The damage to U.S. efforts against Al-Qaeda operatives has been severe, officials say, and the identities of local agents are considered compromised.

A third trial began Wednesday in the case of Cameron Brown, who prosecutors say led his young daughter on a “dangerous hike” in Rancho Palos Verdes 15 years ago and then flung her off a steep, jagged cliff and into the ocean.

Rail lines go in, housing prices go up. A Metro proposal would try to mitigate that.