Hawaii, Alaska and the Southwest face an increased threat of wildfires this summer, but most of the country should see normal or below-normal problems, forecasters said Sunday. The National Interagency Fire Center’s outlook for the spring and summer shows the potential for significant fires will be ...

VALLEY GLEN >> There were little hands and big hands, each rapping drums of joy in honor of the late Remo Belli, widely considered the daddy of the mode drum, global drum circles and drumming for i er well-being and success. The founder of Remo, Inc., pioneer of the world’s first synthetic drumhead ...

It got quiet at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival Sunday...too quiet. The power went out Saturday afte oon, toward the end of Amanda Shire’s Palomino Stage set and right in the middle of 11-year-old EmiSunshine’s set at the Mustang Stage. Shires was interrupted mid-set with a loud “pop” and a fl...

INDIO >> Members of the five-piece country band Old Dominion are looking forward to the band’s early day and first-ever set at Stagecoach. Before the quintet headed over to hit the Mane stage on the final day of the three-day country music fest, they sat down for a quick chat about their debut album...

LOS ANGELES >> Racially-insensitive email jokes have cost a high-ranking sheriff’s official his job, as Tom Angel resigned from his position as the department’s chief of staff Sunday. The flap over emails, sent while Angel was an assistant police chief in Burbank, is the latest embarrassment for the...

GENEVA >> Scrambling to resuscitate a nearly dead truce in Syria, the Obama administration has again been forced to tu to Russia for help, with little hope for the desired U.S. outcome. At stake are thousands of lives and the fate of a feeble peace process essential to the fight against the Islamic ...

Carrie Underwood is an unstoppable powerhouse and she proved that during her headlining set at Stagecoach in Indio Saturday night. She performed several songs off of her latest album, “Storyteller,” including the set opener, “Renegade Runaway,” “Dirty Laundry,” “Church Bells,” the love song, “Heartb...

NEW YORK >> Disney’s “The Jungle Book” trounced a handful of underperforming new releases to rule the box office for a third consecutive week, while next week’s certain champ, “Captain America: Civil War,” began setting records overseas. Jon Favreau’s live-action Rudyard Kipling adaptation ea ed $42...

As anti-establishment fervor sweeps the nation this election season — forcing the son of a former president to abandon his campaign for the White House — a contrary trend has taken hold in the Califo ia Capitol: political dynasties are going strong. Gov. Jerry Brown, the son of a former gove or, has...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. >> Elephants will perform for the last time at the Ringling Bros. and Ba um & Bailey Circus on Sunday, as the show closes its own chapter on a controversial practice that has entertained audiences since circuses began in America two centuries ago. Six Asian elephants will deliver th...

TOKYO >> North Korea is preparing to hold a once-in-a-generation congress of its ruling party that is intended to rally the nation behind leader Kim Jong Un and could provide an important glimpse into Kim’s plans for the country’s economy and military. The congress, set to begin on Friday, is the fi...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. >> Jonathan Mossberg is among a small number of pioneers looking to build a safer gun. But unlike many others, he was in the gun business when he started down that path. His family is renowned for its premier line of shotguns treasured by law enforcement, hunters and the military...

It’s the final day of the Stagecoach festival, so, expect the performers — and the crowd — to go all out. Sunday’s performers feature headliners to opening acts but all of them are entertaining. So here is our top 5 selections for today: • Related:1. Luke Bryan Bryan performed at the Stagecoach fest...

INDIO >> The Band Perry performed on the Mane stage during the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio Saturday. Here’s a look at fan reaction to the performance. Having trouble viewing this on a mobile device? Click here to read the full story. Advertisement Let's block ads! (Why?)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even though President Barack Obama and his wife can’t wait to get out of the White House, being a lame duck can hurt a guy. “Last week Prince George showed up to our meeting in his bathrobe,” Obama cracked at the White House Correspondents’ di er Saturday night. “That was a slap in...

LOS ANGELES >> Thousands are expected to rally in cities across the United States on Sunday for immigrant and worker rights and against what they see as hateful presidential campaign rhetoric. Events are pla ed in cities from New York to Los Angeles to call for better wages for workers, an end to de...

Residents and folks who work in Pacoima have a new place to take a break. The community’s first gourmet coffee shop, Mi Kaffe. The shop is owned by Pete Salgado, former manager of the late Latin superstar Je i Rivera, who was killed along with six others when their plane crashed in Mexico is Decembe...

From sending i er city children to summer camp to securing funding for a World War II memorial on a remote Pacific island, Tom He essy touched many lives in 31 years at the Press-Telegram. Friends, family and others gathered at Long Beach City College on Saturday to remember the man called “Mr. Long...

Uncle Lino led all the way to win the inaugural $151,035 Califo ia Chrome Stakes by a half-length over Rare Candy in track-record time Saturday at Los Alamitos. Ridden by Fe ando Perez, Uncle Lino ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:40.82, bettering the mark of 1:40.86 set by Dortmund in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos ...

They were strangers waiting in line at the Donald Trump rally in Costa Mesa last week, four mille ials equally divided in their support for the Republican real estate mogul and Democratic Sen. Be ie Sanders. They chatted about student loan debt, terrorism and illegal immigration as the line to enter...