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Carson Mayor Albert Robles, who is defiantly seeking election to two offices that the District Attoey’s Office says he can’t hold simultaneously, is embroiled in a web of new lawsuits related to the November election. Robles, a defense attoey, faces only former City Clerk Jim Dear in his bid for his first full term as Carson mayor, but has four challengers in the race for his longtime seat representing a larger region at the Water Replenishment District of Southe Califoia, an agency that manages groundwater. Both elections are Nov. 8. Most of the suits involve challenges to the three-word ballot designations chosen by the candidates to describe who they are, which can be crucial in deciding...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia plans to present awards on Friday to 50 people working in the realms of both small and big business. Calling Friday’s event the inaugural “Mayor’s Long Beach Business Awards,” the ceremony may be considered something of a spinoff of the Go Long Beach Awards, which have provided recognition to Long Beachers who are active in a wide variety of pursuits, including education, religion, charity and the arts. Among Friday’s honorees: •Mario and John Molina, Molina Healthcare chief executive and chief financial officer, respectively •Michelle Molina, managing partner of Millworks, a firm that develops new uses for historic buildings •Steve Goodling, chief executive o...

Using shovels, power tools and a cadaver-sniffing dog, coroner’s investigators dug up the front yard of a Carson rental home Thursday in search of a body reportedly buried there. The search in the 21600 block of South Prospect Avenue tued up nothing through midafteoon, and investigators kept mum about whoever the murder victim might be. The tip that prompted the digging apparently came from a minor in protective custody, whom detectives described as a credible source. As reporters and cameras looked on, the juvenile was brought to the scene to show investigators where to look. Deputies asked media not to shoot video or take photographs to protect the minor’s identity, which was shielded with...

A homicide investigation led detectives today to a Carson home, which was being searched to determine if a body was buried at the location. Homicide detectives went to the 21600 block of Prospect Avenue about 7:45 a.m., according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Coroner’s persoel were assisting in the search, said coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. “Detectives received credible information and served a search warrant,” according to the Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s Lt. Joe Mendoza told Fox11 that detectives received the information during the course of a homicide investigation. “We have information that there’s a body buried at the residence,” Mendoza said. “And what we’re doing now...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Saturday that the results of November’s U.S. presidential election could weigh heavily on his city’s chances of hosting the 2024 Olympics, saying that a victory by Donald Trump could tu off IOC voters. In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Garcetti also said Los Angeles could offer “the last best hope” for the United States to host the Summer Olympics again before the American people begin “tuning out” from the games. Garcetti, a 45-year-old Democrat and supporter of Hillary Clinton, is in Brazil to observe the Rio de Janeiro Games and pitch his city’s bid to members of the Inteational Olympic Committee. One of the main topics of conversati...

The fire broke out at about 5:30 a.m. while three people were inside a house at Elsmere and Huggins drives near StubHub Center, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department statement. One person ran outside but two were trapped in back bedrooms because of the fire, officials said. “The deputies and Los Angeles County Fire Department persoel removed security bars from a rear window and rescued the trapped residents,” the statement said. One person was not breathing and had to be resuscitated by paramedics and one deputy was treated for smoke inhalation, deputies said. Officials took three people to a nearby hospital but their conditions were not disclosed. While the cause is still ...

Workers have only just begun removing millions of tons of oil-caked soil left buried for decades in the yards of Carson’s Carousel tract, but a long-awaited financial settlement for the pain and suffering of residents likely will be disbursed before Christmas. The final payout from two companies deemed responsible for the mess will be $120 million for emotional and physical turmoil, according to an agreement between attoeys reached Friday. The deal comes after more than a year of legal wrangling between Shell Oil Co., which operated the former oil-tank storage farm on the site, and Dole Food Co., which bought the tract’s developer, Barclay Hollander Corp., and was named responsible for clean...

Some might view it as a store for troubling times, filled with tactical gear and accessories for police and the military. And built around the slogan, “Always be ready.” But the 5.11 Tactical shop that celebrated its grand opening Saturday in Carson — its first retail store in the Los Angeles area but ninth overall — is actually more than that. Dozens of local police officers and military persoel were on hand for the ceremony, which was preceded by a presentation of flags by the Sunburst Youth Academy Color Guard. Then “Criminal Minds” star Joe Mantegna, the brand’s ambassador, demonstrated — Chuck Norris-style — knocking down a locked door with a battering ram ,the tactical equivalent to c...

Councilman Rex Richardson was elected vice mayor of Long Beach by his peers on the City Council on Tuesday night during a reorganization of the council after Suja Lowenthal’s departure. At 32, the councilman is the youngest person in city history to hold the position (Mayor Robert Garcia was the youngest in city history when he was elected to the vice mayor position in 2012, when he was 34). He is also the first black male to serve as vice mayor (Doris Topsy-Elvord was elected to the position as the first black female in 1992) . “I am honored to have my colleagues’ confidence to serve as our city’s vice mayor,” Richardson said in a written statement. “I accept this as a recognition of our e...

Election season got off to a fiery, lawsuit-riddled start in Carson this week as Mayor Al Robles faced off against a faction of former Mayor Jim Dear’s supporters during a City Council meeting that Dear himself didn’t even attend. Instead, Dear’s controversial girlfriend, Monette Gavino, went head-to-head with Robles while flanked by Dear’s friends and brother West Basin Municipal Water District director Don Dear. “You are worse than Donald Trump,” Gavino said. “I am just a lawful, common resident of Carson. I am a victim of a nasty and disgusting politician who is sitting there temporarily in the mayor’s seat.” Dear and Robles are both seeking the mayor’s position in the Nov. 8 election. C...

It took an urban search-and-rescue team to get an injured man down from a refinery tower in Carson, authorities said today. Los Angeles County firefighters were summoned at 10:12 p.m. Tuesday to the refinery in the 22600 block of South Wilmington Avenue, Dispatch Supervisor Miguel Oelas said. The team got the man off of the tower just before midnight, and he was taken to a hospital for treatment, Oelas said. He did not know the nature of the man’s injury. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Councilman Rex Richardson was elected vice mayor of Long Beach by his peers on the City Council Tuesday night during a reorganization of the council after Suja Lowenthal’s departure. At 32, the councilman is the youngest person in city history to hold the position. He is also the first African American male to serve as vice mayor (Doris Topsy-Elvord was elected to the position as the first African American female in 1992) . “I am honored to have my colleagues’ confidence to serve as our city’s vice mayor,” Richardson said in a written statement. “I accept this as a recognition of our entire community’s progress since taking office two years ago. I look forward to working with Mayor Garcia an...

The woman was discovered about 6:15 a.m. in the 1100 block of East Bitterlake Street, deputies said. A bus driver spotted her in the gutter. She was pronounced dead at the scene. No other information was immediately released. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Woman found dead on East Bitterlake Street in Carson Home → News → Crime → Criminal investigations By City News Service CARSON — A woman was found dead today in Carson. The body was discovered about 6:15 a.m. in the 1100 Block of East Bitterlake Street, and sheriff’s homicide detectives were sent to the scene. Information was not immediately released on the woman’s name or cause of death. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at (323) 890-5500, or Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-TIPS. Advertisement Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Carson Mayor Al Robles will meet with county prosecutors Monday to defend his right to hold office on the goveing board that manages groundwater resources in the South Bay, Long Beach and San Gabriel Valley. The Los Angeles County District Attoey’s Office is suing to force Robles to step down from his position on the Water Replenishment District of Southe Califoia, arguing the role conflicts with his mayoral position and creates too much potential for ineffective, corrupt leadership. Robles, who has just four months left on his sixth elected term on the water board, is fighting to hold onto the job, arguing he didn’t do anything wrong. He asked board members to pay his legal bills for the ba...

Against the backdrop of a Port of Los Angeles terminal where a costly, massive experiment in green technology is unfolding, Mayor Eric Garcetti and port officials Tuesday offered their latest effort to push the region toward a greener future. Garcetti aounced the formation of a 10-member freight advisory committee — made up of environmentalists, shippers and community members — focused on reducing emissions. “Ultimately, it’s I and the commission who should be held accountable,” he said. “But they will be the engine of what we want to do.” Garcetti has set a goal of increasing the percentage of goods-movement trips that use zero emissions to 15 percent by 2025. Shifting to low emissions And...

Against the backdrop of a Port of Los Angeles terminal where a costly, massive experiment in green technology is unfolding, Mayor Eric Garcetti and port officials Tuesday offered their latest effort to push the region toward a greener future. Garcetti aounced the formation of a 10-member freight advisory committee — made up of environmentalists, shippers and community members — focused on reducing emissions. “Ultimately, it’s I and the commission who should be held accountable,” he said. “But they will be the engine of what we want to do.” Garcetti has set a goal of increasing the percentage of goods-movement trips that use zero emissions to 15 percent by 2025. And while the committee will ...

Nearly six months after the NFL bypassed Carson’s bid for a stadium, city officials are moving forward with plans for an outlet shopping center on the former landfill site once touted as the future home of the Raiders and Chargers. The City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday night to begin exclusive negotiations with Macerich Real Estate Co. to develop a portion of the 157-acre site alongside the 405 Freeway. This is the second time in four years the city has entered into an agreement for a freeway-facing outlet mall on the property that stretches from Del Amo to Avalon boulevards. The Santa Monica company wants to erect a 500,000-square-foot outlet center with 150 high-end stores that would take up...

CARSON >> A man -- possibly wielding a knife -- barricaded himself inside a residence for more than eight hours in Carson and when he surrendered to a sheriff’s Special Weapons Team. The stalemate at 18 Paradise Valley North in the Scottsdale Estate, near the 23400 block of Avalon Boulevard, began about 11 p.m. Saturday and ended just about 7:50 a.m. Sunday, according to Deputy Kimberly Alexander. Sheriff’s officials don’t seem to know how the standoff began. But according to Alexander, the unidentified man, who may have been armed with a knife, will be booked on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Deputies from the Special Enforcement Bureau responded to the scene and a crisis ne...

You can’t walk far into Carson’s SouthBay Pavilion without seeing the signs of change. Construction workers behind temporary facades are readying revamped Vitamin World, Wingstop and Mrs. Fields stores while shoppers peruse newly opened tenants with nationwide popularity: Sephora cosmetics, Payless Super Store, Chuck E. Cheese’s, Kay Jewelers and others. It’s part of a $28 million renovation at the 1970s-era, 73-acre complex best known to greater Los Angeles as home to a regional Ikea off the 405 Freeway on Avalon Boulevard. Other anchor tenants include Sears, JCPeey, Target and a 13-screen Cinemark movie theater that opened last year. The theater increased foot traffic into the mall by 25 p...