Next court date: Judge Becky Dugan changed arraignment dates for all defendants on Aug. 19. Four other defendants each had a different date in July for initial court appearances. In the meantime: Other atto eys may file motions seeking bail reductions for their clients or court-ordered access to pay...

An angel, a stu ing streak of silver, danced across a vibrant blue sky. Kaz Suyeishi remembers being taken by its beauty. Nearly 71 years later, its memory remains in vivid color. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, she spotted it from the family’s front garden — a B-29 vapor trail cutting through...

POMONA >> To chants of “si se puede,” presidential candidate Be ie Sanders courted minority voters Thursday. Sanders retu ed to the 909 Thursday for his third campaign stop in three days. “This campaign is listening to people whose voices are not often heard. We are listening to the Latino community...

POMONA >> Could there be a debate between Democratic presidential candidate Be ie Sanders — still battling Hillary Clinton to become their party’s nominee — and Republican candidate Donald Trump before the Califo ia primary June 7? It looks like both candidates are willing. Earlier this week, Sander...

The next phase of the Colorado Lagoon restoration project will get underway in September, city officials said Thursday. Approved by the City Council this week, the work will add more aquatic resources and essential fish habitat through hydraulic dredging and filling of the lagoon site. The north sho...

While Califo ia’s seafood sales overwhelmingly relied on imported animals, commercial fisheries landed nearly 360u2009million pounds of fin- and shellfish in 2014, according to a federal report released Thursday with the most recent figures on the nation’s fishing economy. The state’s seafood indust...

An angel, a stu ing streak of silver, danced across a vibrant blue sky. Kaz Suyeishi remembers being taken by its beauty. Nearly 71 years later, its memory remains in vivid color. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Aug. 6, 1945, she spotted it from the family’s front garden — a B-29 vapor trail cutting through...

An eighth-grader at Culver City Middle School advanced today to the finals of the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, but he faltered on his second word and was eliminated from the competition. Cooper Komatsu was one of 10 contestants to advance to the finals at the Gayl...

It’s a shame the dashing Medal of Honor recipient and the good-looking Red Cross ambulance driver never met when they were young. You just know they would have hit it off. A couple of peas in a pod who served their country during World War II and were still answering the call to duty well into their...

The ongoing debilitating drought boosted water quality at Los Angeles County beaches, though they continued to have the highest number of polluted surf zones in the state, according to Heal the Bay’s a ual statewide review of coastal bacteria levels. The nonprofit environmental organization released...

An eighth-grader at Culver City Middle School was knocked out of the finals of the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, after misspelling the word illicium. Cooper Komatsu was one of 10 contestants to advance to the finals, which was held this afte oon at the Gaylord Nati...

It didn’t take long for the crazies to appear on Twitter after it was a ounced this week that Kentucky Derby wi er Nyquist will miss the Belmont Stakes because of illness. It got so bad that Nyquist’s official Twitter account felt the need to tweet this apology: “I’ve had to block a lot of hateful p...

Even though it was presumptive and even though the result appeared to be a foregone conclusion for some time, it became unofficially official for Republicans Thursday -- Donald Trump reached the delegate total needed to become the Republican presidential nominee. Jim Lacy missed being able to congra...

POMONA >> Los Angeles County Fair organizers a ounced its new and revamped attractions for its 94th a ual edition. Dr. Michael Ortiz, interim president and CEO of the L.A. County Fair, said the Our Body: The Universe Within exhibition with “200 uniquely preserved human specimens” would likely be one...

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office identified a 21-year-old Lakewood man who was killed in a crash near Long Beach City College Monday night. Cole Unruh suffered multiple traumatic injuries, according to coroner’s records. Police say he ran a red light, was not wearing his seat belt, was struck...

LONG BEACH >> A jury ordered Los Angeles County to pay $13.9 million to a man who was seriously injured when he was struck by a car while walking on a sidewalk in Norwalk three years ago. The Long Beach Superior Court panel reached its verdict Wednesday in a lawsuit filed in July 2013 by Jake Newlan...

A pair of new Aquarium of the Pacific exhibitions calling attention to fascinating and endangered sea animals are scheduled to open Friday. The “Horses and Dragons” showcases several species of seahorses, pipefish and seadragons, the last being animals that resemble seahorses but their bodies are ad...

The next phase of the Colorado Lagoon restoration project will get underway in September, city officials said Thursday. Approved by the City Council this week, the work will add more aquatic resources and essential fish habitat through hydraulic dredging and filling of the lagoon site. The north sho...

PARIS — First it was Serena Williams’ tu to overpower an opponent 6-2, 6-1 on Court Suza e Lenglen. Shortly after that was over Thursday, her older sister Venus entered the very same French Open arena and won by the very same score. A bit like old times, n’est pas? “It’s a little surreal sometimes, ...

An hour-long ground stop at Los Angeles Inte ational Airport Thursday caused 145 flight delays and seven cancellations, just as travelers began converging on the airport ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. The ground stop began at about 8 a.m. and was caused by an “equipment outage,” airport official...