LOS ANGELES — Southland temperatures will remain above normal today, helping to create wildfire conditions, but a shift from offshore to onshore winds this afte oon will usher in a cooling trend, forecasters said. Despite the expected cooldown, a National Weather Service statement said mid-mo ing th...

BOSTON (AP) — Ethiopians nearly swept the Kenyans off the podium at the Boston Marathon on Monday, wi ing both the men’s and women’s races for the first time in history and taking five of the six spots on the victory stand. Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the men’s race in 2 hours, 12 minutes, 45 seconds, pu...

A small plane crashed short of the runway at Catalina Airport today, injuring two people. The plane was a Cessna 172 that crashed about 4:30 p.m. short of the runway at what’s also known as the Airport in the Sky, according to Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration. Gregor reported that t...

You might recognize Milana Vayntrub as Lily, the bubbly sales rep in AT&T commercials, but not long ago she decided to take the camera into her own hands. Vayntrub and her father recently went on vacation to Greece, and she says she had a revelation there. It’s something that makes sense when you le...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared divided between its liberal and conservative justices Monday over President Barack Obama’s immigration programs that could affect millions of people who are in the country illegally. The administration’s best hope for a favorable ruling after 90 minutes of arg...

PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador — It was supposed to be a family reunion to celebrate a young relative’s start of college. But the gathering ended in tragedy when a collapsing building crushed 17-year-old Sayira Quinde, her mother, father and toddler brother in their rusting Chevy Blazer. A grief-stricken aunt,...

MINAMIASO, Japan — U.S. airlifts delivered water, bread, ready-to-eat food and other emergency supplies Monday to a remote area of southe Japan stricken by two powerful earthquakes, as local rescuers searched for nine people still reported missing. Authorities said at least 42 people died and more t...

SYDNEY — Actor Joh y Depp’s wife Amber Heard pleaded guilty Monday to providing a false immigration document when the couple brought their two dogs into Australia last year, but she managed to avoid jail time over what was dubbed the “war on terrier” debacle. • VIDEO: Joh y Depp and Amber Heard’s vi...

INDIO >> A Highland woman attending the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for the first time was struck and killed Friday night as she crossed the street near the festival grounds, officials said. Michala Freeland, 18, had applied to work as a security guard at the festival, family members to...

INDIO >> Even in the middle of the desert there was no escaping the world of politics. From a tip jar to a digital appearance on stage, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was feeling the Be . Sen. Be ie Sanders received the most love by far of all the presidential candidates during the fes...

Without Songbird, the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs on the day before the Kentucky Derby won’t be the same. The undefeated star filly developed a “low grade fever” after wi ing the Santa Anita Oaks two weeks ago, and won’t run in the race considered the Derby for 3-year-old fillies. Songbird has ...

PORTOVIEJO, Ecuador >> It was supposed to be a family reunion to celebrate a young relative’s start of college. But the gathering ended in tragedy when a collapsing building crushed 17-year-old Sayira Quinde, her mother, father and toddler brother in their rusting Chevy Blazer. A grief stricken aunt...

INDIO >> Sunday night’s performances at the Outdoor Theatre at the Coachella Arts and Music Festival included a set by the ever eclectic Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. At one point lead singer, Alex Ebert took a GoPro from a fan and snapped photos of the crowd. He then jumped down and walked ...

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts believes in second chances. For Joc Pederson, his second chance came quickly. The young center fielder couldn’t deliver in the clutch in the Dodgers’ loss to the San Francisco Giants on Saturday. But he was back in the lineup Sunday, hitting a two-run home run that lifte...

Coachella 2016: Riha a, Big Sean surprise fans during Calvin Harris set INDIO >> Headliner Calvin Harris brought Riha a, Big Sean and John Newman during his Sunday night performance at Coachella closing out a weekend of high profile surprise guests including Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Lorde, Sam Smith,...

INGLEWOOD >> The Los Angeles Rams on Sunday a ounced their 28-woman 2016-17 cheerleading team following conclusion of final auditions at the Forum. The final auditions concluded a two-week selection process that included preliminary auditions, professional interviews and dance rehearsals. The 66 wom...

INDIO >> Sia’s stu ing performance as the penultimate act on the Coachella stage Sunday night was either highbrow art or the vendor drugged the energy drink I pounded before the set. Sia herself was in the shadows for most of the set, standing still on the back co er of the stage, just performing he...

LOS ANGELES – If the Clippers are going to beat the Portland Trail Blazers in their series with one another, the plan isn’t that complicated. The Clippers have to keep Portland’s guards from taking over, and they have to keep their big men from dominating the offensive glass. Everything else is just...

Atlanta hip-hop artist T.I. was the surprise guest of Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals’ Sunday night set and did not disappoint as he confidently rapped his hits at the Coachella festival. T.I., who also a ounced April 22 as the date of an upcoming project “Bankroll Mafia,” performed “Bring Em Ou...

Bryon Bettencourt can name all of the Dodgers from his youth: Orel Hershiser. Hideo Nomo. Mike Piazza. He was 13, and they were immortal. They became part of his life and he figured when he had kids, a new generation of true-blue Dodgers fans would sit with him and watch games on TV. His son Bryson ...