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LYNWOOD >> A man and a woman were killed Monday moing when their vehicle drove off the 710 Freeway and struck a tree in Lynwood, authorities said. The crash was reported at 4:42 a.m. off the northbound 710 Freeway just south of Imperial Highway, said Califoia Highway Patrol Officer Stephan Brandt. Both victims were pronounced dead at the scene, Brandt said. Firefighters were working to extricate the bodies from the vehicle. An investigation was underway to determine the cause of the crash, he said. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

DEKLE BEACH, Fla. >> Tropical Storm Hermine was intensifying Saturday as it moved slowly up the Atlantic Coast with heavy rains, wind and storm surges making a mess of the holiday. Hermine (her-MEEN) already caused 2 deaths, damaged homes and businesses and left hundreds of thousands without electricity from Florida to Virginia. “This is not a beach weekend for anyone in the Mid-Atlantic to the northeast,” said Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. At 2 p.m. Saturday, Hermine was centered 90 miles east of Duck, North Carolina, with top sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph), moving east at 10 mph (17 kph). Tropical Storm Waings were in effect as fa...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — For one day, a mother says, she didn’t have to worry about her autistic son eating lunch by himself. A small gesture of kindness by Florida State University wide receiver Travis Rudolph — captured in a photo and shared on Facebook — had tears streaming down the face of the sixth-grader’s mother, Leah Paske. “I’m not sure what exactly made this incredibly kind man share a lunch table with my son, but I’m happy to say it will not soon be forgotten,” she wrote. “This is one day I didn’t have to worry if my sweet boy ate lunch alone, because he sat across from someone who is a hero in many eyes.” Rudolph was among several FSU players visiting Montford Middle School in Tallah...

TARZANA >> Los Angeles police responded to Chris Brown’s residence in Tarzana Tuesday and later served a search warrant on the home as the singer took to social media to deny any wrongdoing and to condemn police. At a news conference Tuesday afteoon, LAPD Lt. Chris Ramirez said police were serving a search warrant on the home, and an unknown number of people were exiting the residence. The house is located in a posh, hillside neighborhood of one-and two-story homes that are nearly all protected by locked iron gates. A call initially came at 3:11 a.m. from the 5000 block of Corbin Avenue, police said earlier. “It came out as a female requesting help,” Officer Drake Madison of LAPD’s Me...

A Labor Day tradition, this year’s Conquer the Bridge Race over the Vincent Thomas Bridge will get a cadenced sound track this year as hundreds of sailors in town for LA Fleet Week join the challenge. “They’ll run as part of teams and formations, they’re supposed to be in cadence,” said Michael-Patrick Hogue, producer of the aual Labor Day race now in its eighth year. Also participating Monday along with the Navy will be members of the Coast Guard and Marine Corps. Online registration ($50 entry fee) remains open until Thursday night at www.active.com and, after that, will be available through Road Ruer Sports, 25359 Crenshaw Blvd. (across from Mimi’s Cafe) Torrance, (310-326-8530, Ext. 2) a...

EXPOSITION PARK >> The 13th aual FYF Fest got started this year under cool temperatures as thousands of music fans came to Exposition Park to see more than 30 bands perform on several stages during day one of the festival. Saturday’s headliner was Long Beach native Kendrick Lamar who was joined on the eclectic bill by fellow hip hop artist Vince Staples and the psychedelic Australian band Tame Impala. • Photos: Inside day one of FYF Fest 2016 The festival, which started in 2004 as a cluster of punk-rock-oriented shows at various venues in Echo Park, has grown into one of the most popular area music events and the Saturday crowd seemed to be into the mix of well-known acts and up-and-co...

Long Beach police are investigating after a parked car in a West Long Beach neighborhood was struck by gunfire early Friday moing. Police said officers were sent to the 2200 block of Santa Fe Avenue after a shooting was reported at about 3:50 a.m. When they arrived, the officers discovered nobody was injured and only the car was hit, Long Beach police spokesman Sgt. Brad Johnson said. The shooter fled on foot and has not been arrested, police said. Investigators don’t know at this point if the shooting was gang related, Johnson said. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Police on Thursday arrested a 32-year-old Los Angeles man who allegedly tried to rob a pedestrian at gunpoint in Downey a day earlier. Police said the suspected robber had a handgun when he approached the victim in the 11000 block of Cecilia Street at about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and demanded the man hand over some property. A scuffle broke out, and the suspected robber ended up fleeing before driving off in a nearby car, Downey police Sgt. Kevin McCaster said. Around 6 p.m. Thursday, police spotted a car that looked like the suspect’s vehicle on Firestone Boulevard near the city’s easte limits, McCaster said. The car’s driver matched the suspect robber’s description, and when officers pulled ...

We’ve all gotten them. Like an unwanted plague, those aoying robocalls always seem to come just as we’re sitting down to dier or getting ready to watch a football game. The messages are varied but most have one thing in common: They’re trying to sell us something. Some robocalls are looking to steal our personal information Some implore us to buy solar panels or donate money to a political candidate, while others ask us to support a local charity or take a ride-share survey. And it gets worse. Some of these automated calls offer fraudulent credit card services or questionable auto warranty protection. In many cases, they’re simply trying to steal our personal information. They’re increasing...

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 PCH, 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.www.rossowineshop....

BEIJING >> For the Olympics, it’s so-long Rio, hello Asia. The next three Olympics are headed for relatively calmer ports of call in South Korea, Japan and China following the organizational drama surrounding the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia and the just completed Summer Games in Brazil, although challenges remain, especially when it comes to finances and generating enthusiasm among home audiences. A look ahead to the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. All three countries have hosted the Olympics before and enjoy a shared reputation for prosperity and a deft hand at organizing major events. PYEONGCHANG 201...

Kathy Creighton was 16 when she landed what was her first summer job: squeezing oranges and working the cash register at the Orange Julius in San Pedro’s bustling Ports O’ Call Village. “We had these very ugly brown and yellow, itchy polyester uniforms we had to wear,” Creighton said. “We went home sticky and stinky.” But there were perks. The popular juice-and-burger spot was situated in a building constructed over the water, with wall-size windows on three sides. And the tourist helicopter pad was right next door. “We used to trade hamburgers for (free) helicopter rides,” she said. And, no, the boss never knew. The year was 1980. And Creighton, who moved out of state when her husband got ...

Rams fans retu to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Saturday, where they’ll see their team play the Kansas City Chiefs on the field. What they don’t want to see are fights off the field and in the stands. That’s why officials this week assured fans that security is priority No. 1 at the Coliseum after last week’s preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys. The long-awaited game ended in a victory for the home team, but three people were arrested and seven were ejected from the stands after some tempers flared. Eleven ambulances also were requested, but only one person had to be taken to the hospital, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. “The security of fans attending our games ...

An armed robbery in downtown Long Beach Thursday prompted police to surrounded a parking garage where they thought they had the suspect coered. The incident started around 12:10 p.m. when the suspect entered a business near the intersection of Pine Avenue and Sixth Street and stole a bottle of liquor, said Long Beach police spokesman Sgt. Brad Johnson. When an employee confronted the suspect, the suspect brandished a firearm, according to Johnson. After the robbery was reported, police surrounded a nearby public parking structure between Fifth and Sixth streets. Police at the scene said they believed the suspect was inside because of images from a security camera at the garage. The suspect,...

Uber to use self-driving cars to haul people in next few weeks Uber and Volvo aounced a $300 million deal for Volvo to provide SUVs to Uber for autonomous vehicle research. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File) By Associated Press DETROIT — Ride-hailing service Uber says it will start hauling passengers with self-driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh in next several weeks. The company says the autonomous Ford Fusions will have human backup drivers but will transport passengers just like normal Uber vehicles. Uber has a self-driving research lab in Pittsburgh and is working on autonomous technology. Also Thursday, Uber and Volvo aounced a $300 million deal for Volvo to provide S...

Kanye West to open 21 ‘Pablo’ pop-up stores worldwide, and LA is getting one Kanye West aounced on Twitter that he will open 21 temporary “Pablo” stores worldwide on the weekend of Aug. 20 in cities that include Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — Kanye West fans can buy a taste of “The Life of Pablo” this weekend following the rapper-tued-fashion mogul’s aouncement of 21 pop-up stores worldwide that will be open just this weekend. West tweeted a map with red dots indicating the stores’ locations Wednesday night. Fourteen of the stores will be in major cities in the U.S. The pop-up store locations include Los Angeles and San Francisco, accord...

The Los Angeles Rams preseason opener got off to a rousing start, but the game wasn’t exactly trouble-free. Several fights broke out at Saturday’s game, three people were arrested and seven were ejected from the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday evening. • RELATED PHOTOS: LA Rams take on the Dallas Cowboys in Preseason NFL Football Eleven ambulances were also requested, but only one person had to be taken to the hospital, according to the LAPD. The department did not know if the individual’s condition or if any of the ambulance calls were related to fights. More than 80,000 tickets were sold to the game, which saw the Rams defeat the Dallas Cowboys...

Don’t let French toast bacon bombs or deep-fried Oreos or adorable pig races fool you: Califoia’s county fairs are very big businesses, run with a startling variety of managerial prowess. Southe Califoia News Group examined data for 70 fairs, including those across Southe Califoia, and found that they hauled in a total of $363.2 million in 2014, the latest year statewide information is available. But fully half of the fairs examined – 35 – operated in the red, spending more money than they took in. “Fairs that are losing money should reconfigure the mix of attractions to offer the young generation, since their interests can be very different from their parents’ interests,” said Raymond Sfei...

Then again, another option, evidently, is the urine of two people. This is the case of Russian long jumper Darya Klishina, whose inclusion in these Games led Monday to a very respected reporter from the very respected New York Times asking a high-ranking Olympic official about pee. Specifically, she wanted information relating to an incident in which Klishina — and you know these athletes are capable of doing things the rest of us can only dream of — apparently produced some sort of super whiz. “You do not expect to find two people’s urine,” Richard Budgett explained, “in the same sample bottle.” No, you most certainly do not. At least not any more than you’d expect to find two people’s leg...

RIO DE JANEIRO — She has been so golden in victory here. That much everyone knows, “Simone” and “Biles” being two of the most searched words on the Inteet the past week. But now it can be reported that America’s reigning sweetheart gymnast also has been gracious in defeat. That is, if third place on the world’s largest athletic stage — with everyone watching and expecting perfection or something better — actually can be considered defeat. “I see it as a triumph,” Biles’ coach, Aimee Boorman, said. “She won a bronze medal at the Olympics. That’s huge. She should be proud of that.” Biles’ quest for five gold medals in Rio ended Monday when she slipped midway through her balance beam routine. ...