Candidates vying for two Los Angeles County supervisor seats will square off in separate forums in the San Gabriel Valley Tuesday night ahead of the June 7 presidential primary election. A forum on children’s issues for candidates of the Fifth District seat will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Pasadena...

As ExxonMobil prepared to embark on the inherently risky restart of its Torrance refinery Monday night, two South Bay congressional representatives added their voices to conce s expressed by local residents over a regulatory study of toxic hydrofluoric acid. Reps. Ted Lieu and Maxine Waters wrote a ...

With live performances that included musical theater, choral, opera and baroque numbers, arts leaders and city officials on Monday offered a glimpse of what’s to come when the Beverly O’Neill Theater becomes the venue for several local performing companies next season. “You saw here today what happe...

The restart of the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance isn’t likely to bring a big drop in gasoline prices to Southe Califo ians, according to AAA experts. Part of the ExxonMobil plant that was damaged in a Feb. 18, 2015, explosion was scheduled to reopen by Tuesday mo ing. The explosion caused gas pric...

INDIO >> Organizers billed the Desert Trip mega-concert with such stars as The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney as a once-in-a-lifetime event. Think again. Promoter Goldenvoice on Monday added a second weekend at the Empire Polo Club in Indio just before tickets went on sale. And, despite twice as ...

Port of Long Beach managers plan to spend big money — $3 billion on infrastructure projects over the coming decade. That figure is included in a staff report outlining the Long Beach Harbor Department’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year. The department’s budget team is asking for $809 milli...

ANAHEIM >> The Muslim Los Osos High School student who was misidentified as a student named Isis isn’t assuming that the misprint was intentional but said Monday it is “coincidental.” Bayan Zehlif, a Muslim senior at the Rancho Cucamonga high school who wears a hijab, sat for one-on-one interviews w...

Saying the drought is not over, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order Monday that permanently bans water-wasting practices such as hosing off driveways and sets in motion a five-year plan to assess the state’s water supplies in an effort to better plan for continuous water shortages. “We are pr...

ANAHEIM >> The Muslim Los Osos High School student who was misidentified as a student named Isis said Monday she “can’t assume” the misprint was intentional, but it is “coincidental.” Bayan Zehlif, a Muslim senior at the Rancho Cucamonga high school who wears a hijab, sat for one-on-one interviews w...

MEXICO CITY — A federal judge has ruled that the extradition of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman can move ahead, Mexico’s Judicial Council said Monday. But the country’s Foreign Relations Department must still approve it and the defense can appeal. The council, which oversees Mexico’s federal jud...

Saying the drought is not over, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order Monday that permanently bans water-wasting practices such as hosing off driveways and sets in motion a five-year plan to assess the state’s water supplies in an effort to better plan for continuous water shortages. “We are pr...

INDIO >> What organizers dubbed as a once-in-a-lifetime concert is happening twice. General admission tickets have sold out for both weekends of Desert Trip, which will run Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14-16 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger...

INDIO >> What organizers dubbed as a once-in-a-lifetime concert is happening twice. Tickets are on sale now for both weekends of Desert Trip, which will run Oct. 7-9 and Oct. 14-16 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, with The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The ...

INDIO >> A second weekend has been added for the Desert Trip mega-concert at the Empire Polo Club in Indio. The concert will feature The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Roger Waters and The Who. The event, which had initial dates of Oct. 7-9, has also added a second weekend of...

I’ve never been much of a gamer. The idea of playing poker or blackjack in a smoke-filled back room never appealed to me, although I do love to play Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. But those probably don’t count as real games to players who are used to late night poker games and online gambling. Somet...

LOS ANGELES — A judge today dismissed a bid by Sumner Redstone’s former girlfriend to regain control of his health care, finding the media mogul was of sound mind when he removed her from that position last October. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Cowan granted a motion by Redstone’s atto eys...

There’s not a week that goes by without E esto Nuno hearing about a motorcyle accident. Bent forks. Broken radiators. The technician at Long Beach Motorcycle Repair near 4th Street and Alamitos Avenue has repaired all ma er of busted up bikes. “I’ve just been lucky so far,” Nuno said of not getting ...

Michael Hegarty rang a bell on his bicycle as he rode across East Broadway at Atlantic Avenue one afte oon in late April. He has cycled around Long Beach since the 1970s, and said with the streets now much more congested, those on bikes need to be extra cautious when criss-crossing the city. Hegarty...

WHITEWATER >>A group of about 25 mostly environmentalists and high-level public lands managers bolted into the new Sand to Snow National Monument one afte oon last week. Setting a blistering pace was Sally Jewell, the 51st Secretary of the Interior, who at 5 a.m. that mo ing had been hiking with Nat...

The regional air quality agency that oversees Inland skies has received $23.6u2009million in funding for a program to develop and demonstrate zero-emission short-haul trucks that originate at seaports and use several freight corridors. The project includes several other Califo ia air-quality agencie...