SANTA MONICA >> A man arrested on suspicion of drugging a woman’s drink in a Santa Monica hotel bar is scheduled to be arraigned in court Tuesday. Michael Hsu, 24, was arrested Thursday for allegedly attempting to commit rape and allegedly drugging a drink to commit rape, Santa Monica Police Sgt. Gr...

NORWALK >> Alejandra Carranza, a Cerritos College honors student, has been named among the nation’s top scholars by one of the most competitive undergraduate transfer scholarship programs in the country. Carranza of Huntington Park was among 75 students in the U.S. to receive up to $40,000 a year to...

Da y Gamboa held the steel frame steady while two volunteers spray-painted the bike a chalky, impervious white. Like a cross planted at a roadside memorial, the white “ghost bike” would be placed in Newport Beach, at the very spot where an 8-year-old — described as a wonderful boy by neighbors — die...

At least five people, including a 2-year-old girl, lost their lives on Los Angeles area roads and highways over the Memorial Day weekend, according to the Califo ia Highway Patrol Monday. In the same period last year, no motorists were killed. The deaths occurred between 6:01 p.m. Friday and 6 a.m. ...

Anthropologist Susan Phillips had spent a career examining the graffiti that covers urban walls, bridges and freeway overpasses. But when she came across an unrecognizable collection made not of spray paint but substances like grease pencil and apparently left there for a century, she was stu ed. Ph...

Generations of families scarred by war’s bloody toll joined military veterans, enlisted service members and others Monday at Green Hills Memorial Park in somber observance of the heroic sacrifices made in the name of freedom. A few thousand people attended the 31st a ual Memorial Day ceremony on the...

SAN BERNARDINO >> Dec. 2, 2015, profoundly changed the county and its response to critical incidents. Peer support took on a whole new meaning after 13 county health inspectors and supervisors and one other person were fatally gu ed down by Syed Rizwan Farook at the Inland Regional Center, and anoth...

NORWALK >> Alejandra Carranza, a Cerritos College honors student, has been named among the nation’s top scholars by one of the most competitive undergraduate transfer scholarship programs in the country. Carranza, of Huntington Park, was among 75 students in the U.S. to receive up to $40,000 a year ...

LONG BEACH >> The pursuit of a suspect in a reportedly stolen car— that started in South Gate and lasted more than two-and-a-half-hours before ending on the 405 Freeway in Long Beach — resulted in the suspect giving up without further incident. It remained unclear if the suspect, who was the lone oc...

Waters from Balboa Pier south to Crystal Cove State Park are closed Monday following a possible shark attack Sunday afte oon, officials said. Newport Beach lifeguards, the Sheriff’s Harbor Patrol and a Huntington Beach Fire Department helicopter have been patroling the waters to see whether there is...

MIAMI >> Travelers who had braced for long lines and long waits were instead moving through most U.S. airports fairly quickly Monday, as the busy Memorial Day travel weekend drew to close. “Honestly it wasn’t too bad,” said Kendra Morehead of Wooster, Ohio, who flew from Detroit to Denver for a conf...

The city on Saturday will mark the recent renovation of Alamitos Beach Parking Lot, along with improvements along nearby Shoreline Drive to improve traffic circulation and help facilitate ADA access to the beach. The celebration will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Alamitos Beach Parking Lot (ent...

WASHINGTON >> Republicans and Democrats feel a massive disco ect with their political parties and helpless about the presidential election. That’s according to a new poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which helps explain the rise of outsider candidates Donald Trump...

HOUSTON >> Authorities in central Texas have found two more bodies along flooded streams, bringing the death toll from flooding in the state to six. It was unclear Sunday whether a body found in Travis County near Austin was one of the two people who had been missing in Texas. An 11-year-old boy was...

ARLINGTON, Va. >> President Barack Obama has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns to honor members of the military who died serving their country. Obama’s appearance at Arlington National Cemetery carries on a longstanding presidential tradition and comes as the U.S. struggles to end various co...

COMPTON >> The coroner’s office Monday released the name of a man killed in a shooting in which another man was wounded. He was 18-year-old Martin Mendiola of Compton, according to coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz. The shooting occurred at 10:50 p.m. Friday, in the 300 block of West Raymond Street, accordi...

SAN PEDRO >> A man suffered multiple injuries when he fell down a cliff at Point Fermin in San Pedro, authorities said. The fall was reported at 9:09 p.m. Sunday at the cliff in the 800 block of West Paseo del Mar, Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Firefighters responded “by ai...

NEWPORT BEACH >> A woman was transported by ambulance Sunday afte oon to an area hospital following what was initially reported by authorities as a possible shark attack. The 4:15 p.m. incident off the coast of Corona del Mar State Beach is being investigated by Newport Beach lifeguards. Lifeguards ...

INDIANAPOLIS >> A new era for the Indianapolis 500 arrived in the form of a most unfamiliar driver. An American, no less. Alexander Rossi outlasted his faster rivals — and his fuel tank — for a stu ing victory Sunday in the historic 100th ru ing of “The Greatest Spectacle In Racing.” The unlikely wi...

NEWPORT BEACH >> A woman was transported by ambulance Sunday afte oon to an area hospital following what was initially reported by authorities as a possible shark attack. The 4:15 p.m. incident off the coast of Corona del Mar State Beach is being investigated by Newport Beach lifeguards. Lifeguards ...