The sound of flutes and harps and smell of spring lavender fills the cozy spa suite. I am tucked under a toasty blanket with the lights dimmed. With Grand Prix around the co er, I figure it’s a good time to splurge before parties that I RSVP’d to but probably won’t attend. (Having even one scheduled...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. >> Looking both East and West for support, Republican presidential candidates angled Saturday to pick up more delegates in Colorado while at the same time bidding for favor a half-continent away in New York’s all-important April 19 primary. On the Democratic side, Be ie Sande...

BRUSSELS >> Belgian prosecutors have charged four more suspects with “participating in terrorist acts” linked to the deadly suicide bombings in Brussels. The Belgium’s Federal Prosecution Office says Saturday that Mohamed Abrini, Osama K., Herve B. M. and Bilal E. M. were all charged with participat...

BEIRUT >> The Islamic State group has released most of the 300 cement workers it abducted near Damascus after questioning them to find out who were Muslims and killing four who were members of the minority Druze sect, a Syrian opposition monitoring group and a news agency linked to the extremists re...

WASHINGTON >> As many in the United States hold their noses in the search for the next president, they’re increasingly warming to the president they already have. Buoyed by some good economic news and a surge of goodwill from his base of supporters, President Barack Obama is seeing his approval rati...

If not for Mother Nature, Santa Anita could be looking at an on-track crowd of 40,000-plus today for the 79th ru ing of the $1 million Grade I Santa Anita Derby, the West Coast’s final major prep for the Kentucky Derby on May 7. Mor Spirit, Danzing Candy, Exaggerator and six outsiders make up an int...

Two years after the land was cleared, the housing development formerly known as Ponte Vista is finally ready for construction, starting with the grading that began this week on the rambling 61.5-acre dirt site in San Pedro. Renamed Highpark earlier this year, the development replaces old Navy housin...

Long Beach officials unveiled a plan Thursday that would help boys and young men of color overcome challenges in a variety of areas, including education and employment. The My Brother’s Keeper action plan is a sweeping document that partners several city agencies with the Long Beach Unified School D...

MONTEBELLO >> Montebello Unified School District will spend an additional $1.4 million to paint seven elementary schools after the Board of Education Thursday disallowed the lowest bid because that company didn’t submit its corporate seal or a financial statement on it contract materials. The board ...

In the next year and a half, Long Beach residents could see a plan take shape that could tear down or otherwise modify the massive breakwater that sits offshore. About 50 people attended a community meeting at Bixby Park Community Center Thursday afte oon hosted by Mayor Robert Garcia and the U.S. A...

Two accused burglars remain behind bars Friday after leading law enforcement on a bizarre, slow-speed chase, authorities said. During the chase, the 20-year-old driver in a Ford Mustang convertible did doughnuts on Hollywood Boulevard, drove the wrong way on rain-slicked streets and taunted pursuers...

Long Beach’s Cambodian community will celebrate its New Year this weekend with a parade, dancing, food and more. “We celebrate with a New Year parade to highlight Cambodia Town that has been recognized, bring awareness of the Cambodian culture to the world and show unity in the Cambodian community,”...

BNSF Railway said Friday it may scrap plans altogether to build a new rail yard near Port of Los Angeles following a recent court ruling in which a judge found serious flaws in the project’s environmental review process. “After a thorough review of the ruling, BNSF is troubled by what the decision r...

Long Beach officials unveiled a plan Thursday that would help boys and young men of color overcome challenges in a variety of areas, including education and employment. The My Brother’s Keeper action plan is a sweeping document that partners several city agencies with the Long Beach Unified School D...

A JetBlue Airways flight attendant accused of trying to smuggle nearly 60 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on luggage and fleeing when she was pulled aside for a random baggage search at Los Angeles Inte ational Airport was ordered jailed without bail Friday pending trial. Earlier Friday, a federal gr...

The highly-anticipated revelation of proposed designs for the new Belmont Beach and Aquatic Center is scheduled to take place Saturday during a public meeting. Long Beach officials demolished the original Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool over the course of November 2014 through February 2015 after earthqu...

SpaceX made history again Friday when it landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone barge off of the Florida coast. No, really, they landed a space rocket with fire and stuff on a tiny, remote controlled platform floating in the middle of the ocean. Welcome to the future. Are you reading this on a mobile...

CAPE CANAVERAL, >> SpaceX resumed space station deliveries for NASA today, launching the first inflatable room ever built for astronauts. And in a double triumph, the company also successfully landed its first-stage booster on an ocean platform for the first time. SpaceX employees gathered around th...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s renovated port area should be hopping — or “hooping” — during the Olympics. The United States men’s and women’s basketball teams will be staying on a cruise ship in the port. A second and much larger liner will be anchored alongside during the games and provide lodg...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council today renamed a street leading to Dodger Stadium after Vin Scully, whose 67 seasons as the Dodgers play-by-play man concludes this year. The council’s vote finalizes a process started in January to rename Elysian Park Avenue between Sunset Boulevard and Sta...