The teen chefs of the Oakwood School have honed their palates while mastering the cutting board, the grill, and the range. But can they pull off the most important meal of their lives?

Arnold Schwarzenegger came into the governor's office with the same sparkly bravado that fueled his leap from Mr. Universe to Mr. Terminator. He was going to shake things up and lead California back to greatness. What happened?

When a porn star and a college student driving through the San Fernando Valley fell into conflict, a Bangladeshi American family suffered the consequences.

Since its founding in 1923, Temple Beth Israel in Highland Park has quietly held on, at times just barely. For one lapsed believer, the struggle to keep L.A.’s second oldest synagogue alive has become a test of faith.

In the Democrats, he's found an enemy more formidable than a planet full of apes. He may well have swung the election toward Bush. How did the veteran actor become Hollywood's most effective political activist?