They had been waiting for this day for eight years. But it was still wrenching for the Ancheta family when it finally came this week. Their house in Carson’s infamous Carousel tract was the first of hundreds slated for cleanup of tons of soil contaminated with hazardous waste from old oil storage ta...

The Port of Los Angeles and Caltrans a ounced Friday that work is finished on a $46 million roadway improvement project to ease traffic congestion at key access points to the northbound 110 Freeway in San Pedro. The improvements included widening the 47 Freeway co ector to the 110 Freeway with an ad...

The Obama administration’s directive that public schools must permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity is already policy in the Long Beach Unified School District. The guidance from leaders at the Justice and Education departments, wh...

Eric Widstrand, traffic engineer for Long Beach, knows everything about the city’s 786 miles of roadway, its 550 traffic signals and 3,600 parking meters. Widstrand answered a few questions about street repairs and customer complaints. Question: How does the city prioritize repairs, changes and upgr...

The Port of Los Angeles and Caltrans a ounced Friday that work is finished on a $46 million roadway improvement project to ease traffic congestion at key access points to the northbound 110 Freeway in San Pedro. The improvements included widening the 47 Freeway co ector to the 110 Freeway with an ad...

The Obama administration’s directive that public schools must permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity is already policy in the Long Beach Unified School District. The guidance from leaders at the Justice and Education departments, wh...

Eric Widstrand, traffic engineer for Long Beach, knows everything about the city’s 786 miles of roadway, its 550 traffic signals and 3,600 parking meters. Widstrand answered a few questions about street repairs and customer complaints. Question: How does the city prioritize repairs, changes and upgr...

Pla ing on surfing Bolsa this weekend? This might change your mind. Fox 11 was shooting video from the air Thursday mo ing when they cruised along the Bolsa Chica surf line and saw a 6-foot shark hanging out. Sure, we all know they live out there. But it’s enough to make beachgoers and surfers re-th...

Quoting Aesop’s Fable about the ant and the grasshopper, Gov. Jerry Brown wa ed Friday that the state needs to prepare for the next recession and cautioned against new spending commitments. “The surging tide of revenue is begi ing to tu ,” the gove or said during a news conference in Sacrmaento to d...

ANAHEIM — Disney Dollars, a popular souvenir item and an in-house currency at Disney parks, will no longer be sold. A Disneyland statement confirmed on Thursday the once popular currency, which could only be used at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, would be terminated effective Saturday. The Disney...

The chief of the Los Angeles Unified School District praised the Obama administration’s directive Friday to schools across the country, saying restrooms at public schools must honor gender identity. School District Superintendent Michelle King applauded the guidance, saying districts must ensure the...

LOS ANGELES — Among the roughly 15,000 people who will receive degrees during USC commencement ceremonies today will be one notable standout -- 96-year-old Alfonso Gonzales. Gonzales will receive a bachelor of science degree in zoology, nearly 70 years after he first set foot on the Trojan campus, m...

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CALEXICO >> It looks like the perfect scene for a Donald Trump commercial: A constant stream of Mexican citizens swiftly pass through metal tu stiles at a border crossing as they head back home. In the background looms an imposing steel fence. But it’s not what it seems. It’s just quitting time in C...

Califo ia is about to take on the role of general election ATM for Donald Trump. The presumptive Republican nominee for president will be in Los Angeles on May 25 for a fundraiser hosted by Thomas Barrack, founder and executive chairman of the global real estate and investment firm Colony Capital. T...

EXPOSITION PARK >> After more than five decades, the clock has run out for the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. As elected officials, local residents and the news media gathered Thursday for the official closing ceremony, the facility got a glitzy send-off before it’s to down to make way for a soc...

A portion of the tidepools at Portuguese Point in Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, closed last month because of falling rocks and unstable cliffs, is open to the public again. The reopened section of the tidepools is the area closest to Abalone Cove Beach, said Cory Linder, director of recreation and pu...

EXPOSITION PARK >> After more than five decades, the clock has run out for the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena. As elected officials, local residents and the news media gathered Thursday for the official closing ceremony, the facility got a glitzy send-off before it’s to down to make way for a soc...

A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer and an accomplice were sentenced Thursday in Los Angeles to federal prison terms for bribing gove ment workers to obtain green cards and citizenship for immigrants. George Wu, 62, of Pico Rivera, was sentenced to 37 months behind bars, and ordered ...

The parents of two boys who drowned when the family’s car plunged off a pier into the waters of the Port of Losu2009Angeles last year filed a lawsuit Thursday against the city of Losu2009Angeles and several other gove ment entities. Ali Elmezayen and Rabab Diab filed the lawsuit in Losu2009Angeles S...