NEW YORK — A Texas woman who spontaneously do ed a Chewbacca mask she bought for a Facebook video says she “feels like she deserves a gold medal” after the post ga ered more than 135 million views. Candace Payne tells ABC’s “Good Mo ing America” that the mask that emits the Star Wars creature’s dist...

BELLFLOWER – An Uber driver was stabbed in the back while he was trying to pick up passengers from a bar in Bellflower, authorities said today. At about 2:15 a.m. on Saturday, the driver arrived at Flux Bar at 17817 Lakewood Blvd., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Eric Lindblom said. The driver got ...

LONG BEACH – The northbound 710 Freeway and an onramp in Long Beach were reopened early today after a man on a motorcycle was hit by least two vehicles. The crash was reported about 9:30 p.m. Sunday on the northbound Long Beach Freeway at Del Amo Boulevard, Califo ia Highway Patrol Officer Francisco...

South Bay Rep. Ted Lieu says the U.S. Postal Service has a “systemic” issue with mail delivery problems in parts of weste Los Angeles County that repeatedly requires his district staff to assist frustrated constituents. Lieu, D-Manhattan Beach, said that while the USPS resolves issues that include m...

The 7-foot-tall, 2,000-pound rover appeared miniscule compared with the vastness of Mars. The Martian landscape that surrounded Curiosity stretched for miles, with distant mountains circling the robot in every direction. “That’s the edge of the crater,” said Parker Abercrombie, a software engineer a...

The move toward increased automation at fast-food restaurants is ramping up fast. Wendy’s revealed last week that it plans to begin installing self-service kiosks at its restaurants by the end of the year — a move aimed at reducing labor costs linked to minimum wage hikes. The end result will be few...

Long Beach city leaders and residents are calling for action and solutions to quell violence amid a recent double-digit crime increase. Although the city ended 2014 with a historic 42-year low in violent crime — and its lowest murder rate on record — it has seen steady increases in most crime catego...

SAN BERNARDINO >> A small tour bus carrying 22 members of a Downey church from a retreat in Big Bear overtu ed Sunday afte oon on Highway 330 two miles north of the 210 Freeway, injuring nearly two-dozen people – six seriously – and blocking the road in both directions. About 5:15 p.m., the Califo i...

Whether it’s Donald Trump’s unorthodox campaign, the fiery Clinton-Sanders showdown or just general White House-season buzz, Southe Califo ia counties have become swollen with newly registered voters ahead of today’s deadline to register to vote in the state’s June 7 primary election. In Los Angeles...

It’s been a rare mellow week for our oft-beleaguered Mailbag with the only downer guy being another tiresome Gator Stater, Bill Shaw, from Stuart, Florida, who writes, “According to you we have a horrible gove or because he tried to lure Califo ia businesses to Florida.” It’s not just according to u...

Long Beach city leaders and residents are calling for action and solutions to quell violence amid a recent double-digit crime increase. Although the city ended 2014 with a historic 42-year low in violent crime — and its lowest murder rate on record — it has seen steady increases in most crime catego...

San Be ardino >> A small tour bus carrying 22 passengers onboard overtu ed Sunday afte oon on Highway 330 two miles north of the 210 Freeway injuring nearly two-dozen people and blocking the roadway in both directions. Califo ia Highway Patrol officials stopped all traffic in both directions shuttin...

The next meeting for Long Beach’s City Council includes key decisions affecting future development from downtown to the city’s north side. The council may adopt new pla ing rules intended to promote investments along a stretch Long Beach Boulevard ru ing from Anaheim Street to Earlier Road. Other de...

Cabrillo High School students who live in the shadow of the Port of Long Beach – one of the world’s busiest seaports – will have an opportunity next year to start on a path that could lead to a career in the harbor. The Global Logistics Academy at Cabrillo is a four-year pathway for entering freshme...

A Long Beach icon celebrates its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to Cherbourg, France, and on to New York in 1936, with events scheduled around the day it launched — May 27. Festivities at the Queen Mary include an a iversary di er from 6 to 10 p.m. Thursday; free admission from 10 a.m. to ...

LOS ANGELES >> “Captain America” has found a worthy competitor in a bunch of flightless birds. “The Angry Birds Movie” soared to $39 million in its debut weekend, knocking “Captain America: Civil War” off its first-place perch, while new adult comedies “Neighbors 2” and the “The Nice Guys” struggled...

PHILADELPHIA >> Bill Cosby faces a preliminary hearing Tuesday to determine if his criminal sex-assault case in suburban Philadelphia goes to trial. Prosecutors had declined to charge the comedian-actor over the 2005 complaint, but arrested him in December after his explosive deposition in the woman...

KABUL, Afghanistan >> The killing of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour in a U.S. drone strike was greeted Sunday by Kabul’s political leadership as a game-changer in efforts to end the long insurgent war plaguing Afghanistan. In a rare show of unity, President Ashraf Ghani and Chi...

LOS ANGELES >> A family spokesman says Nick Menza, former drummer for influential metal band Megadeth, died after collapsing on stage during a performance of his progressive jazz trio in Southe Califo ia. J. Marshall Craig says Menza’s latest band OHM was three songs into a set at a Los Angeles-area...

KATHMANDU, Nepal >> Two Indian climbers have gone missing on Mount Everest, an expedition organizer said Sunday, after two deaths from apparent altitude sickness in recent days highlighted the risks on the world’s highest mountain. Paresh Nath and Goutam Ghosh have been missing since Saturday, said ...