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UCLA chancellor rebukes law school event with 9/11 'mastermind' attorney; organizers push back

After a UCLA law school symposium on 9/11 that featured an attorney who represented alleged 9/11 'mastermind' Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk issued a rare message distancing the university from the event. Event organizers and law school faculty pushed back on Frenk's criticism.

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California is changing its license plate sequence for the first time since the 1980s

California has officially run out of the 1980s-era license plate sequence. Here's what the new one will be.

WATCH: David Muir sharers 9|11 tribute of drones illuminating NYC skyline with Twin Towers

Thousands of drones illuminated lower Manhattan, with one light for each person lost on the day of the September 11th attacks. David Muir shares how the breathtaking drone show came together.

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Domestic disturbance triggers SWAT response at Irvine home. Suspect flushed out with tear gas

A family disturbance in Irvine triggered a SWAT response Friday morning as Irvine Police engaged in an hours-long standoff with a 32-year-old man who was eventually flushed out of a two-story home using tear gas.

Order to build thousands of housing units on the VA's West LA campus stands on appeal

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a federal judge's order requiring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to build 2,550 units of housing on its West Los Angeles campus. A three-judge panel rejected the VA's request to have its appeal heard by the full 9th Circuit.