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A man in his 40s was shot to death early Tuesday moing in Long Beach’s Zaferia neighborhood, according to authorities. Officers responded to the 1600 block of Hile Avenue around 4:45 a.m. when they got a call about a shooting that had just happened and ended with someone lying in the street, police said. When they arrived, officers found a man with a gunshot wound to the upper torso, Long Beach police spokesman Sgt. Brad Johnson said. The man was unresponsive, according to police. A Long Beach Fire Department crew determined the man was dead, Johnson said. Police said the shooting is still under investigation, and it’s unclear at this point if it was gang-related. No arrests have been made....

From Hollywood to Westchester, fans honored the legendary life of Mexican superstar Juan Gabriel with music, candles and flowers. The Hollywood Walk of Fame became a shrine to the late singer-songwriter on Monday, with large floral arrangements, balloons and candles lining the street. • RELATED VIDEO: Juan Gabriel fans sing his songs at mortuary in Westchester The Hollywood Historic Trust, an arm of the Chamber of Commerce, placed flowers at Gabriel’s star at 7060 Hollywood Blvd. at 10 a.m. The massive memorial to the singer continued to grow throughout the day. Ana Martinez, a spokesperson for the Walk of Fame, posted a simple message on Twitter saying “may he rest in peace.” • RELATED PHO...

Panic apparently sparked by loud noises sent thousands of harried, screaming passengers scurrying out of Terminal 8 at LAX Sunday night, prompting chaos outside and gridlock in the Central Terminal Area and nearby roads. Los Angeles Airport police said fears of an active shooter in the terminal were unfounded. No shots were fired and no injuries were reported. The incident reportedly began because of loud noises in one of the terminals, according to a police advisory. Andy Neiman, LAPD commanding officer for media relations, said an investigation was underway to find the source of the loud noises. • Social Media: Here’s how people reacted on Twitter to the chaos at LAX after unfounded repor...

Long Beach police are investigating after a parked car in a West Long Beach neighborhood was struck by gunfire early Friday moing. Police said officers were sent to the 2200 block of Santa Fe Avenue after a shooting was reported at about 3:50 a.m. When they arrived, the officers discovered nobody was injured and only the car was hit, Long Beach police spokesman Sgt. Brad Johnson said. The shooter fled on foot and has not been arrested, police said. Investigators don’t know at this point if the shooting was gang related, Johnson said. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

NORCO >> With Darth Vader and company claiming their old ranch, Disneyland’s horses may head to a new home not so far, far away … in Horsetown USA. The Walt Disney Co. is proposing to build a horse training facility in Norco where it can prep animals for its Anaheim-based resort. Melissa Britt, communications manager for Disneyland Resort, said employees were notified late Wednesday about plans to relocate roughly 16 draft horses from a temporary home in Anaheim to 2961 Valley View Ave. in Norco. According to an application submitted to the city this month, the 5.3-acre site — dubbed Circle D Ranch as an homage to a long-standing corral at Disneyland — would include horse, hay and carr...

Califoia legalizing recreational marijuana could grow the industry there to $6.5u2009billion in 2020 — and also serve as a “watershed moment” for the industry in and outside the United States, according to a report released Tuesday. Market research firms ArcView and Newu2009Frontier delved into Califoia’s massive and uniquely complicated caabis industry to project its direction and what may be in store if voters pass Propositionu200964 in November. If the Adult Use of Marijuanau2009Act succeeds and is implemented by 2018, Califoia’s legal marijuana sales likely will climb by $1.6u2009billion within the first year, according to the ArcView and Newu2009Frontier market report. That would put t...

Investigators are exploring a gang coection to a house party in Granadau2009Hills, where rapper Kid Cali was shot and killed, the Losu2009Angeles Police Department said Monday. “There is definitely some sort of gang coection to this case, but I don’t know if Kid Cali was involved, whether it was the party or the participants,” LAPD’s Operations-Valley Bureau Homicide Detective Richard Moakley said. • PHOTOS: Rapper Kid Cali — candids and crime scene pictures Investigators have seized what may be a key piece of evidence. “We have a grainy video and may be able to ... get a picture of the shooter,” Moakley said, noting that if they are able to pull a photo from the video, it will be released ...

Ryan Lochte lost two major sponsors when Speedo USA and Ralph Lauren aounced Monday they were dumping the swimmer over a drunken incident during the Rio Olympics that he initially described as an armed robbery. Speedo USA also said it would donate $50,000 of Lochte’s fee to Save The Children to benefit needy youngsters in Brazil. “While we have enjoyed a wiing relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been an important member of the Speedo team, we caot condone behavior that is counter to the values this brand has long stood for,” the swimsuit giant said in a brief statement. “We appreciate his many achievements and hope he moves forward and leas from this experience.” Shortly aft...

A 28-year-old man was convicted Monday of robbery and burglary but acquitted of a murder charge stemming from the death of his female cohort, who was shot by an 80-year-old homeowner during a break-in at a Bixby Knolls residence. Jurors found Gus Polly Adams guilty of one count each of first-degree residential robbery and first-degree residential burglary in coection with the July 22, 2014, break-in and shooting in the 3900 block of Country Club Drive. The panel also found true allegations that Adams inflicted great bodily injury and elder abuse in the commission of the crime. He faces up to 13 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 9. Adams and his accomplice, 28-year-old A...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Minute after agonizing minute following the Olympic Games 400-meter final Sunday night, Allyson Felix of the U.S. and Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas continued to lie on the wet Olympic Stadium track seemingly not to notice the rain soaked surface, neither sure which one of them was the Olympic champion. With Felix, the four-time Olympic gold medalist, making a late charge down the final straight, Miller flung herself head first across the finish line, as if grabbing at a gold medal that she thought might elude her grasp, landing cut and bruised and uncertain. So they remained flat on their backs, Miller resting atop her country’s flag, Felix alteating between holding ...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> The last time Anthony Ervin won an individual Olympic gold medal, the thing helped nearly sink his entire life. Doesn’t sound like that will be a problem this time. On Friday, the Hart High graduate, at age 35, won his second individual gold, claiming the 50-meter freestyle. A day later, Ervin reflected on the difference between this medal and the one he took home as a teenager from the 2000 Sydney Games and the people who helped him ea both. “That’s what got me here, the people,” he said. “When I was younger, I don’t think I understood that. I was still wayward with my ego, thrusting forward. The weight of this gold feels much lighter knowing that it’s being carried ...

Stuffed animals lean against candles. Chalk drawings of hearts cover the street where a little girl and her mother were killed. In the mouful aftermath of a deadly shooting Aug. 6 near Locust Avenue and East Ninth Street, children routinely accompany their parents to the makeshift memorial honoring Carina Mancera, 26, and her 4-year-old daughter, Jeabel Anaya, who were gued down as they retued home from grocery shopping. And the little ones have big questions. Yarely Avina is the mother of Ariel, a 6-year-old girl who attends an elementary school in the same neighborhood where Jeabel was killed. “She asked ‘when is she coming back?’” Avina said. “I told her, ‘She’s not coming back. She’s in...

Family members and friends of a man mistakenly shot and killed by a deputy last month confronted the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday and demanded they further investigate the actions of the sheriff’s department. Doell Thompson Jr., 27, was killed in a deputy-involved shooting in Compton on July 28. Deputies believed Thompson was a suspect in a carjacking. But after an investigation, the sheriff’s department admitted in a statement Tuesday that the wrong man had been shot. The carjacking suspect, who led deputies on a chase and shot at them, was arrested later that same moing. “We have determined that there is no evidence that Mr. Thompson was in the carjacked vehicle, nor th...

The flames chewing at vegetation in the San Beardino Mountains have grown to cover 6,963 acres as of Tuesday moing, and firefighters say they still have the blaze about 6 percent contained. Nobody has been injured, and no structures have been lost in the Pilot fire, said San Beardino County Fire Battalion Chief Marc Peebles. The number of firefighters at the blaze has also grown from 843 Monday night to 934, Peebles said. • Photos: Fight against Pilot fire continues on Day 2 as acreage grows • Photos: ...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> American Ibtihaj Muhammad looked like all the other fencers when she stepped on the piste, save for the non-descript black scarf covering her head. With that small gesture, Muhammad made history. Muhammad became the first American athlete Monday to compete in the Olympics with a hijab, which she wears to adhere to the tenets of her Muslim faith. Muhammad, ranked eighth in the world in sabre, beat Ukranian Olena Kravatska, 15-13, in her first match before falling to France’s Cecilia Berder, 15-12, in the round of 16. Muhammad will compete again Saturday in the team sabre event. “I feel like it’s a blessing to be able to represent so many people who don’t have voices, ...

LOS ANGELES — Delta Airlines lifted a ground stop today that was ordered after a power outage in Atlanta wreaked havoc with the company’s computer systems, the airline aounced. A statement on the airline’s website, posted at 5:40 a.m., said the ground stop “has been lifted and limited departures are resuming following a power outage in Atlanta that impacted Delta computer systems and operations worldwide.” “Cancellations and delays continue,” the airline said. “Customers heading to the airport(s) should expect delays and cancellations. While inquiries are high and wait times are long, our customer service agents are doing everything they can to assist. There may also be some lag time in the ...

How you can help the family of Carina Mancera, 26, and Jeabel Anaya, 4, who were shot to death in front of their downtown Long Beach home Saturday night. Donate Friends and family set up a Go Fund Me page to help pay funeral costs. As of Sunday afteoon, donors had already contributed close to $3,000. “Our family is heartbroken with this tragic event, and we hope that you can help us give these two beautiful souls a graceful resting place,” the page says. Say something Long Beach police said detectives believe people in the area witnessed the shooting, and urged them to come forward. Anyone with information regarding the shooting to call detectives Scott Lasch and Michael Hubbard at 562-570-...

LONG BEACH >> A 26-year-old woman and her young daughter were killed in a shooting in the downtown area of Long Beach late Saturday night, authorities said today. A coroner’s representative was sent sometime after 2 a.m. Sunday to East Ninth Street and Locust Avenue, where the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, according to investigator Selena Barros of the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office. The woman’s daughter, who was either 3 or 4 years old, was rushed to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, where she later died from her injuries, Barros said. A spokeswoman for the Long Beach Police Department said there was some discrepancy in respect to the age of the child and, therefore, she cou...

LONG BEACH >> A 26-year-old woman was shot dead and a 3-year-old girl was fatally wounded in a shooting in Long Beach, the Coroner’s Office said Sunday. A coroner’s representative was sent sometime after 2 a.m. to East Ninth Street and Locust Avenue, where the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, according to investigator Selena Barros of the Coroner’s Office. Paramedics rushed the toddler to Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, where she later died from her injuries, Barros said. A watch commander with the Long Beach Police Department could not be reached for comment. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> One of the South Korean archers had a perfect response for a nearly flawless show. “We shoot always like this,” Lee Seungyun said through a translator. “It’s Korea.” Even for the archery powerhouse, though, this was some kind of shooting display. The South Koreans captured gold by placing 15 of its 18 arrows in the top scoring ring to knock off the Americans, 6-0, in the men’s team final Saturday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The U.S. took home silver for a second straight Olympics, while Australia beat China in the bronze-medal match. Still, the buzz was all about the clinic put on by Kim Woojin, Ku Bonchan and Lee. It was so impressive that American archer Jake K...