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LOS ANGELES >> Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein visited the Black Lives Matter encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall today where she said she agreed with the group’s demand that Mayor Eric Garcetti fire police Chief Charlie Beck. Stein pointed to the firing of police chiefs in other cities and said she came to Los Angeles City Hall today to “support the community that’s demanding justice by asking the police chief to step down.” “We need him to be replaced by someone who doesn’t simply dismiss death after death as being within police policy and refusing to even file charges,” Stein said. Beck in January did recommend that District Attoey Jackie Lacey file criminal char...

SAN FRANCISCO >> Califoia’s latest carbon auction brought disappointing results Tuesday as litigation and lagging support by lawmakers weigh down the state’s landmark programs combating climate change. State officials said only 34u2009percent of the available carbon pollution credits were sold in the latest auction under the program, which requires companies that emit climate-changing gases to buy the pollution permits. It was a slight rebound from this spring, when investors bought just 10u2009percent of the pollution credits offered, signaling a rocky period for the state’s overall campaign against climate-changing pollution from fossil fuels. The cap-and-trade program is a keystone...

When Keldren Joshua stepped out of his mother’s gray hatchback, he greeted family and friends who had waited a decade to see him on the free side of a prison fence. “Hi, everybody,” he said. The 45-year-old was arrested in Los Angeles for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams of methamphetamine and sentenced in 2006 to 15 years in prison after his mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years was extended because of outstanding traffic warrants. He became one of more than 200 nonviolent federal prisoners whose sentences were commuted last week by President Barack Obama, and Wednesday, made his exit from the federal prison on Terminal Island in San Pedro to a waiting group of family and friends. Birth...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Green, not gold, was the color of the day at the Olympic diving venue. Sure, China won its third consecutive gold medal on Tuesday, but the buzz was about the color of the water in the diving pool — a murky green. That was in stark contrast to the pool’s light blue color the previous day and also that of the clear water in the second pool used for the water polo competition at Maria Lenk Aquatic Center. British diver Tom Daley, who eaed bronze in men’s synchronized 10-meter on Monday, tweeted a photo of the two pools next to each other and captioned it, “Ermmm...what happened?!” Water quality has been a major issue surrounding the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but in the ocean a...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Donald Trump faced an all-too-clear sign of GOP divisions Friday in two Midweste battlegrounds, embraced by party leaders in one state but ignored in another as he strained to overcome deepening conces about his presidential candidacy. Some of Iowa’s Republican elite will appear alongside the celebrity businessman for an afteoon rally, his third appearance in the swing state over the past two weeks. But in neighboring Wisconsin, a state Trump insists he can win, the state’s best-known Republicans said they were too busy to attend his evening event. Sen. Ron Johnson and House Speaker Paul Ryan citied scheduling conflicts, while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said he’ll attend...

America is crippled by crime, terrorism and economic stagnation. Or: Strength through unity guides an already great nation through myriad challenges. After seemingly endless months of debates and primaries, allegations and celebrations, and, at last, this month’s Republican and Democratic conventions, the official campaign march to November is really, truly under way. And no one can say the two finalists haven’t crafted two very different strategies in hopes of securing the keys to the White House. And two starkly different visions of America. The GOP convention in Cleveland hammered home the notion that America is in peril and can only be rescued by Donald Trump and not Washington elites l...

Continuing to cement his environmental legacy, Gov. Jerry Brown released sweeping blue-sky plans to propel the state’s commercial trucks, ships and trains toward a zero-emissions future. The unprecedented effort aims to reshape how cargo is moved around the state —from produce on supermarket shelves to massive ship-boue containers unloading at Southe Califoia ports to Amazon boxes that arrive at your doorstep. Over the past year, plaers from the state’s department of transportation, air-quality board, energy commission and Brown’s economic-development wing hammered out the Sustainable Freight Action Plan. With this collection of 82 goals, Brown aims to make the freight-moving industry run c...

The Democratic National Convention concludes tonight — Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, with Hillary Clinton slated to accept the party’s nomination. The final speeches are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. PST (7 p.m. EST), and Clinton’s speech should end around 8 p.m. PST (11 p.m. EST). Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took the stage Thursday at 3 p.m. PT not quite primetime, but it was still an opportunity for him to address a national audience. • RELATED STORY: Mayor Eric Garcetti touts LA as model city in DNC speech Here is the list of the speakers scheduled to appear this evening. Exact times are not given but they will take the stage in this order, per th...

PHILADELPHIA >> On a night awash in history, Hillary Clinton triumphantly became the first woman to lead a major American political party toward the White House, breaking through a barrier that painfully eluded her eight years ago. She put an electrifying cap on the Democratic convention’s second night, appearing by video from New York and declaring to cheering delegates, “We just put the biggest crack in that glass ceiling yet.” Minutes earlier, former President Bill Clinton took on the role of devoted political spouse, declaring his wife an impassioned “change-maker” as he served as character witness. He traced their more than 40-year political and personal partnership in deep detail...

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson’s long-shot campaign may have gotten a boost last week when Sen. Ted Cruz declined to endorse fellow Republican Donald Trump. But it’s uncertain if either of the major candidates would be hurt by a strong Johnson showing in November. Cruz’s “vote your conscience” speech at the Republican convention last week was “a backhanded endorsement” of his candidacy, Johnson said Tuesday during a meeting with Southe Califoia News Group staff. “You go into a booth and it’s multiple choice,” Johnson said, suggesting Cruz is “not going to vote for Trump and he’s not going to vote for Hillary (Clinton).” Johnson, a moderate 2-term Republican goveor of the De...

The Democratic National Convention continues tonight — Thursday, July 21, 2016 — in Philadelphia with a prime-time speech from former President Bill Clinton. Following the roll call of the states, speeches on this second night of the Democratic convention are slated to begin at 4 p.m. Pacific time (7 p.m. Easte), with former President Clinton’s speech ending around 8 p.m. Pacific time (11 p.m. Easte). Speakers and others appearing are not given exact times but will take the stage in this order: 4-7 p.m. Pacific • U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Califonia, House minority leader, and Democratic women of the House • Former Georgia state Sen. Jason Carter • Former President Jimmy Carter (on video) • ...

PHILADELPHIA >> Taking her place in history, Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night became the first woman to lead a major party toward the White House, a triumphant moment for Democrats to relish before plunging into a bruising general election against Republican Donald Trump. • PHOTOS: The Democratic National Convention - Day 2 After the roll call of states formalizing Clinton’s nomination, former President Bill Clinton will take the stage for a history-making appearance of his own at the Democratic convention. Former presidents often vouch for their potential successors, but never before has that candidate also been a spouse By night’s end, the Clinton campaign hopes to have moved past t...

PHILADELPHIA — Bill Clinton was once the Democrats explainer-in-chief. Tonight, he’ll be explaining himself. In the four years since the party’s last national convention, the center of gravity in Democratic politics has shifted decidedly to the left. Clinton must finesse some of his administration’s biggest achievements, including a landmark free trade agreement and major criminal justice law, lest his wife pay the price with the party’s emboldened liberal base. On Tuesday night, the former president will promote what aides say are his wife’s lesser-known achievements, her early days as a child advocacy lawyer, her policy campaigns as first lady and work as senator from New York. But his 10...

PHILADELPHIA >> Ending months of animosity, Beie Sanders robustly embraced his former rival Hillary Clinton Monday night as a champion for the same economic causes that enlivened his supporters, signaling it was time for them, too, to rally behind the Democratic nominee in the campaign against Republican Donald Trump. “Any objective observer will conclude that — based on her ideas and her leadership — Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States,” he declared in a headlining address on the opening night of the Democratic convention. • PHOTOS: The Democratic National Convention gets underway in Philadelphia - inside and outside the hall President Bill Clinton, wa...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Califoia delegation came for breakfast Monday moing ahead of the Democratic National Convention and got pancakes, sausage and a side of political indigestion courtesy of a loud, chanting contingent of Beie Sanders supporters.Opposition to Hillary Clinton was so pronounced in the large hotel ballroom for the party's largest delegation THAT speakers from Califoia Secretary of State Alex Padilla to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were drowned out by frustrated Sanders backers....

PHILADELPHIA — The Califoia delegation came for breakfast Monday moing ahead of the Democratic National Convention and got pancakes, sausage and a side of political indigestion courtesy of a loud, chanting contingent of Beie Sanders supporters. Opposition to Hillary Clinton was so pronounced in the large hotel ballroom for the party’s largest delegation THAT speakers from Califoia Secretary of State Alex Padilla to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi were drowned out by frustrated Sanders backers. “Count our vote! Count our vote!” they yelled while Padilla gamely tried to stress unity and support for the presumptive presidential nominee, who won the Califoia primary by double-digits in June....

When: 9 p.m. Tuesday. Where: The Federal Underground, 102 Pine Ave., Long Beach. Tickets: $20. Information: lb.thefederalbar.com. It’s probably a good thing that the Federal Underground was built out of a sturdy old bank vault. Why? Because it’s going to be ground zero for a heck of a party when one of music’s most hyperactive and trailblazing bands performs songs from its decades-long career during a one-night show. “We’ve been giving our fans a career retrospective. We give you some things from every era of the band and some of where we are right now. So it takes a while to get through it all,” said Norwood Fisher, bassist for the genre-blasting band Fishbone. The band, which has pa...

PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning under pressure as Democratic Party chairwoman, a stuing leadership shakeup as party officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Hillary Clinton. Wasserman Schultz’s aouncement Sunday follows a firestorm over hacked emails suggesting the Democratic National Committee favored Clinton during the primary, despite pledging neutrality. The leaked emails prompted primary ruer-up Beie Sanders to call for Wasserman Schultz’s immediate resignation. In a statement, Wasserman Schultz said she will step down at the end of the four-day convention. She said she plans to formally open and close the convention, as well as address delegates. Her statement...

PHILADELPHIA — Debbie Wasserman Schultz is resigning under pressure as Democratic Party chairwoman, a stuing leadership shakeup as party officials gather in Philadelphia to nominate Hillary Clinton. Wasserman Schultz’s aouncement Sunday follows a firestorm over hacked emails suggesting the Democratic National Committee favored Clinton during the primary, despite pledging neutrality. The leaked emails prompted primary ruer-up Beie Sanders to call for Wasserman Schultz’s immediate resignation. In a statement, Wasserman Schultz said she will step down at the end of the four-day convention. She said she plans to formally open and close the convention, as well as address delegates. Her statement...

Bo in Taiwan, Olivia Lee saw prejudice firsthand when she moved to Walnut. The Califoia Democratic delegate remembers her mother trying to sign up for English classes and the class administrator speaking rudely to Lee’s mother because of her poor English. The 11-year-old Lee wrote a letter complaining about her mom’s treatment. Lee got an apology back. “That was my first taste of being an activist,” she said. “And speaking out in terms of what I thought was wrong.” Lee, 27, is one of many young Califoia delegates headed to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, which begins Monday. She’s a pledged delegate for Hillary Clinton, and this is her first national convention. Accordin...