Los Angeles Daily News

California's housing production fell 22 percent in 2006, the second consecutive annual decline as the state's residential real estate market endured its toughest time in years, a trade association reported....

Foreclosure activity soared an annual 145.3 percent across California in the fourth quarter of 2006, reaching its highest level since 1998, but still below average, an industry tracker reported. In...

Less than a year ago, few Americans had heard of Corinne Bailey Rae. Today, the world is at her feet. In the past few months alone, the 27-year-old Rae has...

Norah Jones "NOT TOO LATE" While much of Norah Jones' third album of songs tinged with pop, soul, folk and country elements is formulaic, some numbers rise above mildness. On...

Grammy-winner Alicia Keys is a class act by any measure. It was inevitable that the New York prodigy would get movie offers. But instead of starting out as a nice...

Who's in it: Joe Arquette, Patricia Mota What it's about: A young Mexican, Jesus Feliciano (Arquette), enlists in the Marines to get citizenship and returns from Iraq unable to distinguish...

The Bird and the Bee THE BIRD AND THE BEE RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS The Bee in this nest is Inara George. With her quavery, honey tone, George--the daughter of...

Wincing the Night Away THE SHINS RATING: 3 SOUND LEVELS The indie film hit "Garden State" brought the Shins above ground. The Portland, Ore., quartet's sometimes-uneven third album, due Tuesday,...

Sick of reality shows starring C-list celebrities? You're in luck. A&E is giving the not famous sons of celebrities their own reality show. "Sons of Hollywood" features Randy Spelling, son...

Martin Scorsese received his seventh Directors Guild of America award nomination this week for "The Departed." He will compete against the directors of "Babel," "Dreamgirls," "Little Miss Sunshine" and "The...