Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti delivered his third State of the City address Thursday from a brightly-lit factory floor in Harbor City, a blue-collar setting where he touted the city’s economic recovery and possible solutions to the homelessness crisis. Standing behind a large American flag at the ...

Downtown Long Beach Associates hosted Thunder Thursday along Pine Avenue on the eve of the main event — the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Stunt drivers performed tricks, car enthusiasts brought their classic wheels, technicians competed in pit stop maneuvers, drivers signed autographs and musicia...

A Califo ia appeals court handed teacher unions a big victory Thursday by reversing a trial judge’s ruling that found tenure deprived some students of a good education. The 2nd District Court of Appeal said a group of nine students who sued the state had failed to show Califo ia’s hiring and firing ...

CHINO >> A Califo ia panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings of a wealthy grocer and his wife. The decision will now undergo administrative review by the Board of Parole Hearings...

Brace yourselves, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival attendees, Wind-chella is coming early this year. Brandt Maxwell, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said a strong north wind throughout the Coachella Valley will more than likely hit the festival. “It’s going to vary, but I ...

LONG BEACH >> GT star Michael Lewis literally grew up at the race track. In fact, Lewis actually was on-site (in his mother’s belly) when Stan Fox won the last race at legendary Ascot Park in Gardena in his dad Steve’s car, the 1990 Turkey Night Grand Prix. Lewis grew up attending races throughout S...

Members of the local LGBT community who helped the city plan and develop Harvey Milk Promenade Park – named after Califo ia’s first openly gay elected official – were stu ed to see initial renderings of a new “Outdoor Office” being pla ed at the park. They say it seems the city is erasing the park e...

Trader Joe’s Bixby Knolls store will move from its Atlantic Avenue location and open a long-anticipated larger store on Long Beach Boulevard Friday. The move to 4250 Long Beach Blvd. within the new Knolls Shopping Center was a ounced in February 2015 and was met with excitement by customers who had ...

CHINO >> A Califo ia panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings of a wealthy grocer and his wife. The decision will now undergo administrative review by the Board of Parole Hearings...

LOS ANGELES >> A Califo ia appeals court has handed teacher unions a big victory by reversing a judge’s ruling that found tenure deprived students of a good education. The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday that the plaintiffs failed to show that job protection for teachers was unconstituti...

A man was arrested on suspicion of murder for the death of his long-time girlfriend, with whom he had two young children. Police on Thursday said Karina Duch, 40, of Los Angeles, was found dead in a Long Beach apartment near Cambodia Town Wednesday afte oon. When officers arrived in the 1200 block o...

Cargo figures at the Port of Long Beach showed a drop-off in March, though the first quarter of this year remained strong, port officials said. For the first three months of 2016, the volume of shipping containers moving through the Port of Long Beach increased 6 percent when compared to the first q...

Trader Joe’s Bixby Knolls store will move from its Atlantic Avenue location and open a long-anticipated larger store on Long Beach Boulevard Friday. The move to 4250 Long Beach Blvd. within the new Knolls Shopping Center was a ounced in February 2015 and was met with excitement by customers who had ...

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Be ie Sanders meet tonight -- Thursday, April 14, 2016 -- for what will be their final debate before Tuesday’s crucial New York presidential primary. The candidates will tangle at the Duggal Greenhouse on Brooklyn’s Navy Yard in the New York Cit...

We can’t remember the last time we wrote about one subject three days in a row, but the problems involving the Verizon-Frontier switchover keep pouring in. We’re like the opposite of the Maytag Man around here. Former Long Beach police chief Carl Calkins checked in, setting the tone with, “Frontier ...

The Los Angeles Rams have traded for the first overall pick in the NFL Draft. In a bold move upon retu ing to L.A., the Rams will send their 15th overall pick to the Te essee Titans, along with picks No. 43 and 45 in the second round and No. 76 in the third round. The Rams also gave up their first- ...

Assemblyman Patrick O’Do ell, D-Long Beach, will host the a ual Women of Distinction event on April 22, in recognition of women’s achievements in the 70th Assembly District. Honorees were nominated by their colleagues in one of five categories – Arts, Business, Community Service, Education and Healt...

Daily Breeze City Editor Frank Suraci will be honored tonight with a “Distinguished Jou alist” award from the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the Society of Professional Jou alists. The longtime South Bay editor will receive the award with four other jou alists at the 40th a ual ceremony, including A...

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival retu s to Indio, CA this weekend and the Southe Califo ia News Group will be there again to get the whole thing on Snapchat. We’ll be at the Empire Polo Grounds for the weekend getting all the music, fashion, art and party shenanigans. Sit back, relax and...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the local ports seized a vintage Ferrari reported stolen from an Orange County consignment lot 28 years ago. The red 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi is one of the storied car manufacturer’s most recognizable models. The 308 was Tom Selleck’s car in the 1980s hit ...