WASHINGTON >> Be ie Sanders won Oregon’s presidential primary and battled Hillary Clinton to a neck-and-neck outcome in Kentucky on Tuesday, vowing to soldier on as Clinton sought to blunt his momentum ahead of her likely general election matchup against Republican Donald Trump. The race in Kentucky...

The former Beaumont officials indicted Tuesday on embezzlement and other corruption charges had been entrusted with hundreds of millions in public dollars. Much of this money came from bonds that are still being paid off by thousands of homeowners. During the 22-year tenure of former City Manager Al...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday passed a motion to encourage all 88 cities in the county to adopt practices that make film production easier across city limits. Now that the board has signed off, a letter will be sent from the county’s Chief Executive Office to local gove ment...

Long Beach’s City Council voted Tuesday to approve a land sale and tax sharing agreement that could lead to a developer building a luxury hotel in the Ocean Boulevard corridor. The deal approved by the council clears the way for developer American Life, Inc. to buy city-owned land at 100 E. Ocean Bl...

Be ie Sanders entered a Carson arena like a rock star and the crowd roared to deafening levels Tuesday night as the Democratic presidential hopeful delivered a message of brash optimism despite the steep odds facing his candidacy. “I think we have a real shot to win primaries in a number of states c...

Hoping to knock out what he calls unfair practices against the po industry, adult film performer James Deen filed a complaint Tuesday with Califo ia regulators against a mixed martial arts organization, suggesting it is violating blood exposure laws. Deen filed the complaint with Cal/OSHA, saying th...

Southe Califo ia’s residential real estate market chilled out in April as home sales fell from a year earlier and prices continued rising, a market tracker said Tuesday. Last month sales of new and previously owned houses and condominiums across the six-county region fell 3 percent from a year earli...

The hope is to get smaller cities’ permitting and protection policies more or less in line with those already used in the city and unincorporated county areas of Los Angeles, so producers will enjoy more consistent regulations when pla ing shoots that may cross city limits. “The Model Film Ordinance...

A pillar of the Central Long Beach community who helped found Antioch Church and was a longtime community volunteer and activist has died. Philomene Seymore, 97, passed away May 11, said her daughter, Patricia Lofland, also a well-known leader in the community as the first African American elected t...

Orange County’s first signs of West Nile virus were found in samples of mosquitoes collected in Seal Beach and La Habra, officials a ounced Tuesday. Mosquitoes were gathered from La Mirada Creek in La Habra on May 6 and from Gum Grove Park in Seal Beach on May 10. On Friday, experts detected the Wes...

It’s election season in Long Beach and several community groups have scheduled candidate and issue forums to help voters make informed decisions. Upcoming events: • The Bluff Heights Neighborhood Association plans to host a Wednesday forum for 2nd Council District candidates Eric Gray and Jea ine Pe...

Political consultants from the offices of Adouki & Associates are organizing a new opposition campaign against a Long Beach sales tax proposal. The formal name of the campaign is “No on Measure ‘A’ – Stop the Tax on Long Beach Working Families.” Ian Patton, a senior associate at the consultancy, sai...

A pillar of the Central Long Beach community who helped found Antioch Church and was a longtime community volunteer and activist has died. Philomene Seymore, 97, passed away May 11, said her daughter, Patricia Lofland, also a well-known leader in the community as the first African American elected t...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia and Councilman Al Austin plan to visit the state capital Wednesday and lobby for expanding the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s gove ing board from 14 to 16 members. State Sen. Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia, has proposed a bill to do so in order to ...

It’s election season in Long Beach and several community groups have scheduled candidate and issue forums to help voters make informed decisions. Upcoming events: • The Bluff Heights Neighborhood Association plans to host a Wednesday forum for 2nd Council District candidates Eric Gray and Jea ine Pe...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to pursue a potential ballot measure that would tax top-income ea ers to combat rising homelessness. They also agreed to conduct an inte al audit of how county funds for homelessness are spent. In a 3-2 vote, the board directed its top execut...

The city received a $1 million grant from Kaiser Permanente to promote healthy eating in North Long Beach, officials a ounced Tuesday. The grant will support the HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) Zone Initiative, intended to make healthy food choices accessible to more people in underserved neighb...

Justin Timberlake released his new music video for “Can’t Stop The Feeling” last night and good gracious it is fun and colorful. Important note: Don’t watch this video if you’re not prepared to have possibly one of the catchiest songs ever written stuck in your head forever. The video features a bun...

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Add another name to the list of candidates for Califo ia gove or in 2018. State Treasurer John Chiang a ounced Tuesday, May 16 that he’s forming a campaign committee for gove or. The move allows 53-year-old Democrat and former state controller to raise funds for the gove or’s race. Due to term limit...