A Superior Court judge Friday made sweeping statements about the Long Beach Police Department’s treatment of gay men in the community, saying in a ruling over a lewd conduct case that the department intentionally targets gay men, and that the prosecutor’s office portrays them as “sexual deviants and...

They’re calling it “Stagecouch.” Thanks to Toyota and Yahoo, you can catch most of the action at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival from inside your home. Toyota is sponsoring a live stream which is set to show most of the big acts throughout the weekend, according to Yahoo Music. The stream will...

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge will decide Monday whether to allow ExxonMobil to fire up its Torrance refinery in violation of emission limits or bow to an environmental group that filed suit to block the long-awaited plant restart. The Refinery Safety Network — the third community group to spri...

After once helping the Lakers to back-to-back NBA championships with his superior passing, Luke Walton will try to hand out an assist to his former team in another way. Walton and the Lakers agreed to a multi-year deal to become their head coach. The 36-year-old Walton replaced Byron Scott, who was ...

BURLINGAME >> After making a bizarre entrance to the Califo ia Republican convention, Republican presidential front-ru er Donald Trump hit some familiar notes in a speech to delegates, touting himself as the only candidate who could beat Hillary Clinton, the likely Democratic nominee, in November. H...

Kristian Bush has performed several times at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio in the past alongside his longtime collaborator Je ifer Nettles, as part of the award-wi ing duo, Sugarland. This year, the Knoxville-native goes it alone and he’s got plenty of solid material, which he’ll of...

We’ll see Margot Robbie playing both the venerable role of Jane Porter in “The Legend of Tarzan” (July 1) and every fanboy’s psycho sweetheart Harley Qui in the DC Comics supervillain spectacular “Suicide Squad” (Aug. 5). Guess that makes the 25-year-old Australian this year’s Queen of Summer Movies...

Kristian Bush has performed several times at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio in the past alongside his longtime collaborator Je ifer Nettles, as part of the award-wi ing duo, Sugarland. This year, the Knoxville-native goes it alone and he’s got plenty of solid material, which he’ll of...

A 35-year-old man was fatally struck by a car as he walked along a 405 Freeway off-ramp in the Carson, the Califo ia Highway Patrol reported Friday. The man was hit on the Avalon Boulevard off-ramp from the northbound 405 Freeway about 11:45 p.m. Thursday, CHP Officer Patrick Kimball said. The victi...

Los Angeles County firefighters put out an RV fire in Paramount near the border with Long Beach and Bellflower Friday afte oon. Firefighters were called to the scene near the intersection of Downey Avenue and 70th Street at 12:01 p.m., said Inspector Richie Licon, a fire department spokesman. They a...

The Stagecoach Festival is back for its 10th consecutive year, and the first day of the three-day festival is star-studded and diverse. Everything from mainstream to outlaw and even alte ative country is represented. Here are five picks to get you started, but feel free to wander in whatever tent or...

Just days after it was a ounced that Will Ferrell would produce and star in a comedy about former President Ronald Reagan’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, the actor has now bailed on the project. “The REAGAN script is one of a number of scripts that had been submitted to Will Ferrell which he ha...

A Downey woman in her 30s was killed in a traffic collision Thursday afte oon in East Long Beach, according to the Long Beach Police Department. At about 4:36 p.m., Long Beach police officers responded to an injury traffic collision call on the 7500 block of Spring Street, LBPD spokesman Sgt. Bradle...

Just days after it was a ounced that Will Ferrell would produce and star in a comedy about former President Ronald Reagan’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, the actor has now bailed on the project. “The REAGAN script is one of a number of scripts that had been submitted to Will Ferrell which he ha...

A man was injured but is expected to survive after he was shot in Long Beach’s MacArthur Park neighborhood Thursday night. Officers were dispatched to the shooting at 7:15 p.m. near 14th Street and Walnut Avenue, said Sgt. Bradley Johnson, a police spokesman, in an email. At the scene, they found an...

BURLINGAME >> Real estate tycoon and Republican presidential front-ru er Donald Trump is speaking at the Califo ia Republican convention. His speech to the state’s GOP faithful began after hundreds of protesters gathered outside the convention were determined to block his entrance when his motorcade...

INDIANAPOLIS — In a setback for Donald Trump, Indiana’s gove or endorsed the front-ru er’s chief rival, Ted Cruz, on Friday, just days before the state’s critical Republican primary contest. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence made his support for the Texas senator official during an afte oon radio interview, c...

Just days after it was a ounced that Will Ferrell would produce and star in a comedy about former President Ronald Reagan’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease, the actor has now bailed on the project. “The REAGAN script is one of a number of scripts that had been submitted to Will Ferrell which he ha...

Jared Goff, who was raised in the Bay Area and played for Cal, caught some grief for his tweet from 2013 that read, “I really hope Yasiel Puig gets a fastball in his ribs tomorrow.” After Goff was drafted at the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft Thursday, the tweet was widely shared. Puig, the Dodgers sta...

Long Beach police are investigating a shooting outside a small Wrigley District bar late Thursday night. No one was hit or injured as a result of the shooting, which happened around 10:50 p.m. in the 300 block of W. Willow Street, said Sgt. Bradley Johnson, a police spokesman, in an email. One calle...