HOUR STORY: Arch builder worries plans will turn grounds into 'carnival'

Even 45 years after construction finished, Dean Sample has some pretty forceful opinions about his famous creation. For starters, it sure doesn't need an amphitheater. And forget about all those pedestrian bridges. Gondolas? Yeah, right.

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #5171

NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report #5171

Elyria, Lorain school ratings stay put

Student achievement has not grown by leaps and bounds in the two largest school districts in the county, but officials from Lorain and Elyria are finding positives in state test scores that are similar to those of the 2008-09 school year. Today, the state grades for every Ohio school district will be released. Unofficially, many local [...]

Woman fatally shoots husband, self at Las Vegas hospital

A woman went to Valley Hospital Medical Center this morning and fatally shot her husband, who was a patient at the hospital, then turned the gun on herself, Metro Police said this morning. Officers responded at 4:51 a.m to the hospital at 620 Shadow Lane, near Alta Drive and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

Council rejects West Beach festival

The West Beach Music and Arts Festival was walked to the brink of death last night by the Santa Barbara City Council. But just as the popular three-day event took its last breath, it was revived … on East Beach.