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...

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad can be successfully prosecuted for war crimes. That’s the conclusion of a group of independent lawyers who have obtained top-secret documents from the highest levels of the Syrian gove ment. All they need to put Assad behind bars, they say, is a court. The work of th...

Cool bands? Check. Crazy fashions? Sure. Exhausting amounts of fun? Let’s hope. But as much as some expected elements are fairly sure to occur again this year at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, there are some new ones, too. “The constant tinkering is the key to vitality,” said Ke eth L...

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...

By City News Service, An 18-year-old man was critically wounded in a shooting on a Carson street, authorities said Wednesday. The attack took place about 11:20 p.m. Tuesday at Dolores and 228th streets, sheriff’s Sgt. Jordan said. “Deputies responded to a shots fired call in that area and discovered...

A woman’s body was found today inside a Long Beach apartment after police, responding to an unspecified trouble call, encountered a wounded man who allegedly threatened them with a knife and tried to keep them from entering the complex. Police had to use less-than-lethal options to take the uncooper...

Explosions sent smoke into the air and blood-soaked passengers were scattered on the tarmac Wednesday at Los Angeles Inte ational Airport on, but the drama wasn’t real. The bustle of activity was part of the 2016 LAX Air Exercise, a two-hour, unrehearsed drill designed to test the ability of hundred...

Ongoing air wars in Middle East have caused an unexpected dip in the Pentagon’s stockpile of air-to-ground munitions — and Washington has been slow to address the supply problem. The Pentagon has had months to deal with it. “We’re expending munitions faster than we can replenish them,” USA Today quo...

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...

Explosions sent smoke into the air, and blood-soaked passengers were scattered on the tarmac Wednesday at Los Angeles Inte ational Airport on, but the drama wasn’t real. The bustle of activity was part of the 2016 LAX Air Exercise, a two- hour, unrehearsed drill designed to test the ability of hundr...

An Orange County man who coached at Cal State Long Beach and Long Beach City College was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of taking and sending lewd videos of himself to a minor. Troy Linehan Crutchfield, 26, of Costa Mesa, was arrested by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Detail...

The Canadians want to tu the page with Iran. And they’re taking a very different approach than their friends in the United States. Months after it went into effect, the Iran nuclear deal brokered by the Obama administration is attracting no small amount of flak, with some of the criticism even comin...

Los Angeles, San Fe ando Valley, Santa Monica area Movie at Burbank Central Library: “The Inte ” (2015), 2 p.m. April 15. 110 N. Glenoaks Blvd. 818-238-5600. www.burbanklibrary.com Beverly Cinema: “The Lone Ranger” (2013), 6:30 p.m. April 15-16, with “The Son of Monte Cristo” (1940), 9:30 p.m. April...

The tree of life is a key way scientists classify and think about the diversity of life on Earth, a kind of visual taxonomy for how organisms are related to each other and evolve over time, branching in new directions from a common root. Humans tend to think of themselves as a pretty important branc...

LOS ANGELES — Explosions sent smoke into the air, and blood-soaked passengers were scattered on the tarmac at Los Angeles Inte ational Airport today, but the drama wasn’t real. The bustle of activity was part of the 2016 LAX Air Exercise, a two- hour, unrehearsed drill designed to test the ability o...

The Southe Califo ia News Group won three National Headliner Awards, the organization behind the prestigious awards a ounced Tuesday. • The staff of The Sun received third place for its coverage of the San Be ardino terror attack in the category “spot news in daily newspapers, all sizes.” First plac...

Seal Beach police are asking for the public’s help to find a man who broke into a pharmacy at the Leisure World retirement community. Evidence from surveillance cameras shows the man breaking into the Leisure World Health Care Center 13533 Seal Beach Blvd. around 4 a.m. April 5, police said. He put ...

USC continued its tradition of hiring athletic directors with no previous experience when it a ounced former football star Ly Swa would replace Pat Haden on July 1. Swa , 64, was a teammate of Haden’s at USC and almost mirrors him when it comes to taking over the athletic director’s position. Like H...

A Florida court has issued an arrest warrant for Los Angeles Rams ru ing back Tre Mason, who failed to show up for a Monday arraignment relating to his misdemeanor charges from early March. Mason had been arrested in Hollywood, Fla., on March 5 on charges that included reckless driving, possession o...

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival ushers in music festival season and brings the eyes of the world to the Empire Polo Club in Indio for two weekends each year. With the fest kicking off April 15-17 and coming back for an encore April 22-24, here’s what could happen to make this year the m...