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A group of students at Rim of the World High School in Lake Arrowhead have created a stir for displaying Confederate flags, staked into the beds of their pickup trucks, in the school parking lot. On Friday, two Ford pickups, parked side-by-side, sat parked in the school parking lot, one Confederate flag and one American flag displayed in the bed of each truck. The black pickup also sported stickers from Patriot Alliance, an online retailer of clothing, National Rifle Association, and Donald Trump campaign signs. Also on Friday, Ruing Springs resident Jeifer Celise-Reyes, whose daughter began her freshman year at the high school last month, said she sent emails to school board president Cind...

The rainbow flag — a symbol of peace, pride and unity for the LGBTQ community — will fly high outside City Hall for the next couple of months, and possibly longer. The idea was brought forward on Tuesday by 2nd District Councilwoman Jeaine Pearce, who said the flag’s more permanent presence would symbolize the city’s unwavering support for the LGBTQ community as it struggles for equality on a national level. “Long beach has come a really long way in fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ community but we still have a long way to go,” she said. “We have people in our community who are still continuously facing struggle, including some who are tued away from establishments based on their sexual ...

The rainbow flag — a symbol of peace, pride and unity for the LGBTQ community — will fly high outside City Hall for the next couple of months, and possibly longer. The idea was brought forward on Tuesday by 2nd District Councilwoman Jeaine Pearce, who said the flag’s more permanent presence would symbolize the city’s unwavering support for the LGBTQ community as it struggles for equality on a national level. “Long beach has come a really long way in fighting for the rights of the LGBTQ community but we still have a long way to go,” she said. “We have people in our community who are still continuously facing struggle, including some who are tued away from establishments based on their sexual ...

Second District Councilwoman Jeaine Pearce is starting her first term on the City Council with a recommendation to hoist the rainbow flag, a universal symbol for LGBTQ rights, at City Hall year round. Pearce, who is in the first month of her four-year term, said the move would show support for the LGBTQ community both locally and nationwide as a fight for marriage equality continues. “While there has been significant progress in the LGBTQ community’s fight for equal rights in the last few years, there is much more that needs to happen for true equality,” she wrote in a report on the item. “Some states have enacted blatantly discriminatory laws in a backlash to marriage equality and national ...

LOS ANGELES - A red flag waing his been issued today for the greater Los Angeles area and is expected to continue through 10 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. During this time, there will be a greater chance of brush and wild fires due to excessive heat and wind. Meanwhile, temperatures are expected to be somewhat cooler today after days of sizzling heat that prompted waings to keep an eye on pets and the elderly over the weekend. Temperatures topped 100 degrees Friday in areas including Burbank, Van Nuys, Chatsworth and Lancaster, while Woodland Hills pushed the 110-degree mark, according to the National Weather Service. Saturday’s high was 97 degrees. Today’s NWS forecast c...

When: Opens Sunday and runs through Oct. 2. Various timed-entries during museum hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Monday, July 4 Where: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles. Timed tickets: $10-$22 and includes museum admission, free for members and children, ages two and under Information: 213-763-3466, www.nhm.org More than 66 million years ago, pterosaurs filled the skies. The shadows of these creatures, which had huge heads and crests, passed over the coasts, forests and deserts below as visitors lea moving through the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County’s new “Pterosaurs: Flight in the Age of Dinosaurs” - the largest exhib...

Most would agree that one of the pleasures of a holiday is the opportunity to sleep in, especially if you’re a teenager. But Boy Scouts from Troop 188 of Los Alamitos passed up that luxury last week for the sake of both patriotism and entrepreneurship. As their friends snoozed on Memorial Day, the Scouts were up before the sun to start the inaugural task of Flags All Year — a paid service that displays Old Glory on front lawns six times a year. “I thought this program would be for the older military guy who isn’t able to put up his own flag,” said Eagle Scout and dad Billy Howard, who came up with the idea. “But people of all ages have shown interest.” For $55 aually, the troop will place a...