Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia’s office a ounced he will travel to Washington, D.C. at the head of a delegation formed to lobby Congressional representatives and other federal officials on matters of local interest. City Council members Stacy Mungo and Rex Richardson are also part of the delegation,...

A man was killed and three others were hospitalized after a shooting in Central Long Beach Monday night. Delhaun Jackson, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene at around 9 p.m., said Ed Winter, assistant chief at the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The shooting in the 1200 ...

With low student-teacher ratios and perfect graduation rates, Whitney High School in Cerritos ranked No. 1 among high schools in Califo ia and 19th best in the country, according to rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report. Califo ia Math and Science Academy, run by Long Beach Unified b...

Here is my projection for the first round of the NFL draft, given where things stand as of Tuesday: 1. RAMS (from Te esse) Carson Wentz, QB, North Dakota State Tough choice between quarterbacks, but ultimately, the Rams gamble on upside and pro-style experience instead of the safer, high-floor optio...

Finally, we come upon a report of Frontier Communications’ competency amid scores of complaints from customers suffering through the month with poor or worse service since the company took over Verizon’s cable subscribers on April 1. “No inte et or cable,” wrote a Frontier victim on Twitter. “But th...

A Long Beach accountant already awaiting trial for embezzling money from a Los Angeles County foster home is now facing similar charges involving a second home. Gary Batchelor, 64, pleaded not guilty to one felony count each of misappropriation of public funds, forgery and embezzlement, according to...

A Long Beach businessman already awaiting trial on charges that he embezzled money from an organization that runs two homes for disadvantaged youths in Pomona and Altadena pleaded not guilty Tuesday to similar charges. The victim in the latest case is an organization that operates two group homes fo...

Los Angeles, San Fe ando Valley, Santa Monica BevMo: Beer and wine tasting, 4-7 p.m. Friday, 2-5 p.m. Saturday. Cost $2. 7100 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, 310-882-6971; 3212 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, 310-453-5600; 10984 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, 310-473-9600; 330 N. La Cienega Blvd...

Los Angeles, San Fe ando Valley and Santa Monica area Events Il Fo aio: Rotating monthly menu features regional specialties of Italy: food and wine from Toscana during April. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. 6320 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills. 818-297-1...

SAN FRANCISCO >> Intel says it will cut 12,000 jobs — about 11 percent of its workforce — as it reorganizes to confront a decline in sales of personal computers. The chipmaker said the cuts will include “voluntary and involuntary departures” from its operations around the world. Most of the affected...

Location filming in Los Angeles jumped 11 percent in the first quarter of 2016 from a year earlier, logging a record 9,703 shoot days thanks in part to a lineup of television shows including “Veep,” “Animal Kingdom,” “Rosewood” and “Twin Peaks,” an industry tracker said Tuesday. The film sector led ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 as voters in New York cast their ballots in the state’s primary (all times Easte Daylight Time): 3:55 p.m. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCo ell is taking another crack at how he sees this summer’s Republican presidential nominating convention playing out....

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton looked to her adopted home state of New York for a convincing primary victory Tuesday to strengthen her claim to the Democratic presidential nomination, while Republican Donald Trump hoped a big win would steady his campaign after setbacks and inte al turmoil. The fight fo...

Molina Healthcare, Long Beach’s only Fortune 500 company, is poised to get even bigger following its purchase of a part of Universal American Corp.’s business serving customers in upstate New York. Molina Healthcare a ounced Tuesday that the companies have reached an agreement in which the Long Beac...

PASADENA — The space probe Dawn has made its lowest-altitude mapping orbit of the dwarf planet Ceres, providing scientists with spectacular views, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory reported today. The images were captured from a distance of only 240 miles and show craters marked by bright material, acco...

RENO, Nev. >> Scientists say the Sierra’s easte front is long overdue for a large earthquake along the Califo ia-Nevada line, where a magnitude-7 event expected on average every 30 years hasn’t occurred in six decades. Nevada Seismology Laboratory Director Graham Kent says the region’s earthquake “d...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on campaign 2016 as voters in New York cast their ballots in the state’s primary (all times Easte Daylight Time): 10:35 a.m. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won’t ask for a recount of his narrow loss to businessman Donald Trump in Missouri’s presidential primary. Cruz campaign manager...

NEW YORK — Competing on home turf, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton hoped to emerge victorious from Tuesday’s primaries in New York, contests that offer big delegate hauls and an opportunity for the front-ru ers to inch closer to their parties’ nominations. Even before the New Yo...

LONG BEACH — Authorities have identified a young man who was killed in a Central Long Beach shooting that left three others hospitalized Monday. The victim has been identified as 19-year-old Delhaun Jackson, said Ed Winter, assistant chief at the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Cor...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates has a ounced plans for a $1 billion Wa er Bros. theme park in Abu Dhabi, which will bring to the Middle East the studio’s popular superheroes and cartoon characters ranging from Bugs Bu y and Scooby-Doo to Batman and Superman. The first phase is...