Political observers are hedging their bets in the high-stakes race to replace Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, who is being forced out of his 36-year post due to term limits. Days before the June 7 primary election, several of the race’s eight candidates are considered formidable...

Damian Meins, 58, was killed within seconds after being shot twice in the chest and once in the abdomen. Two other wounds in the back appear to be from after he died, according to the autopsy report. Although he had recently began working for the San Be ardino County of Environmental Health Departme...

After a wet winter and a decision by Sacramento lawmakers to cede control of some water regulation to local agencies, Long Beach and other regional water suppliers are mulling whether to ease water use restrictions. The State Water Resources Control Board a ounced last week that percentage-based wat...

Yucaipa resident Robert Christian Adams, 40, died within minutes of suffering gunshot wounds to his chest and abdomen, a coroner’s report of his autopsy stated. The report puts his time of death as 12:04 p.m. on Dec. 2 in the auditorium of the Inland Regional Center. Adams, who was found 35 feet awa...

The debate proposal between Donald Trump and Be ie Sanders is off. Again. For now. Trump issued a statement Friday afte oon that killed any prospect of the two squaring off unless he were to somehow become the Democratic presidential nominee - a longshot given the significant delegate deficit he fac...

The Queen Mary welcomed adoring fans aboard Friday to celebrate its 1936 maiden voyage from Southampton, England to Cherbourg, France and eventually to New York. Dignitaries joined Randolph Churchill — great grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, who was at the ship’s launch and maiden sailing, and who ...

Huy Fong Foods and the city of Irwindale are butting heads again. Two years after Irwindale officials dropped a lawsuit against the Sriracha hot sauce maker and suspended a resolution that declared its plant a public nuisance, the city is suing the company for more than $400,000 in unpaid fees. The ...

LOS ANGELES — Actress Amber Heard obtained a temporary restraining order today against her estranged husband, Joh y Depp, who was ordered to stay at least 100 yards from her home, car and workplace. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl Moor ruled after reviewing 40 pages of paperwork and photos beh...

LOS ANGELES — Actress Amber Heard obtained a temporary restraining order today against her estranged husband, Joh y Depp, who was ordered to stay at least 100 yards from her home, car and workplace. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl Moor ruled after reviewing 40 pages of paperwork and photos beh...

Laura Herzog finally saw her longtime dream of a memorial wall come to fruition. “It’s unreal. I feel like I’m not awake. I feel like I’m in a dream,” Herzog said after name plaques of fallen soldiers, airmen, Marines and sailors were placed on the Honoring Our Fallen Memorial Wall at Rosie the Rive...

The Be ie Sanders presidential campaign blitz through Southe Califo ia stopped at the docks in San Pedro Friday - a part of the Vermont senator’s ambitious plan to reach 200,000 voters before the state’s June 7 primary. • VIDEO: Be ie Sanders puppet cheers on his candidate in San Pedro The 30-minute...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the circumstances behind a woman who was found on a Lakewood street suffering a gunshot wound Friday mo ing. The department received a 911 call at 9:41 a.m. and deputies were dispatched to the scene in the street near 205th Street and Jers...

The Califo ia Highway Patrol issued an hour-long Sig Alert for the eastbound 91 Freeway west of Downey Avenue in Long Beach after a multi-vehicle crash snarled traffic and blocked lanes. The Sig Alert was issued at 11:39 a.m., said CHP Officer Edgar Figueroa. It affects the carpool lane as well as l...

A Covina man is facing several felony counts that allege he used stolen identities to open credit cards that he used to make payments on high-end cars, eat at expensive restaurants and make other purchases. Jason Allen Sorenson, 38, was arraigned at Long Beach Superior Court Thursday and was release...

It took Dr. Henry Heimlich until age 96 to use namesake maneuver, but use it he did Dr. Henry Heimlich recently used the emergency technique for the first time himself to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center. (2014 file photo AP Photo/Al Behrman) By Associated Press CINCINNATI — ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Barack Obama paid tribute Friday to the “silent cry” of the 140,000 victims of the atomic bomb dropped 71 years ago on Hiroshima, and called on the world to abandon “the logic of fear” that encourages the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. • PHOTOS: Barack Obama is first U....

IRWINDALE >>Two years after the city dropped a lawsuit against a large Sriracha factory in the city and tabled a resolution declaring the hot sauce factory a public nuisance, the city is suing the company for more than $400,000 in unpaid fees. The city filed suit against Huy Fong Foods in Los Angele...

PARAMOUNT — A man was found shot to death inside his car in Paramount and sheriff’s detectives were searching for his killer this mo ing, the sheriff’s department reported. The shooting in the 8000 block of Somerset Ranch Road was reported to the sheriff’s Lakewood station just before midnight on Th...

BEAUMONT >> Fear not, Beaumont residents. You have every right to be angry. But your troubled city is on the path to recovery. That was the message Mayor Mike Lara presented Thursday in his State of the City address, an a ual lunch ritual hosted by the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce. Given the corrupt...

LA MIRADA >> Sheriff’s deputies arrested three men who they said showed up at a La Mirada hotel to pay for sex with minors during an online sting operation last week, officials a ounced Thursday. Matthew Brown, 32, of Long Beach, Jamie Rodriguez, 37, of Norwalk, and Jorge Garcia, 40, whose city of r...