FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller confirmed via text message that a warrant had been served at the Corona home Syed Raheel Farook in the 1700 block of Forum Way in Corona this mo ing. More information was expected to be available later in the mo ing from the U.S. Atto ey, she said. In February, federal...

NEW YORK — Comcast is buying DreamWorks Animation, the film company behind the “Shrek,” “Madagascar” and “Kung Fu Panda” franchises, for approximately $3.55 billion. DreamWorks stockholders will receive $41 for each share they own. That’s a 24 percent premium to the company’s Wednesday closing price...

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...

PASADENA >> The largest gas leak in U.S. history, the 710 Freeway gap and homelessness were among the issues that took center stage Wednesday night at a Los Angeles County District 5 supervisorial debate in Pasadena. The top six candidates vying to fill the seat of outgoing Supervisor Michael Antono...

Lucia Perez stood in front of Grape Street Elementary School in Watts and remembered how isolating democracy felt to her more than 52 years ago. She had just become eligible to vote and her father had marched her down to the Los Angeles County Registrar to get her registered. But Perez didn’t just w...

San Pedro native Misty Copeland will retu to Los Angeles in July for two performances in American Ballet Theatre’s production of “The Firebird” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Music Center a ounced Wednesday. Copeland, who became the company’s first black prima ballerina last year, will dance ...

The pre-dawn arrest Wednesday of a suspected drug kingpin and his associates accused of selling narcotics in Los Angeles’ Skid Row likely won’t alleviate a complicated substance abuse cycle deeply embedded in downtown’s homeless, advocates said. The coordinated sweep, led by the Los Angeles Police D...

Hawtho e-based aerospace company SpaceX a ounced plans Wednesday to send one of the company’s Dragon spaceships to Mars as soon as 2018. The mission is billed as a test flight aimed at demonstrating the technology needed to land large payloads on Mars — a critical step in advance of ma ed missions a...

A union between DreamWorks Animation and Comcast Corp. would expand the center of gravity for the animated sector of the film industry in the San Fe ando Valley and perhaps challenge industry heavyweight Disney, analysts said Wednesday. Comcast is reportedly offering $3 billion for Glendale-based Dr...

In most places across the U.S., the upcoming wildfire season isn’t expected to be as bad as it was in 2015, the nation’s top wildland firefighting official said Wednesday — but that good-news forecast doesn’t apply to drought-stricken Southe Califo ia and other parts of the West. A record 15,800 squ...

Sean Harvell was a man of uncommon bravery and humility who lived for his daughter despite struggling with PTSD and traumatic brain injury received in combat, a close friend said. The decorated Long Beach war veteran, who drowned Tuesday in the waters off Alamitos Beach near his beachfront apartment...

A proposal to give shipping companies and others a tax break when purchasing zero- or near zero-emissions technology at seaports received unanimous support Wednesday in a state Senate committee. State Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, introduced the bill in February. As written the measure would...

A proposal to give shipping companies and others a tax break when purchasing zero- or near zero-emissions technology at seaports received unanimous support Wednesday in a state Senate committee. State Senator Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, introduced the bill in February. As written the measure would...

When Rick Thorpe talks about building communities in Souther Califo ia, he brings a different perspective than most. In the San Gabriel Valley, he remembers workers hand-digging under Old Pasadena to complete the Gold Line’s first phase while shoring up the foundations of 100-year-old buildings. In ...

A Rose Park resident was arrested for allegedly carrying out numerous commercial robberies in Long Beach. Timothy Clarke, 63, was arrested at his residence in the 1300 block of Dawson Avenue Monday by police who also executed a search warrant and recovered evidence related to the case, police said. ...

Los Angeles, San Fe ando Valley, Santa Monica area South East European Film Festival: The a ual SEEfest, April 29-May 5. Check website for schedule and venues. Most tickets $10. seefilmla.org TCM Classic Film Festival: The a ual festival focuses on “Moving Pictures,” April 29-May 1. Most tickets $20...

Amazon is scheduled to open a pick-up location at Cal State Long Beach’s University Bookstore by September, a university official said Wednesday. The 2,500-square-foot space, called Amazon@TheBeach, also will take order retu s. Amazon will renovate and move into the space that housed the bookstore’s...

INDIANAPOLIS — In need of momentum after a five-state shutout, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Wednesday tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina — a woman who he said has repeatedly “shattered glass ceilings” — to serve as his ru ing mate. The Texas senator a ounced his pick f...

Police are investigating a non-fatal shooting in Long Beach’s Washington neighborhood Wednesday. Officers responded to a shooting call at 12:53 p.m. near 16th Street and Pine Avenue, said Sgt. Bradley Johnson, a police spokesman, in an email. Upon arrival they found an adult man suffering a gunshot ...

LOS ANGELES — Funeral services were pending today for Willie Williams, who became the first black chief of the Los Angeles Police Department in the aftermath of the L.A. riots. Williams, 72, died Tuesday night at his home in Fayetteville, Georgia. A relative said he had been diagnosed with pancreati...