Police arrested 157 people – almost all for alcohol-related offenses – during the three-day Stagecoach Country Music Festival, officials said Tuesday. The festival drew about 75,000 vans to the Empire Polo Club grounds, in Indio, Friday through Sunday. Fifteen people were arrested on suspicion of pu...

More than 170 original studio albums. Upwards of three centuries onstage. More than 435 million in record sales — in the U.S. alone. Meet the lineup of Desert Trip, coming Oct. 7-9 to the Empire Polo Club in Indio. You might know these lads — Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, The Who, ...

A Long Beach man received what City Prosecutor Doug Haubert on Tuesday said was likely the longest misdemeanor domestic violence sentence in city history. Gary Steven McJimsey, 36, was sentenced to eight years in county jail after a jury convicted him of battering two women, threatening them multipl...

INDIANAPOLIS >> In a stu ing triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in Indiana that knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race and cleared Trump’s path to a likely November face-off with Democratic front-ru...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia unveiled plans Tuesday for how City Hall may spend $150 million or so on street repairs and other infrastructure projects if voters agree to pass a sales tax increase in June. In terms of infrastructure, “this is the most investment that would happen in the city in a g...

INDIANAPOLIS >> Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign Tuesday, eliminating the biggest impediment to Donald Trump’s march to the Republican nomination. The conservative tea party firebrand who tried to cast himself as the only viable alte ative to Trump ended his campaign after a sting...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia unveiled plans Tuesday for how City Hall may spend $150 million or so on street repairs and other infrastructure projects if voters agree to pass a sales tax increase in June. In terms of infrastructure, “this is the most investment that would happen in the city in a g...

@bgazzar on Twitter The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to stop putting youth in solitary confinement except in urgent circumstances. The motion calls for new procedures and enforcement techniques to ban solitary confinement in all of the county’s juvenile detention...

We’ve been told to “get ready to rock.” That makes it sound so easy. Used to be we got ready to rock by slipping into a pair of jeans and a T-shirt and dipping into a $10 bag of ditchweed. But now, we decades-long fans of Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Neil Young, Roger Waters and Bob ...

Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia unveiled plans Tuesday for how City Hall may spend $150 million or so on street repairs and other infrastructure projects if voters agree to pass a sales tax increase in June. In terms of infrastructure, “this is the most investment that would happen in the city in a g...

INDIANAPOLIS >> Donald Trump took a major step toward sewing up the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a victory in Indiana’s primary election, dashing the hopes of rival Ted Cruz and other GOP forces who fear the brash businessman will doom their party in the general election. Hillary ...

You don’t have to be a Kentucky Derby trivia expert to know Califo ia-based horses have historically fared well in America’s most famous horse race, including three of the past four wi ers of the Run for the Roses. I’ll Have Another (2012), Califo ia Chrome (2014) and American Pharoah (2015) all rep...

The Hillary Clinton campaign is increasing its presence in Califo ia, by opening a second office in the state tonight. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis were set to join volunteers at the kickoff by making phone calls on behalf of the Democratic presidential hope...

Los Angeles, San Fe ando Valley and Santa Monica area Events Morels Steakhouse and Bistro: National Hamburger Month is celebrated with gourmet burgers with optional craft beer pairing, 11:30 a.m.-4 (lunch only). Cost $18-$19 hamburgers; add $10 for beer pairing; plus tax and tip. 189 The Grove Drive...

Tucked among a legion of cheap gas stations with familiar brands like Arco, Costco and Valero, a new name has emerged: Berri Bros. The Irvine-based company isn’t new; it’s been around for 40 years, founded in 1976 by the Berri family in Westminster. The company has grown to 70 employees and 10 gas s...

Unionized janitors across the state approved a new collective bargaining agreement on Monday night, averting a strike. Service Employees Inte ational Union United Service Workers West members in Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Bay Area approved the new deal that covers wages and includes p...

Normally a tough month for water savings, Califo ians saved 35 billion gallons of water in March as compared to the same month in 2013 for a 24.3 percent water saving, state water officials reported. Cooler temperatures and March rains contributed to the water savings but the numbers were impressive...

Members of the Califo ia Faculty Association overwhelmingly approved a proposed contract with the Cal State University system that would give them 10.5 percent raises over three years, the union a ounced today. The proposal still needs to be approved by the CSU Board of Trustees, which will consider...

A Long Beach man received what City Prosecutor Doug Haubert is calling likely the longest misdemeanor domestic violence sentence in city history Tuesday. Gary Steven McJimsey, 36, was sentenced to eight years in county jail after a jury convicted him of battering two women, threatening them multiple...

A former youth basketball coach who died in sheriff department custody in Castaic a week after he was sentenced to a year in jail for having sex with a 16-year-old girl died of a heart attack while playing basketball at the facility, authorities said today. The coroner’s office identified him as 47-...