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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...

A “felony stop” in front of a Los Angeles Inteational Airport terminal Sunday netted three auto theft suspects and forced the evacuation of an entire terminal as a security precaution, authorities said. People either ran or were escorted out of the terminal onto a tarmac at Terminal 3, said airport spokeswoman Mary Grady. “Some people got over-conceed and went onto the tarmac,” Grady said. She was not sure if police had directed people to the tarmac. “The situation was and is quite dynamic, and we are still putting together exact details,” she said. “The bottom line is that we evacuated the entire terminal.” Officer Rob Pedregon of the Los Angeles Airport Police Department said the incident...

The fire buing in the Cherry Valley area was slightly bigger and further contained Wednesday moing, but firefighters remain conceed that winds and dry fuel could cause the blaze to explode. • PHOTOS: The Bogart fire bus brush in Cherry Valley “With any hot spots, that wind change is always a conce,” said Cal Fire Capt. Liz Brown adding that 20-mph wind gusts are expected throughout the day. Most of the vegetation buing is a combination of chaparral and short grasses, and it’s those tinder-dry grasses that are worrisome for fire officials. The Bogart fire, named for the park it started in, covered 1,250 acres and was about 20 percent contained by sunrise, officials said. Evacuations southeas...

ONTARIO >> The once-vacant and quiet Meredith property between Vineyard and Archibald avenues began bustling with commercial activity Monday as officials dedicated QVC’s first West Coast distribution center with an opening ceremony. The 1-million-square-foot QVC warehouse was filled with a sea of empty shelving racks Monday, but trucks bringing inventory had arrived and officials expected to begin shipping product out from Ontario this week. They expect to ramp up the operation by the holiday shopping season. The new facility should shrink delivery times up to four days, Jim Reid, vice president of customer logistics, said. “We want to speed that process up for our West Coast customer...

Long Beach’s Plaing Commission will decide Thursday whether to allow plans and permitting for the Belmont Beach and Aquatic Center to move forward. If all the approvals are granted, the $103 million project would move on to the City Council, then the state Coastal Commission. The center is designed to replace the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool, which was to down after engineers determined the natatorium was in danger of collapse in the event of an earthquake. The proposed replacement, designed by architect Michael Rotondi, includes two Olympic-sized pools (one inside a structure, the other outside), an indoor diving well, a recreational pool and other amenities. If approved, a transparent oval ...

Organizers behind the inaugural Music Tastes Good festival pledged that they will try to solve potential problems relating to parking and business owners’ abilities to serve their customers while the event takes place over the course of three late September days in the East Village area of Long Beach. “No one is going to be blocked out of their home or business,” event organizer Josh Fischel said Thursday moing, during the first of two plaed meetings between festival plaers and conceed members of the public. Materials handed out during the meeting reported that Music Tastes Good plaers will foot the parking bills for anyone who loses access to a paid parking space while street closures are ...

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...

SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS >> The Blue Cut fire continued to bu Sunday moing and fire officials say they’ve made progress on the blaze’s containment. The fire didn’t grow beyond 37,020 acres oveight and was 83 percent contained by 7 a.m. according a news release from the U.S. Forest Service. As of Sunday moing, officials with U.S. Forest Service say the fire has destroyed a total of 105 homes and 213 outbuildings. • Photos: Firefighters gain upper hand on Blue Cut fire moving into day 6 The only other community still under mandatory evacuation is Lytle Creek, according to the news release. The San Beardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a tweet that Lytle Creek residents would be al...

Three additional arrests were made this week in the evacuation areas of the Blue Cut fire, according to the San Beardino County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies arrested three people Thursday on suspicion of trying to steal a flatbed truck from an area evacuated. • Day 5 Coverage: Oveight progress on Blue Cut fire stops growth, increases containment Saturday moing, authorities aounced there had been other arrests. With nearly 35,000 homes evacuated due to the fire, 70 deputies, two per unit, have been assigned to patrol the areas, according to a news release Saturday moing. “Our focus is the safety of our citizens and protection of their property. We will fully investigate, pursue and arrest ...

CAJON PASS >> A massive wind-driven wildfire devoured 18,000u2009acres and multiple buildings with “bewildering” speed Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and defying firefighters’ efforts to stop its spread. Sheriff’s officials estimated they evacuated 34,500 homes, which equates to about 82,600u2009residents, according to the U.S. Forestu2009Service, as the Blueu2009Cut fire raced north. • Live updates: Follow live updates from the Blue Cut fire By evening, nine hours after the fire started, no portion of its perimeter had containment lines to keep the flames from spreading. Gov.u2009Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency, and 700u2009firefighting persoel were...

CAJON PASS >> A massive wind-driven wildfire devoured 15,000 acres and multiple buildings with “bewildering” speed Tuesday, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate and defying firefighters’ efforts to stop the spread. Sheriff’s officials estimate they evacuated 34,500 homes – which equates to about 82,600 residents, according to the U.S. Forest Service – as the Blue Cut fire raced north. By evening, nine hours after the fire started, no portion of its perimeter had containment lines to keep the flames from spreading. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency, and 700 firefighting persoel were battling the fire. • LIVE UPDATES: Follow live updates from the Blue Cut fire Im...

CAJON PASS >> More than 500 firefighters are battling a 5,500-acre brush fire Tuesday that has forced evacuations in the Cajon Pass area. • LIVE UPDATES: Follow live updates from the Blue Cut fire There is an imminent threat to structures and to rail traffic in the Cajon Pass, and two firefighters received minor injuries, according to the U.S. Forest Service. “We have some structures destroyed,” U.S. Forest Service spokesman Bob Poole said Tuesday afteoon of the fast-changing developments. “I don’t have a number. I don’t know where.” • PHOTOS: Firefighters are attacking the Blue Cut fire in the Cajon Pass Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for all of the Cajon Valley west of the ...

Armed men abducted 10 to 12 presumed members of a crime gang who appeared to be celebrating at an upscale restaurant in the popular Mexican beach resort city of Puerto Vallarta, authorities said Monday. Jalisco state prosecutor Eduardo Almaguer said at a news conference that preliminary results of the investigation indicated that all involved - kidnappers and kidnapped - were members of criminal organizations. “They were not tourists or residents who work in legal activities,” Almaguer said. “They were people tied to a criminal group we can very clearly presume.” He said authorities believe they know which groups were involved, but declined to name them. The Jalisco New Generation cartel ha...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Simone Biles won her third gold medal of these Olympic Games with a blowout victory in the vault at Rio Olympic Arena Sunday afteoon. Biles average score of 15.966 was more than seven-tenths of a point greater than the score of ruer-up Maria Paseka of Russia (15.253). Biles, who already won team and individual all-around titles still has three individual events left and is expected to leave Rio with at least five gold medals, the most by a woman gymnast in an Olympic Games. Orange County’s Sam Mikulak had another rough day at the Olympic gymnastics venue, finishing eighth in the floor exercise at 14.333. Max Whitlock of Great Britain won the event with a score of 15....

More than 150 people gathered on June 16 in the Harborview Ballroom of The Reef on the Water to mark the 40th Aual Awards Dier of the Disabled Resources Center. The proceeds from the event, themed “The Road to Ruby,” support DRC’s critical work as a nonresidential Independent Living Center. Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe received a Special Lifetime Service Award for his long-standing support and dedication to the cause of persons with disabilities. Five other awardees included: Cathy Parsa, Community Service Award; J. Cacilia Kim, Civic Leadership Award; Cynde Soto and Jerry Stein, Independent Living Award; Westly Ward and Andrew Swinton, Volunteer of the Year Award, named in memory...

Suspicious item spurs evacuation of cargo area at LAX By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES >> Authorities have lifted an evacuation of a cargo facility at Los Angeles Inteational Airport. Los Angeles airport police say questionable items were listed on a manifest late Friday night. Flights were not affected during the evacuation of the Mercury Cargo facility. LAX police gave no further details on what the materials might be. An LAPD bomb squad was on scene to examine the items. Advertisement Digital & Driveway Delivery - 50% Off Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Sacramento proposals to ban Califoia Coastal Commission members from meeting privately with developers, environmentalists and citizens on pending projects face key votes today -- and could die before reaching the full Legislature. The so-called “ex parte communications” became a target of Coastal Commission critics early this year, when the panel fired executive director Charles Lester, despite public protests. Environmentalists, many of whom supported Lester, said the private meetings gave developers and their paid staff and lobbyists an advantage in influencing commission members and were a symbol of the powerful panel’s drift away from the spirit of a voter-approved mandate to protect the...

A new health center offering free and low-cost services to LGBTQ residents in Long Beach and the surrounding area marked its official grand opening Wednesday inside the St. Mary Medical Center campus. Funded in part by a $650,000 grant from the federal Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, the 7,000-square-foot Long Beach Health Center, which will serve more than 5,000 people each year, is one of the newest neighborhood centers opened by the nonprofit AIDS Project Los Angeles, and APLA Health. The center offers medical, dental and behavioral health care services to the LGBTQ community, including disease prevention counseling, HIV testing, scre...

Los Angeles, San Feando Valley, Santa Monica area Beverly Cinema: “Superman II” (1980), 6:30, with “Superman III” (1983), 9:05 p.m. Aug. 12-13. “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” (2003), 11:59 p.m. Aug. 12. Kiddie Matinee: “Invisible Agent” (1942), 2 p.m. Aug. 13-14. “The Clan of the Cave Bear” (1986), 11:59 p.m. Aug. 13. “Royal Flash” (1975), 6:30 p.m. Aug. 14 and 7:30 p.m. Aug. 15, with “How I Won the War” (1967), 8:40 p.m. Aug. 14 and 9:40 p.m. Aug. 15. “The Boss” (1973, Italy), 7:30, with “Mister Scarface” (1976), 9:40 p.m. Aug. 16. “Fun on a Weekend” (1947), 7:30 p.m. Aug. 17-18, with “Sensations of 1945” (1944), 10 p.m. Aug. 17-18. Most tickets $8. 7165 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles. 323-938-4038. www.t...

While the U.S. men’s 4x100 relay team made headlines Sunday with its gold medal performance, Valencia’s Anthony Ervin was also key part of the story and one of the Rio Olympics’ unlikeliest gold medal wiers. Ervin helped the men’s team advance from the prelims Saturday, but didn’t swim the finals and wasn’t on the podium Sunday. Nonetheless, he received a gold, along with finals swimmers Caeleb Dressel, Michael Phelps, Ryan Held and Nathan Adrian. It was Phelps’ 19th gold medal and 23rd altogether, but Ervin’s story is as extraordinary. This spring, Ervin answered questions from Southe Califoia News Group columnist Tom Hoffarth about his...