LOS ANGELES >> U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver what’s being called a “major foreign policy address” in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. Kerry, fresh off his trip to a G7 conference with other leading foreign ministers in Japan, will appear before the Pacific Council on Inte ational P...

IRVINE >> Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is scheduled to hold a rally in Irvine Monday on behalf of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, 57 days before the June 7 Califo ia primary. Cruz is also scheduled to appear on “John and Ken” on KFI-AM (640) at 3 p.m. as part of his second visit to S...

LOS ANGELES >> Some of the longest rail tu els in North America would be used to bring Califo ia’s high-speed rail tracks from Northe Califo ia into the San Fe ando Valley, under the latest plan to go before officials on Tuesday. But the rail line would remain above ground in most of Los Angeles, un...

A public memorial service for Tom He essy, longtime columnist for the Press-Telegram who died April 2, will be held later this month. The service is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. April 30 in the auditorium on the Liberal Arts Campus at Long Beach City College, 4901 E. Carson St. Public Editor Rich Archbo...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. >> Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is blasting the way the country chooses presidential party nominees as “corrupt” and “crooked” as he grapples with the potential of a contested convention that he risks losing. Speaking to thousands packed in a frigid airport hangar i...

PARAVOOR, India >> Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed at least 110 people, while authorities searched for those responsible for illegally putting on the fireworks display that caused the weekend blaze at a Hindu temple in southe India. Amid the...

WASHINGTON >> The Obama administration is in a bind. Between Iran and a hard place. As it seeks to implement, preserve and strengthen the landmark nuclear deal it negotiated with Iran, the administration is being buffeted by criticism from all sides: Iran, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, not to menti...

HIROSHIMA, Japan >> An emotional John Kerry said Hiroshima’s horrible history should teach humanity to avoid conflict and strive to eradicate nuclear weapons as he became the first U.S. secretary of state to tread upon the ground of the world’s first atomic bombing. Kerry’s visit Monday to the Japan...

HIROSHIMA, Japan >> Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialized countries, meeting Monday in the atomic-bombed Japanese city of Hiroshima, called for a renewed push for flagging nuclear disarmament efforts as they wrestled with some of the intractable global problems facing their nation...

ARCADIA >> There’s no question trainer Philip D’Amato lea ed his lessons well. A little more than 10 years as the late Mike Mitchell’s chief assistant were all D’Amato needed to break out on his own and become one of the leading conditioners in Southe Califo ia. D’Amato, 40, took over full time for ...

You can thank the NFL for the three-day music festival coming to Pasadena next year. The nearly 100-year-old Rose Bowl Stadium, once sought as a possible home for an NFL team, passed on the league after voters and officials agreed that it wouldn’t be a good fit. But now, the ramifications of that de...

COVINA >> Kneeling beside her father-in-law’s burial site at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Virginia Miller snipped away at grass and weeds covering his gravestone. “It was a little bit thick today,” Miller said as she stuffed grass blades into a plastic bouquet sleeve on a recent afte oon. “Usually, it...

Outside the sleepy, affluent enclave of Palos Verdes Estates, not much affection exists for the territorial surfers loosely known as the Bay Boys. But in town, there is support for the aging surfers who defiantly built an elaborate hangout at the base of the Lunada Bay cliffs and have been known to ...

COVINA >> From military veterans and Japanese inte ees to female baseball players and female riveters, two filmmakers have spent the past 11 years collecting interviews with members of The Greatest Generation for a documentary that is nearing completion. To kick of fundraising for post-production of...

The 10th a ual Cambodian New Year Parade was held Sunday along Anaheim Street in Long Beach.Hundreds of people along with a few protestors lined Anaheim Street between Junipero and Warren avenues, in the heart of Cambodia Town, for the a ual parade that featured civic groups, politicians businesses ...

EL MONTE >> Looking like a candidate on the stump, Metro CEO Phil Washington took to the podium Thursday night to sell a half-cent sales tax measure that would fuel $120 billion in rail, freeway and bike lane proposals in Los Angeles County for the next 40 years. Washington identified with the room,...

A new Super PAC representing Long Beach business interests has aroused controversy this spring over the content of its campaign materials while also demonstrating a formidable ability to raise money. The group, called Long Beach Citizens for Good Gove ment, previously existed as an independent commi...

LONG BEACH >> Netta Perrodin left a broken marriage in Louisiana to rebuild her life in Long Beach a few years ago. But a bad economy meant Perrodin lost her job as a property manager and ended up in a transitional living home on Daisy Avenue in Willmore City. Now Perrodin and other women in the hou...

INDIO >> The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival opens its 17th year at the Empire Polo Club in Indio from April 15-17 and comes back for an encore April 22-24. If you’re making your way to the desert, there are some helpful things to bring with you that make the trek more enjoyable. And rememb...

No one was injured at a vehicle crash today that involved a Long Beach police car and another motorist. The crash occurred at approximately 12:10 a.m. in the area of Sixth Street and Atlantic Avenue, according to Long Beach police Sgt. Brad Johnson. “There were two adults in the citizen vehicle and ...