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The sound of applause has scarcely died down in the Capitol after last week’s vote to significantly expand Califoia’s requirements to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Proponents who steered the groundbreaking legislation are still basking in the afterglow of an effort that—after seeming on the brink of defeat—deftly mustered unexpected support and reaffirmed the state’s inteational leadership on climate change. But such is the unsentimentality of politics: Someone has to pop the pretty balloons and sweep up the confetti. For all that was achieved by the passage of SB 32—extending the original 2006 law and setting a new target of reducing statewide emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels b...

SACRAMENTO >> With a midnight deadline looming, Gov. Jerry Brown and the Legislature’s top Democrats on Wednesday struck a deal to spend nearly $1 billion in fees collected from the state’s biggest polluters on programs to boost public transit and put more electric cars on the road by giving huge vehicle rebates to poor people. The spending blueprint was one of dozens of items lawmakers approved and sent to Brown on their last day of work for the year. They also endorsed measures that would expand unpaid family leave for some small business workers, require developers to install water meters in all new apartments and declare denim the official state fabric. Several other bills — inclu...

LOS ANGELES >> There was no team meeting to aounce the trade Thursday, just a group of forlo men leaing one by one that the longest tenured player in the Dodgers clubhouse had been traded. After A.J. Ellis leaed he was going to the Philadelphia Phillies in a swap of backup catchers for Carlos Ruiz, he called his wife, then his agent, then texted his best friend, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw. “I had him come out and meet me here in the dugout,” Ellis said. “Not much was said. We just kind of sat here together. Baseball’s fuy. Anything can happen in the future, but to know that in almost all likelihood I’ll never get to catch (Kershaw) again is without a doubt the most devastating thi...

When Trader Joe’s left its location on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls after 16 years, it left a big hole in the heart of the business district. The store’s opening in 2000 at 4121 Atlantic Ave. marked the genesis of the Knolls’ remarkable resurgence as one of the most iovative and active business districts in Long Beach. Its closure wasn’t a disaster – it merely moved three blocks west to Long Beach Boulevard, where it is helping to anchor the spread of Atlantic’s success. Now getting ready to claim the hot spot is Edgar & James, A Curated Collection By Goodwill. That is to say, Goodwill’s good stuff. If you’re the type of shopper who enjoys pawing through the offerings of your regular...

When Trader Joe’s left its location on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls after 16 years, it left a big hole in the heart of the business district. The store’s opening in 2000 at 4121 Atlantic Ave. marked the genesis of the Knolls’ remarkable resurgence as one of the most iovative and active business districts in Long Beach. Its closure wasn’t a disaster – it merely moved three blocks west to Long Beach Boulevard, where it is helping to anchor the spread of Atlantic’s success. Now getting ready to claim the hot spot is Edgar & James, A Curated Collection By Goodwill. That is to say, Goodwill’s good stuff. If you’re the type of shopper who enjoys pawing through the offerings of your regular...

A state appeals court panel Wednesday upheld a former Lake Elsinore resident’s first-degree murder conviction for stabbing his cousin 28 times at an apartment building in Long Beach. The three-justice panel from Califoia’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected the defense’s claim that the trial court erred in admitting evidence that Bryant Underwood had an affair with his cousin’s girlfriend. Underwood was convicted in May 2015 of the April 8, 2014, murder of 27-year-old Ahkeem Johnson. Underwood – who was covered in blood – was arrested near the scene by police responding to a 911 call reporting strange noises coming from an apartment in the 2000 block of Locust Avenue. The prosecution had...

Los Angeles, San Feando Valley and Santa Monica BevMo: Beer and wine tasting, 4-7 p.m. Friday. Cost $5. 7100 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood,310-882-6971; 3212 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica,310-453-5600; 10984 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles,310-473-9600; 330 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles,310-855-0169; 2533 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite A, Torrance, 310-257-0034; 1775 N. Victory Place, Burbank, 818-847-2175. www.bevmo.com Colorado Wine Co.: Wine tasting, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Four wines. Cost $12. 2305 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles.323-478-1985. www.cowineco.com Rosso Wine Shop: Wine tasting, 5-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Three wines. Cost $10. 3459 1⁄2 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale. 818-330-9130....

Los Angeles, San Feando Valley and Santa Monica BevMo: Beer and wine tasting, 4-7 p.m. Friday. Cost $5. 7100 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood,310-882-6971; 3212 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica,310-453-5600; 10984 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles,310-473-9600; 330 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles,310-855-0169; 2533 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite A, Torrance, 310-257-0034; 1775 N. Victory Place, Burbank, 818-847-2175. www.bevmo.com Colorado Wine Co.: Wine tasting, 1-4 p.m. Sunday. Four wines. Cost $12. 2305 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles.323-478-1985. www.cowineco.com Rosso Wine Shop: Wine tasting, 5-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Three wines. Cost $10. 3459 1⁄2 N. Verdugo Road, Glendale. 818-330-9130....

SAN DIEGO >> Clayton Kershaw has a target in mind for when he expects to pitch again for the Dodgers. But he’s keeping it to himself. “I do,” he said. “It just doesn’t make sense to share it. If I beat it, ‘Oh, you’re rushing back.’ And if I don’t, then it’s ‘Why not?’” Kershaw will be eligible to come off the DL when the Dodgers retu from the All-Star break. But Dodgers manager Dave Roberts has said he expects his ace to “need some time after that.” Kershaw has been in San Diego the past two days, participating in activities surrounding the All-Star Game. He joined Tuesday’s ‘red carpet parade’ through downtown and, after arriving at Petco Park, immediately headed to the weight room t...

The Board of Supervisors Tuesday renewed a $10,000 reward for information that leads to arrests in a 2014 Long Beach parking lot shooting that left one man dead and three other people wounded. Supervisor Don Knabe recommended extending the reward, which had been set to expire July 15 and will now be available for at least another 90 days. Charles Bell was fatally wounded in the March 23, 2014, shooting that occurred just before 3 a.m. in the parking lot of a Dey’s restaurant at 601 Long Beach Blvd. Knabe said witnesses were able to provide a physical description of the suspects and the vehicle used in the shooting, but detectives say they have exhausted those leads and are still seeking the...

Join LA Dodgers beat reporters on InsideSoCal Sports Facebook page Los Angeles Dodgers Yasmani Grandal celebrates his homerun against San Diego Padres in a Major League Baseball game in Los Angeles, CA. Friday, July 8, 2016. (Thomas R. Cordova/Southe Califoia News Group) By Staff Report The Los Angeles Dodgers have just two games left before the 2016 All-Star Game. Join beat reporters Bill Plunkett and J.P. Hoostra on our InsideSoCal Sports Facebook page live from the stadium between 1:45 and 2 pm. They’ll break down the biggest story lines heading into the break as well as discuss the Aug. 1 trade deadline. Advertisement Please enable JavaScript to view the comm...

Roughly half of the dogs who ended up at Long Beach Animal Care Services’ shelter in the days surrounding the Fourth of July holiday have been retued to their owners. Dogs and cats have more acute senses of hearing than humans, so fireworks displays that may be thrilling to humans can be frightening to their pets. That’s why the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals advises pet owners to keep their animals safe at home inside an “escape-proof” area during times when celebratory bombs are bursting in air. As of Thursday moing, Long Beach Animal Care workers had helped to retu 24 of the 49 canines impounded at the shelter from Sunday through Wednesday. Ted Stevens, Long Beach’...

Roughly half of the dogs who ended up at Long Beach Animal Care Services’ shelter in the days surrounding the Fourth of July holiday have been retued to their owners. Dogs and cats have more acute senses of hearing than humans, so fireworks displays that may be thrilling to humans can be frightening to their pets. That’s why the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals advises pet owners to keep their animals safe at home inside an “escape-proof” area during times when celebratory bombs are bursting in air. As of Thursday moing, Long Beach Animal Care workers had helped to retu 24 of the 49 canines impounded at the shelter from Sunday through Wednesday. Ted Stevens, Long Beach’...

Roughly half of the dogs who ended up at Long Beach Animal Care Services’ shelter in the days surrounding the Fourth of July holiday have been retued to their owners. Dogs and cats have more acute senses of hearing than humans, so fireworks displays that may be thrilling to humans can be frightening to their pets. That’s why the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals advises pet owners to keep their animals safe at home inside an “escape-proof” area during times when celebratory bombs are bursting in air. As of Thursday moing, Long Beach Animal Care workers had helped to retu 24 of the 49 canines impounded at the shelter from Sunday through Wednesday. Ted Stevens, Long Beach’...

Roughly half of the dogs who ended up at Long Beach Animal Care Services’ shelter in the days surrounding the Fourth of July holiday have been retued to their owners. Dogs and cats have more acute senses of hearing than humans, so fireworks displays that may be thrilling to humans can be frightening to their pets. That’s why the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals advises pet owners to keep their animals safe at home inside an “escape-proof” area during times when celebratory bombs are bursting in air. As of Thursday moing, Long Beach Animal Care workers had helped to retu 24 of the 49 canines impounded at the shelter from Sunday through Wednesday. Ted Stevens, Long Beach’...

Roughly half of the dogs who ended up at Long Beach Animal Care Services’ shelter in the days surrounding the Fourth of July holiday have been retued to their owners. Dogs and cats have more acute senses of hearing than humans, so fireworks displays that may be thrilling to humans can be frightening to their pets. That’s why the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals advises pet owners to keep their animals safe at home inside an “escape-proof” area during times when celebratory bombs are bursting in air. As of Thursday moing, Long Beach Animal Care workers had helped to retu 24 of the 49 canines impounded at the shelter from Sunday through Wednesday. Ted Stevens, Long Beach’...

Long Beach’s animal shelter was briefly at capacity Sunday and Monday after it took in close to three dozen dogs, many of whom ran away from their homes after being spooked by fireworks. Ted Stevens, Long Beach Animal Care Services manager, said his staff and volunteers opened the shelter Tuesday and that many residents came by to pick up their dogs. The shelter has 100 dog keels and can house up to about 150 dogs, Stevens said. Each keel can fit either one large dog, or two or three smaller dogs. Staff took in 31 lost dogs this July 3-4 compared to 24 dogs on the same days last year, he said. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Long Beach’s animal shelter was briefly at capacity Sunday and Monday after it took in close to three dozen dogs, many of whom ran away from their homes after being spooked by fireworks. Ted Stevens, Long Beach Animal Care Services manager, said his staff and volunteers opened the shelter Tuesday and that many residents came by to pick up their dogs. The shelter has 100 dog keels and can house up to about 150 dogs, Stevens said. Each keel can fit either one large dog, or two or three smaller dogs. Staff took in 31 lost dogs this July 3-4 compared to 24 dogs on the same days last year, he said. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

The Long Beach Fire Department seized 500 pounds of fireworks over the weekend and issued one fireworks citation, fire officials said. Long Beach firefighters also responded to four fires likely caused by fireworks, Brian Fisk, spokesman for the fire department, said this moing. The first incident — a tree fire — happened at 9:06 p.m. Monday in the 1400 block of Gardenia Avenue, Fisk said. Units were called to the second incident, a garage fire in the 400 block of East Louise Street at 10:05 p.m. Monday, he said. The first units arrived three minutes later and the blaze was knocked down at 10:16 p.m. A neighbor who attempted to help at the scene was transported to a hospital with minor, non...

Families whose 4th of July celebrations began well before after-dark fireworks gathered Monday moing near Rosie’s Dog Beach for a seaside bicycle ride. Many of the riders who participated in the event, dubbed the The Great American Kids’ Bike Parade, decorated their bicycles in red white and blue befitting the holiday. The young cyclists, parents and some toddlers, who experienced the day’s festivities while ensconced in stroller seats, formed a patriotic peloton on a bike path cutting a route through the sandy beach. • Video: Families enjoy a beachside bicycle ride on Fourth of July in Long Beach A team of bicycle patrol officers from the Long Beach Police Department led the riders on a sh...