Republican presidential front-ru er Donald Trump will kickoff his Califo ia campaign Thursday at a rally at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa. The event will be held in the Pacific Amphitheatre at 7 p.m. • Read More: What you need to know about Thursday’s rally in Costa Mesa Trouble viewing t...

When Jim Brulte became Califo ia Republican Party chairman in 2013, the state GOP was mired in debt and Democrats held a supermajority in the legislature. Today, the party is debt-free and Democrats no longer hold the two-thirds majority needed to raise taxes. And the three Republican presidential h...

The city on Thursday unveiled 30 new downtown parking spaces along a three-block section of Ninth Street near Pine Avenue. The new parking spaces were created by converting parallel parking spaces into diagonal spaces on the north side of the street, between Pacific Avenue and Long Beach Boulevard. ...

Welcome to the Southe Califo ia News Group’s coverage of Stagecoach 2016. Here’s what you can expect from us: • We’ll begin coverage on Friday mo ing as we brave traffic to retu to the Empire Polo Club in Indio. • Our reporters, columnists, photographers and editors will be there throughout the week...

LONG BEACH — A 2-year-old girl from just outside Long Beach died today at a hospital, and an investigation was being conducted into her death. Nicole Larsen died about 12:45 a.m. after being found “unresponsive” a short time earlier at a residence in the 2500 block of East Jackson Street, said coron...

The sold-out Stagecoach Country Music Festival is back for its 10th year, and we had such a hard time picking out our five most-anticipated acts that we expanded it to six. This is just a guide, as there are no bad choices when it comes to festival with more than 60 acts, ru ing from April 29-May 1 ...

A body that washed ashore Wednesday at Dockweiler State Beach was identified on Thursday as that of a swimmer who went missing last week off Manhattan Beach, authorities said. The dead man was identified as Derrick Jeffries, 24, of Hawtho e, coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said. The death was be...

WILLOWBROOK — A woman was fatally injured today in a two-vehicle crash on the Gle Anderson (105) Freeway in the Willowbrook area of the county. Karen Salazar, 25, died at the scene of the collision, which occurred about 4 a.m. on the westbound 105 at Central Avenue. “One car spun out and a second ca...

It’s NFL Draft Day and for the first time in a long time, that means something for Los Angeles. The Rams are back in L.A. and they have the number one pick in the draft. They’re celebrating with a giant party at LA Live and they invited former Rams players, executives and, of course, the Rams cheerl...

Three people were arrested after warrants were served in two cities including the Corona home Syed Raheel Farook, brother of the San Be ardino terror shooter, Syed Rizwan Farook, Thursday mo ing, including the shooter’s brother and sister-in-law, officials confirmed. Syed Raheel Farook his wife Tati...

Long Beach City College officials broke ground this week on a $20-million construction project to upgrade the Electrical Program and Lifetime Lea ing facilities at the Pacific Coast Campus that is expected to be completed in 2017. The project includes one new building, QQ, while renovating another a...

With local transmissions of the Zika virus increasing in Puerto Rico, federal health officials said Thursday that Congress needs to act fast on approving $1.9 billion to aid in prevention, mosquito surveillance and testing across the United States. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secret...

Live updates of the Rams’ first draft back in Los Angeles by Southe Califo ia News Group reporters in Chicago and Los Angeles, including columnist Vincent Bonsignore, reporters Rich Hammond, Ryan Kartje and Jack Wang and multimedia jou alist Abbey Mastracco. Having trouble viewing on mobile device? ...

A body that washed ashore Wednesday at Dockweiler State Beach was identified today as that of a swimmer who went missing last week off Manhattan Beach, authorities said. The dead man was identified as Derrick Jeffries, 24, of Hawtho e, coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said. The death was being in...

Looking forward to watching Barcelona star Neymar play for Brazil at this year’s U.S.-hosted Copa America? Forget it. Brazil’s captain skips the tou ament at the request of his club that doesn’t want him playing two draining summer tou aments during the European offseason. Instead, Neymar attempts t...

Three people were arrested after warrants were served in two cities including the Corona home Syed Raheel Farook, brother of the San Be ardino terror shooter, Syed Rizwan Farook, Thursday mo ing, including the shooter’s brother and sister-in-law, officials confirmed. Syed Raheel Farook his wife Tati...

The brother and sister-in-law of San Be ardino terror attack shooter Syed Rizwan Farook and the wife of Farook’s friend Enrique Marquez were arrested Thursday mo ing after federal agents served warrants at their homes, officials said. Syed Raheel Farook, 31, of Corona, who is the shooter’s brother, ...

LONG BEACH — Sheriff’s detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a child in Long Beach, the department a ounced today. Detectives responded to the 2500 block of East Jackson Street just before midnight Wednesday, according to Deputy Kelvin Moody. The child was pronounce...

With local transmissions of the Zika virus increasing in Puerto Rico, federal health officials said Thursday that Congress needs to act fast on approving $1.9 billion to aid in prevention, mosquito surveillance and testing across the United States. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secret...

Republican presidential front-ru er Donald Trump is bringing his campaign to Califo ia and has picked the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa for a kickoff rally Thursday night. The 7 p.m. event comes as Trump gears up for Califo ia’s June 7 primary, which could determine whether he reaches the 1,2...