Water agency may tie its cash to lawn-watering rulesWhen daylight saving time arrives Sunday, it triggers a change in lawn-watering rules that a state water agency really wants local communities to enforce. And now, it’s thinking about making the ones who don’t enforce those rules pay for their choice.

From his sickbed, Garfield High legend is still deliveringJaime Escalante, 79, the math teacher who was the basis for the 1988 film 'Stand and Deliver,' is battling cancer. But he still has some lessons to impart. There was a time in East Los Angeles when el maestro's gruff voice bounced off his classroom walls. He roamed the aisles, he juggled oranges, he dressed in costumes, he punched the air; he called you names, he called your mom, he kicked you ...

Man dies after jumping into Chicago River to elude policeA man died tonight after he jumped into the south branch of the Chicago River to elude police, officials said. The man, believed to be in his early 20s, was rushed to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 8:16 p.m., according to hospital spokesman Marcel Bright.