Air pollution reductions in the past 20 years resulted in a 32 percent drop in bronchial symptoms in children with asthma and a 21 percent reduction for non-asthmatic children, a USC study found. These symptoms include: • A daily cough for at least three consecutive months • Congestion or phlegm not...

Anaheim police Tuesday a ounced the arrests of two men in co ection with what appear to be unrelated pharmacy burglaries in Orange County. Da ell Clarke, 30, of Long Beach, was arrested Monday while he was at the Westminster courthouse for a hearing on charges of burglarizing the Medicine Shoppe at ...

Long Beach police arrested two men suspected of robbing a woman in Belmont Shore Monday night and are looking for a third suspect. Gerardo Nieves, 21, and Kewone Carwell, 20, both Long Beach residents, were booked at Long Beach Jail on suspicion of robbery and are being held on $50,000 bail each, sa...

Poll workers set up a makeshift voting booth on a sidewalk this mo ing while they were temporarily locked out of the official location, the city clerk said. Poll workers were supposed to establish a voting location on the enclosed patio at The Pizza Place on Broadway before the polls opened at 7 a.m...

A new rent forecast released Tuesday predicts that Southe Califo ia tenants face continued rent hikes and falling vacancy rates through 2018. Average rents are expected to increase over their 2015 levels by $109 in Los Angeles County, an 8.3 percent increase; and by $84 or 7.3 percent in the Inland ...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan is definitively ruling out a bid for president this year, telling the GOP, “Count me out.” In a statement at the Republican National Committee, Ryan said if the party can’t choose a nominee on the first ballot, the eventual choice should only be a candidate who p...

Two Long Beach projects are among 37 across the country that will receive a share of $5 million in funding from the Knight Cities Challenge, officials a ounced Tuesday. The wi ing proposals include a City of Long Beach project called The Outdoor Office, which will transform a portion of Harvey Milk ...

Long Beach police arrested two men on suspicion of burglarizing a Wrigley District business early Tuesday. Roseshon Robinson, 24, of Los Angeles, and Davontey Henderson, 26, of Long Beach, were booked at Long Beach Jail on suspicion of commercial burglary and are being held on $20,000 bail each, sai...

A coalition of Long Beach social justice organizations will hold an educational workshop on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a controversial trade agreement among 12 countries including the U.S., Australia and Vietnam that was signed in February. May Day Long Beach opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnershi...

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach will bring cars, celebrities and an expected 180,000 spectators to town. It will also bring road closures. Here is a list of roads that will be closed for the race. Wednesday 5 a.m. Closure of the side streets off of Shoreline Drive and Seaside Way leading into th...

BEIJING — Chinese women are being taken on a roller-coaster ride by social media, getting bombarded on one side by extreme expectations about physical beauty while getting support for female independence in a society where women who aren’t married by their late 20s are considered “leftovers.” In rec...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will play their home opener at a sold-out Dodger Stadium today against the Arizona Diamondbacks with changes to the concession stand menus and stadium. New food items include: • The Gouda Kobe Burger, Kobe beef, topped with caramelized onions, pickle, smoked Gou...

JERUSALEM — Israeli mathematicians and archaeologists say they have found evidence to suggest that key biblical texts may have been composed earlier than what some scholars think. Using handwriting analysis technology similar to that employed by intelligence agencies and banks to analyze signatures,...

NEW YORK — HTC is promising a better camera — along with refinements in audio and design — as it unveils its latest flagship phone, the HTC 10. The camera has long a weak point in HTC devices. At first, HTC sacrificed image resolution and made the size of individual pixels larger to capture more lig...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers will play their home opener at a sold-out Dodger Stadium today against the Arizona Diamondbacks with changes to the concession stand menus and stadium. New food items include: • The Gouda Kobe Burger, Kobe beef, topped with caramelized onions, pickle, smoked Gou...

When: 2:30 p.m. April 14. Where: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino. Tickets: Free with venue admission, $23 adults, $19 seniors and students 12-18, $10 children 4-11 and free for children under 4. Information: 626-405-2100, www.huntington.org. Da...

The way to get to the Dodgers has always been through Vin Scully. The city of Los Angeles literally made that so Monday. Elysian Park Avenue street signs came down and city workers replaced them in the mo ing with blue Vin Scully Avenue signs at the intersections of Sunset Boulevard and, further up ...

The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach gets officially underway Friday, but the unofficial start happens the days before with Roar in the Shore, the Miss Toyota Grand Prix pageant and Thunder Thursday. ROAR IN THE SHORE Residents will definitely hear some noise coming from Belmont Shore from 5 to 8 p.m...

Long Beach City Clerk Maria de la Luz Garcia has spent the last several weeks involved in efforts to get Long Beachers to participate in what will be her first election with the city. “We want to make sure the voters in Long Beach are vocal and they are voting in the local election,” she said. There...

Here are some key dates to remember for the June 7 primary election in Califo ia: April 13: The deadline to apply for a “district-level” delegate slot in Califo ia for the Democratic National Convention. To apply, go to www.cadem.org/our-party/national-convention May 8: The date by which Republican ...