LOS ANGELES — Ending a murder mystery that spa ed three decades, a former Los Angeles city garage attendant and sanitation worker was convicted today of the “Grim Sleeper” killings of nine women and a teenage girl, along with the attempted murder of another woman. Lo ie David Franklin Jr., 63, faces...

Assemblyman Patrick O’Do ell, D-Long Beach, is inviting residents to a town hall meeting next week for customers impacted by the switch from Verizon to Frontier Communications. The public will have the opportunity to resolve service issues with representatives from Frontier Communications and the Ca...

Long Beach firefighters rescued a homeless man who was trapped under a vehicle near Bixby Park just before noon Thursday. Units were called to the area of 2nd Street and Cherry Avenue in Alamitos Beach where they found the man trapped under a vehicle, said Brian Fisk, a Long Beach Fire Department sp...

LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles city garage attendant and sanitation worker was convicted today of the “Grim Sleeper” killings of nine women and a teenage girl, along with the attempted murder of another woman. Lo ie David Franklin Jr., 63, faces a possible death sentence for the killings. A pena...

LOS ANGELES — Jurors have reached a verdict in the trial of a Los Angeles man charged in the “Grim Sleeper” serial killings that targeted vulnerable young black women over two decades. Lo ie Franklin Jr. could face the death penalty if convicted Thursday in the 10 slayings after a two-month trial in...

WHITTIER — A car crashed into the bedroom of a home in unincorporated South Whittier Thursday where a boy was sleeping and a teenager was playing a video game. Califo ia Highway Patrol officers were searching for the hit-and-run driver. The car crashed into the house on the 12400 block of South Rams...

A plan to remove a gas station and replace it with a Del Taco restaurant has Los Altos residents up in arms. The proposal to put a Del Taco at the co er of Bellflower Boulevard and Abbeyfield Road goes before the Pla ing Commission tonight. The site is across the street from the I-HOP restaurant in ...

LOS ANGELES — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak today at East Los Angeles College amid a pla ed protest by Latino students and community groups and raise funds for her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton will discuss her plans to raise incomes f...

SEAL BEACH – Police asked for the public’s help today in the search for a homeless man who may have been a witness or a person of interest in co ection with a fire that killed a 67-year-old man and his dog in Seal Beach. Authorities believe Eric Jesus Andrade, 37, has information that might aid the ...

Local lawmakers are getting involved in the fray over Frontier Communications takeover of Verizon FiOS’ landline assets on April 1, as complaints continue to pour in across the region. Assemblyman Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, who chairs the Utilities and Commerce Committee, said he is prepared to hold...

Get out those binoculars, because Saturday is Bird L.A. Day. The second a ual event organized by the National Audubon Society’s network in the greater Los Angeles area helps raise awareness about the area’s bird population through more than 50 events throughout the region. According to the society, ...

When: 11:30 a.m. June 5. Where: Southwest Museum, 234 Museum Drive, Los Angeles to Sycamore Grove Park, 4700 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles. Admission: Free. Information: www.arroyoartscollective.org. Also: Lummis Day Arts Festival. When: June 3-5. Where: Throughout Northeast Los Angeles. Admission: F...

LOS ANGELES — Authorities today urged possible victims of a “prolific” identity theft suspect to contact them. The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, was arrested by perso el from the Southe Califo ia High Tech Task Force on April 28 at a hotel in Santa Barbara County, the Los Angeles...

WASHINGTON — More Democrats seem to be having doubts about the federal health care law, a contentious issue for most of President Barack Obama’s tenure and one of the defining elements of his legacy. With the administration counting down its final year, Sen. Be ie Sanders’ call for “Medicare for all...

Family and friends of Sean Harvell, a decorated veteran who was found drowned off Alamitos Beach last week, are asking for the public’s help to raise money for his 6-year-old daughter, Lilly. A GoFundMe page with a $250,000 goal was set up Tuesday. About $6,770 have been raised as of Thursday mo ing...

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police investigators have developed a way to bypass security features and open the locked Apple iPhone 5S belonging to April Jace, the slain wife of “The Shield” actor Michael Jace, it was reported today. Jace is accused of killing his wife at their South L.A. home on May 1...

LOS ANGELES — Isolated thunderstorms may occur off the Southland coast today, and showers are possible in the region today and Friday, National Weather Service forecasters said. “A moist and unstable air mass associated with a trough of low pressure off the Califo ia coast will bring the potential f...

SEAL BEACH – Police asked for the public’s help today in the search for a homeless man who may have been a witness or a person of interest in co ection with a fire that killed a 67-year-old man and his dog in Seal Beach. Authorities believe Eric Jesus Andrade, 37, has information that might aid the ...

LOS ANGELES — Isolated thunderstorms may occur off the Southland coast today, and showers are possible in the region today and Friday, National Weather Service forecasters said. “A moist and unstable air mass associated with a trough of low pressure off the Califo ia coast will bring the potential f...

LOS ANGELES — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak today at East Los Angeles College amid a pla ed protest by Latino students and community groups and raise funds for her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton will discuss her plans to raise incomes f...