PARIS — Rafael Nadal set another milestone at the French Open on Thursday, posting the 200th Grand Slam match win of his career. Nadal got off a sluggish start but once he got into his swing, he was in control. The record nine-time champion at Roland Garros ended up beating Facundo Bagnis 6-3, 6-0, ...

Police and sheriff’s deputies will be out in full force targeting drunken and drugged drivers during this weekend’s Memorial Day festivities. Checkpoints will be scattered across the Southland during the three-day holiday weekend. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department plans to have checkpoints...

A 40-acre cargo terminal at the Port of Los Angeles will begin transitioning to solar power and other low- or zero-emission energy sources starting this summer, harbor officials said Wednesday. Pasha Stevedoring and Terminals, which moves both traditional containers and “break bulk” cargo such as st...

LOS ANGELES — An eighth-grader at Culver City Middle School advanced today to the fifth round of the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland. Cooper Komatsu correctly spelled cacomixl, a catlike mammal found in southe North America, related to but smaller than a raccoon. Coop...

Equipment glitch that delayed LAX landings now fixed An equipment glitch Thursday, May 26, 2016, was preventing planes from landing at LAX. The problem has been resolved, said an airport spokeswoman. (File photo) By Daily News Staff, The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its one-hour ground...

Students from the Arabic Club at the public high school in the city of Medford, about a 15-minute drive north of downtown Boston, wanted to participate in “World Hijab Day” early this semester. The a ual event was created in 2013 to promote awareness and understanding of Muslim women who wear the he...

Go on in, the water’s fine. Most of the time. Nearly all of Long Beach’s beaches ea A grades during dry conditions typical in summer months, according to the 26th a ual Beach Report Card released Thursday by Heal the Bay. However the city’s beaches receive mostly with F grades during wet conditions,...

Equipment glitch that delayed LAX landings now fixed An equipment glitch Thursday, May 26, 2016, was preventing planes from landing at LAX. The problem has been resolved, said an airport spokeswoman. (File photo) By Daily News Staff, The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its one-hour ground...

A man driving an allegedly stolen vehicle led police on a slow-speed pursuit today that ended in Seal Beach, where he initially refused to come out of the vehicle and repeatedly sipped a beer while talking to officers before ultimately surrendering. The pursuit began shortly after 10 a.m. A Westmins...

People love having exotic fish in their aquariums. They’ll pay big money for them, even when it’s illegal. And it tu s out that some people will kill for the right fish. Author Emily Voigt descended into this crazy underworld for her new book, “The Dragon Behind the Glass: A True Story of Power, Obs...

Go on in, the water’s fine. Most of the time. Nearly all of Long Beach’s beaches ea A grades during dry conditions typical in summer months, according to the 26th a ual Beach Report Card released Thursday by Heal the Bay. However the city’s beaches receive mostly with F grades during wet conditions,...

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...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter fall campaign. Trump was put over the top in the Associated Press delegate ...

LAX landings delayed by computer glitch A computer glitch Thursday, May 26, 2016, was preventing planes from landing at LAX, according to reports. (File photo) By Daily News Staff A computer glitch was affecting operations this mo ing at Los Angeles Inte ational Airport heading into one of the busie...

Police are investigating a shooting that left a man injured in West Long Beach early Thursday mo ing. Officers were called at 3:03 a.m. to help Long Beach Fire Department perso el in the 1900 block of West Willow Street, said Marlene Arrona, a police spokeswoman, in an email. Once at the scene, they...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president Thursday, completing an unlikely rise that has upended the political landscape and set the stage for a bitter fall campaign. Trump was put over the top in the Associated Press delegate ...

PARIS — Rafael Nadal set another milestone at the French Open on Thursday, posting the 200th Grand Slam match win of his career. Nadal got off a sluggish start but once he got into his swing, he was in control. The record nine-time champion at Roland Garros ended up beating Facundo Bagnis 6-3, 6-0, ...

LOS ANGELES — A Culver City eighth-grader will be among 45 spellers competing in today’s finals of the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, out of an initial field of 285. Cooper Komatsu, who attends Culver City Middle School, correctly spelled the words tagasaste -- a sm...

Under pressure to prevent people from sneaking onto runways and planes at major U.S. airports, authorities are cracking down — not on the intruders who slip through perimeter gates or jump over fences, but on the release of information about the breaches. A year after an Associated Press investigati...

City officials Wednesday marked the start of construction for a new 605-foot-long pedestrian bridge spa ing East Seaside Way near the Long Beach Convention Center. The new $11.3 million walkway will provide a co ection between the convention center walkway near Pine Avenue and the Performing Arts Ce...