anything. they missed the playoffs in their worst season in history. not those guys. >>> no mistakes for l.a.'s hockey team. down 2-0, los angeles scores an amazing five goals on just 30 sh shots. they beat chicago 6-2, now tied 1-1 in the western conference finals. folks in west liking that one. >>> to the ballpark, bases loaded. tied in extra innings. watch the pitcher's left hand here. by the rules, he started and stopped the pitching motion which allows runners to advance. >> on a miscue by albuquerque, take another look yes, he did. he flinched. he started and then stopped. >> his left hand moving, cleveland beats detroit 11-10. >>> another gaffe. golfer rory mcilroy bogeys his budding nuptials to tennis star carolyn wozniacki. he calls off the wedding, he says he just was not ready. they are now splitsville. >>> california chrome gets his first belmont workout after getting the green light on his nasal strips. winning belmont, as you probably know, will make him the first

author of three best selling book, you've written forth "new york times", l.a. timeswhere you are reporting on the nsa scandal and the ed snowden leak. just won the pulitzer prize for public service. (applause) and a post award for national security reporting. your new book is called no place to hide, edward snowden, the nsa and the-- surveillance state, are you looking for a place to hide? >> i'm in the. >> stephen: really? >> but if i were, there would be no one in this surveillance state, the title actually comes from frank church who investigated the surveillance state in the mid 70s and found something nobody knew which is that the nsa was collecting enormous amounts of communications. and what he said was this is an extraordinarily dangerous machine that has been building, if it ever turned around and aimed at the american people there would be no place to hide. a very mainstream democratic senator who served in world war 2 and to that's the title of the book becauses that is in fact what happened is the nsa has turned its apparatus on americans as well as the r

the l.a. times donald sterling asked v stiviano to lie about the racist allegations, as you well know. the documents regarding why sterling should be able to sell his team. the documents say that not only did it accuse him of asking stiviano to lie, but before it went public he ordered a staffer to erase it. so here now with me, l.a. times jim rainy who helped to break the story wide open. and i broke this story first this morning. jim, let's talk about specifically what you have on sterling as far as what he told v. stiviano? >> well, what we have is this declaration that was made by the chief investigator, david anders for the nba. and what he said was he talked to stiviano, and kind of amazingly, she said at this four seasons hotel, donald sterling is there with her. and the two of them meet in the conference room. and he allegedly tells her that hey, let's just tell everybody now that is not my voice on the tape and let's doctor the tape and kind of smooth this thing over. in addition he tries t

that's according to the "l.a. times." balmer's offer sets a record for an nba team. almost 4 times the previous high sale price. balmer wins an intense bidding war with some big names including oprah, just days before the nba's voting to force donald sterling and his wife to sell the team. sterling was banned from the league for life because of racist comments. his wife has taken the reins of negotiating a sale but sterling himself has vowed to fight for his team. we'll have more on the sale coming up tonight at 6:00. >>> we keep hearing that we need to conserve water but this is what we are dealing with in one part of the bay area, the only source of drinking water is bone dry. mark sayre is in morgan hill tonight where the options are extremely limited. >> reporter: elizabeth, most of the bay area gets its water from a variety of sources including the high sierra and plays like lake shasta but here in southern santa clara county they get it from only one place, the ground. the restrictions on watering in morgan hill are severe. outdoor areas can be watered only on m

. >>> a new report from "the l.a. times finds colorado's neighboring states are frustrated over a new wave of marijuana traffic. law enforcement officials in nebraska county say they have seen a sharp rise in marijuana trafficking busts since colorado legalized pot. >>> new jersey governor chris christie thanking a woman for a comment she made at a town hall event. take a listen. >> you're a much smaller person. i believe everyone should know that. >> yeah, well, thank you. it's -- let's not be totally unfair. i am much smaller now than i used to be. so i used to -- i used to be bigger. i'm getting smaller. yeah, i know, my wife told me i have to get more new suits. >> well, the governor also tweeted out the video clip saying to the woman from today's town hall that gave me this compliment, thank you, and my wife agrees. >>> toronto mayor rob ford, a new candidate is in town. porn star nikki benz ran into a little red tape but tried to formally to run for mayor wednesday. she is using the slogan "trade in your ford for a be

according to the "l.a. times" steve balmer offered $2 billion for the team. that potential sale comes five days ahead of an nba hearing to oust the sterling family from its ownership after audio recordings involving disgraced team owner donald sterling. the tentative deal needs approval from sterling as well as the 29 other nba owners. >>> injured giants fan bryan stow is taking on the l.a. dodgers in civil court claiming team security failed to protect him and prevent the beating that left him with permanent brain damage. stowe was in court during jury selection but didn't attend today's opening statements. his suit claims he and his friends were talk abounted beca they were giants fans and there was no usher in his section. his attorney also claims two security guards assigned to the parking lot where stowe was attacked were absent. the dodgers maintain the team had its largest security force ever for opening day. stowe's two attackers were sentenced to prison earlier this year. >>> keeping an eye on crime in the east bay, a new proposal to install surveill

. ♪ hey >>> leading the news in the l.a. timesleashed as friendship with stiviano fraye ee frayed. sterling's racist rant was posted on tmz 16 days later. >>> in the clus bum dispatcolum dispatch, betty white and jack hanna help cut the ribbon for a new exhibit at the columbus zoo which will house 150 animals from 20 species. that will be fun. >>> other stories we're watching here for you, people in jordan are preparing to welcome the pope on saturday. it will be be the first stop on his tour of the holy land, one that also includes israel and palestine. tennessee is bringing back the electric chair, the state's governor signing it into law yesterday. it will be allowed if the drugs used for lethal injection are not available. and those drugs are currently in short supply nationwide. tennessee last used the electric chair in 2007. >>> you can never get enough of these. an american soldier surprises his kids at school after almost a year overseas. his daughters cannot contain -- >> they're never letting go. >> they leap into their

l.a. times reports the findings of an nba investigation. sterling asked to tell investigators the recordings were altered and that the voice was not his. in the report also says sterling and his wife were not as strange as they appear. i know we're doing the right thing here. it is unprecedented proceeding. >> the nba is giving sterling until tuesday to respond to the allegations. he can defend themselves at a hearing. a controversial ordinance that would of a bullying a crime. penalties for the proposed ordinance included a fine and court ordered counsel. when stories of police kids something needs to be done. residents who opposed the measure says parents should be measuring their parents' behavior and the law makers. continues to enjoy the 15 minutes of fame. >> you can see a four year-old boy get attacked by a dog and that is when the cat jumps in and scared the dog away. got to talk the first pitch of a minor league baseball game. the plan was to have the cat hit a ball on the strength. that apparently did not work. what is on board wi

the "l.a. times" reports stirring asked the former girlfriend to lie and tell the nba it was not sterling on the tape. she talked with dr. phil about the recordings. >> were disclosures made when you were recording him? and she gave variable answers to that. sure he knew. did i tell him every time? no. >> dr. phil said stiviano became emotional when she talked about her relationship and sterling and maintains she was just an assistant. >>> concord police trying to identify and catch a groper. this is a sketch of the suspect. police say he is probably a teenager 5'6" short black hair. he ran up to at least three women on a walking path and grabbed them from behind and then runs off. it happened once in march and twice earlier this month. >>> terrible. i wish our development in the park would post flyers and tell the residents. >> today she plans to make sure the community homeowners association knows about it. >>> new this morning, a southern california city has rejected a plan that would have crimina

the "l.a. times" has obtained a 30-page document listing allegations the league will use to try to remove sterng ve ster owner. they accuse him of destroying evidence and providing false and misleading information. sterling and his wife are not estranged and according to the report, the woman at the center of the controversy, was asked by sterling to lie to the nba saying it wasn't his voice on the recordings. now the commissioner adam silver couldn't avoid the controversy while speaking with reporters saying he is beyond angry over sterling's racist remarks. >> i know we're doing the right thing here. this is an unprecedented proceeding. will there be bumps in the road? presumably yes. mr. sterling, on one hand at least in his cnn interview indicated a willingness to accept the judgment of his owner-parters, niz lawyers are saying otherwise. >> sterling has until next tuesday to respond to the nba charge that's he violated the teeing's constitution. the hearing officially begins on june 3rd. >>> cra

shelley sterling and her representatives spoke with the "l.a. times" yesterday. she said the sanctions against her husband donald sterling should not apply to her or her family. reactions among the fans are mixed. >> no wife, no children, in my opinion, i feel like we need to step in and just cut all ties with donald sterling, hit refresh. >> as long as the players and everybody else associated with the team are okay with it, i'm okay with it. >> the nba banned donald sterling for life, fined him $2.5 million because of a racist comment he made. the league is now trying to force him to sell the team. >>> a mountain lion is back in the wild this morning after he wandered into a mountain view apartment complex. the big cat known as 46m was captured and tranquilized tuesday. he is part of a research project at uc-santa cruz. the biologist who put a tracking collar on him in january was the same man who tranquilized the big cat. >> there we see him cross 280, then the los altos hills, and then he starts, you know, moving around into downtown mountain view. >> biologi

a photo of him in the "l.a. times" went viral. he says he was shocked when a photographer actually showed up. >> and i see that the flames are coming up this way and the fire department's there doing their job, and the fire department leaves to go do something else. so i grab the hose and i just keep everything wet down and so forth. so i'm down there about 6:30, i want to say. this gentleman comes up, starts taking pictures. i said, i hope you're not going to get me in trouble taking off these pictures. i thought he was from the sheriff's department, the fire department saying you can't be here, whatever, so forth. he says, no, no, no. just taking pictures, i'm from the "l.a. times." i said, fine. i'm just going to do my job. >> his job, save his home. firefighters battling those california wildfires in fact as you heard eandra say, could geta break today. >> yes shgyes, put into perspec strong santa ana winds and the recipe for these incredible wildfires we've seen. one of the driest years in california we've seen pand the offsh

good george woods, a psychiatrist who specializes on mental health and the raw tells l.a. times appears to have been in early phase of prepsychosis, a stage in which it's easy to seem normal. as for getting three guns others say that getting therapy does not prevent anyone from legally buying a firearm. >> that 22-year-old killed six people, three of them from here in the bay area. uc students found found stabbed to death inside of roger's apartment. we have live team coverage on the killer, victims and shooting. we're live in santa barbara county. >> beginning with leanne melenndez, live in fremont now. >> reporter: david went to fremont christian, the school today posted some very nice things about him. they also wrote we're praying for comfort and healing for his

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