Good morning -- here's what's happening 5.20.08
Fourteen people were injured, five of them critically, after a massive gas explosion at a waterfront San Diego hotel that is under construction. Richard Marosi and Tony Perry explain what happened.
Rehab services and community jails for low-risk offenders -- that's the gist of a proposal to settle the federal lawsuit brought against California's overcrowded prisons. It took six months of talks to get here, and still needs the OK of lots of different groups and agencies before it's a done deal. The upside -- no early release. But where's the money going to come from? Michael Rothfeld has the details.
Snooping into celeb medical files is a decades-old cottage industry, says Andrew Blankstein.
Ex-LAPD officer gets a 102-year sentence for his role in a robbery ring. Scott Glover was there.
Police and witnesses continue to argue over the events leading up to the shooting of an unarmed man in Long Beach on Sunday. The latest news -- the city's mental health team wasn't called to the scene. Deborah Schoch has the story.
Turns out even luxury home prices are heading south -- one Newport Beach enclave sees a drop of 34%. Peter Y. Hong runs the numbers.
It'll be the San Antonio Spurs against the Lakers tomorrow night in Game One of the Western Conference finals. AP via LAT.
Film directing -- still a man's world, says Patrick Goldstein. (And a white man's world, at that.)
Now that the state Supreme Court has ruled to make same-sex marriage legal in California, religious congregations are wrestling with the issue.
James Frey, "the most notorious writer in America", talks to Scott Timberg.
-- Veronique de Turenne
Photos: Associated Press
