A man was found floating in the water off Alamitos Beach early Tuesday and couldn’t be revived by first responders. Sean Harvell — 33, city of residence unknown — was declared dead at 12:59 a.m. at the scene in the 1500 block of E. Ocean Boulevard, said Ed Winter, assistant chief at the Los Angeles ...

COMPTON — A 24-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash this mo ing involving four vehicles on the Long Beach (710) Freeway in Compton, the Califo ia Highway Patrol reported. The collision on the northbound 710 Freeway took place at Rosecrans Avenue about 12:35 a.m., said CHP Officer Francisco Vi...

SANTA ANA >> A co-owner of a now-defunct Southe Califo ia real estate investment firm was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for his guilty plea to participating in a fraudulent scheme that caused investors to lose as much as $169 million. John Packard, 66, of Long Beach, and his busines...

Two people were stabbed and a third person suffered minor head injuries after a dispute broke out Sunday between employees of the security vendor at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, say Indio police. The stab wounds were not life-threatening, Indio police said in a news release issued M...

For two weekends every April, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival draws the attention of the world to the desert. Social streams feed the public updates from the Empire Polo Club in Indio. Twitter notched more than 1 million mentions of this year’s opening weekend. Snapchat even added a flo...

STOCKTON, Calif. >> Califo ia’s Democratic state atto ey general cemented her front-ru er status Monday night in a debate that spa ed substantive policy issues between the top five candidates but yielded few zingers or breakthrough moments for voters struggling to sort through a large field. Atto ey...

The double-edged sword of strong drafting and development often means teams are forced to make difficult decisions in free agency. For the Rams, that manifested itself this offseason in the departures of starting co erback Janoris Jenkins to the Giants and safety Rodney McLeod to the Eagles. In a no...

LA Clippers live box score Game 4 vs. Portland Trailblazers The Los Angeles Clippers lead the best-of-seven first round NBA playoff series with the Portland Trailblazers, 2-1. They play at Portland at 7:30 p.m. Monday. (TNT TV) See live box score Advertisement Please enable JavaScript to view the co...

Clippers’ Chris Paul suffers broken hand Portland's Gerald Henderson, left, has the ball stripped by Chris Paul. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) PORTLAND >> Any chance the Clippers had of advancing deep into the playoffs took a bit hit Monday when point guard Chris Paul suffered a third metacarpal fra...

In firing Byron Scott on Sunday night, the Lakers not only evicted themselves of the coach who oversaw the two worst seasons in franchise history. They also gave themselves a chance to make a correct coaching hire after the past three coaches failed to deliver on big promises. What’s the Lakers’ hop...

Donald Trump is crazy, Hillary Clinton is a liar, Be ie Sanders is a socialist, Ted Cruz can’t be trusted and John Kasich doesn’t have a shot in hell of wi ing. Those kinds of comments have been flying around Facebook, restaurants, bars and coffee shops for weeks as waves of self-appointed pundits w...

Summer’s inching closer on the calendar in drought-parched Southe Califo ia. Thank goodness we can count on “May gray” and “June gloom” to bathe us with refreshing, cool air before the real heat arrives. Not so fast. A possible victim of Califo ia’s off-kilter weather of recent years, our a ual clou...

The Los Angeles Department of Animal Services a ounced Monday that it has reached a “historic” milestone so far this year in the number of cats and dogs saved from euthanasia at city animal shelters. Nearly 85 percent of animals that entered shelters in the first quarter of 2016 were saved, a 30 per...

Long Beach Pride and the City Clerk’s office will be co-sponsoring a free same-sex wedding ceremony next month. The event, Love Wins, will kick off the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade at 9:30 a.m. May 22 on Ocean Boulevard between Cherry and Junipero avenues. The parade steps off at 10:30 a....

AB 2542 Requires: The state Department of Transportation or a or a regional transportation pla ing agency show reversible lanes were considered for a traffic capacity increase project. Status: Passed by Assembly Transportation Committee; sent to Appropriations Committee. A bill in Sacramento that wi...

In firing Byron Scott on Sunday night, the Lakers not only evicted themselves of the coach who oversaw the two worst seasons in franchise history. They also gave themselves a chance to make a correct coaching hire after the past three coaches failed to deliver on big promises. What’s the Lakers’ hop...

A faculty union at Long Beach City College plans to picket the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday night over what they say are frustrations related to ongoing contract negotiations. The Long Beach City College - Community College Association, which represents full-time faculty, say they will take par...

North Long Beach residents living in the city’s 9th Council District, along with others having interests in the area, can propose ideas for spending $250,000 in discretionary city funds via Participatory Budgeting. Long Beach Councilman Rex Richardson’s office a ounced plans to convene a May 7 meeti...

Long Beach police released statistics Monday from a DUI/driver’s license checkpoint Saturday on Atlantic Avenue at Artesia Boulevard. The checkpoint, held between the hours of 7 p.m. and 3 a.m., netted the following results: • 444 vehicles screened • Seven field sobriety tests performed • Three DUI-...

After six sunsets, multiple wind storms, and 198,000 fans and approximately 1 million special guest stars, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is in the books for 2016. Here’s a look back at what we’ll remember from this year’s installment of the festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, f...