LOS ANGELES — Thousands of union workers took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles today to call for a nationwide boost in the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which has already been approved in Califo ia. Protesters amassed on Grand Avenue at 10:30 a.m. and began a loud procession to a McDonald’s res...

Authorities today identified a woman who was found dead in a Long Beach apartment near Cambodia Town Wednesday afte oon. Karina Duch, 40, of Los Angeles, was found by police after officers responded to a call of a disturbance. Officers encountered a wounded man who threatened them with a knife and t...

LOS ANGELES >> Long before Southe Califo ia was paved over with freeways and covered with cars and millions of people, it was teeming with snakes, slugs, spiders, snails and uncounted other slimy, creepy, crawly creatures. And it still is, say scientists at the Los Angeles County Natural History Mus...

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- ...

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, and picks No. 43 and 45 in the second round and No. 76 in the third round, as well as their first and third picks next year, to the Tenessse...

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, and picks No. 43 and 45 in the second round and No. 76 in the third round, as well as their first and third picks next year, to the Tenessse...

LOS ANGELES — Motorists in mountain passes are cautioned as strong northerly winds whip up across Southe Califo ia. The National Weather Service says the winds will be felt through Friday. Gusts between 60 and 80 mph are possible in some areas. Forecasters wa that driving could be dangerous, especia...

LOS ANGELES >> A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction today barring Los Angeles police and sanitation officers from seizing and destroying homeless people’s property without sufficient notice. U.S. District Court Judge S. James Otero also ordered the city to segregate and store impounded be...

OAKLAND, Calif. >> Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors took their last shot at Michael Jordan and history and they swished it — for 73. Down to their final chance at the record, the Warriors became the first 73-win team Wednesday night by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 125-104, breaking what ...

For 20 years, the man sank clutch shots that lifted his team out of a deficit and sent fans into a frenzy. For 20 years, the man missed wild shots through suffocating double teams, insurmountable distances and even open airballs. On a night everyone from Magic Johnson to the Lakers fan in the nosebl...

CHINO >> Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson’s followers to take part in one of the nation’s most notorious killings, is trying again for parole. The homecoming princess who descended into a life of drugs before joining Manson’s cult in the 1960s is scheduled for her 21st hearing befor...

Mark.Whicker@langnews.com It wasn’t the 60. That’s just a number. It will be co ected with Kobe Bryant no matter where he goes or what he does, to the end of his days. It is not what needs to be taken from Staples Center Wednesday night. Kobe Bryant mounted up his wings, as eagles. He ran and did no...

OAKLAND, Calif. >> Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors took their last shot at Michael Jordan and history and they swished it — for 73. Down to their final chance at the record, the Warriors became the first 73-win team Wednesday night by beating the Memphis Grizzlies 125-104, breaking what ...

For 20 years, the man sank clutch shots that lifted his team out of a deficit and sent fans into a frenzy. For 20 years, the man missed wild shots through suffocating double teams, insurmountable distances and even open airballs. On a night everyone from Magic Johnson to the Lakers fan in the nosebl...

NORWALK >> A teenage boy suffered wounds late Wednesday in a shooting in a residential neighborhood in Norwalk, authorities said. The gunfire was first reported about 7:15 p.m. in the 12100 block of Hopland Street, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Robin Limon said. The victim, believed to be 17 year...

There’s no turf racing, and many of the horses are cheaper quality than you’ll find at Santa Anita and Del Mar, but the Southe Califo ia horsemen stepped up in a big way to support the first two days of the inaugural Los Alamitos spring thoroughbred meet. The 12-day season begins Thursday with an ei...

Eighteen months after a failed bid for appointment to the Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees, Vivian Williams Malauulu is headed to the dais. Malauulu on Tuesday soundly defeated incumbent trustee Irma Archuleta — who emerged from the appointment process in 2014 as the District ...

Long Beach police are continuing their investigation into the attempted kidnapping of an 8-year-old boy in the Los Cerritos Neighborhood that has left a family in shock. Najah Chavis said her son, Lo ie, was taking out a bag of dirty diapers to a garbage bin 15 feet from their front door Monday shor...

Because old people use Facebook, we see a lot of nostalgic posts, like pictures of a bottle opener with the caption, “Anyone remember what this is?” along with yesteryear yea ings about simpler times when kids were outdoors all day riding bikes and catching pollywogs down by the creek. TVs, you will...

The Palos Verdes Estates Police Department, accused in a class-action lawsuit of protecting a band of territorial surfers, recorded more than a dozen incidents of surf-related localism since January 2015, none of which resulted in arrests, according to a review of public records. About 14 reports de...