Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya has been named Grand Marshal for the 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, officials a ounced Thursday. De La Hoya will be joined by Taya Kyle, wife of Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, who will wave the green flag for the Verizon IndyCar Series race on Ap...

Child abuse charges filed against four Los Angeles County social workers on Thursday brought a sense of justice to the family of Gabriel Fe andez, an 8-year-old boy whose mother and her boyfriend are accused of torturing to death in Palmdale in 2013 and whose case came to symbolize indifference by c...

AUGUSTA, Ga. >> Most nightmares do not appear on the Inte et, or in front of thousands of mortified golf fans. Most nightmares go away when you awaken, and then fade from memory by lunchtime. E ie Els, 46, wi er of two U.S. Opens and two British Opens and the second-best golfer who ever came from th...

Efforts to restore a depiction of a Latin cross on the Los Angeles County seal were rejected Thursday by a federal judge who declared the move would be unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder wrote that the retu of the cross would place “the county’s power, prestige and purse behind a...

Los Angeles Fire Department divers on a boat reached the man at the base of the 100-foot cliff in the 800 block of Paseo del Mar shortly after noon. He was not moving. The man was hoisted to a LAFD helicopter and taken to a hospital. Police said it was not immediately clear that that man jumped, but...

Donald Trump holds a seven-point lead over Ted Cruz in a new Califo ia Field Poll, but his support in Southe Califo ia is a mixed bag - as the Republican frontru er faces a large deficit in Los Angeles County while drawing broad support in surrounding Orange, Riverside and San Be ardino counties. Th...

A pla ed strike at Califo ia State University’s 23 campuses next week has been averted, at least for now. A statement released by the Califo ia Faculty Association Thursday afte oon, April 7, said the union is postponing the five-day walkout due to begin April 13 because it has reached a tentative c...

Two burglars involved in long, wild pursuit that began in Cerritos at about 2:30 p.m. were arrested by sheriffs deputies. The pursuit wound up the 101 Freeway, and through the traffic-clogged streets of Hollywood, downtown Los Angeles and South Los Angeles. The driver at one point exited the 101 Fre...

After the death of the country legend Merle Haggard on Wednesday, we did the most sensible thing we could do: We called Dave Alvin. The Downey musician is the guitarist for the Blasters, has done time with the band X and its country offshoot the Knitters and has compiled a body of solo works that ha...

Burglars involved in a pursuit that began in Cerritos at about 2:30 p.m. is now speeding through the streets of Hollywood. The driver exited the 101 Freeway and did “donuts” on Hollywood Boulevard before speeding off again. The occupants of the car were also seen sitting on the ledge of the door, wa...

A pla ed strike at Califo ia State University’s 23 campuses next week has been averted, at least for now. A statement released by the Califo ia Faculty Association Thursday afte oon, April 7, said it is postponing the five-day walkout that was to begin April 13 because it has reached a tentative con...

Cross must come off LA County seal, judge rules The Los Angeles County seal with cross, left, and without. (AP photos) By Daily News A judge has ruled that attempts by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to place a cross on the county seal are unconstitutional. The ruling Thursday, in U.S. D...

Donald Trump holds a seven-point lead over Ted Cruz in a new Califo ia Field Poll, but the Republican presidential front-ru er is having a tough time scaling the wall in Los Angeles County, according to a new Field Poll. The Field Research Corporation poll released Thursday shows Trump holding 39 pe...

Boxing superstar Oscar De La Hoya has been named Grand Marshal for the 42nd Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, officials a ounced Thursday. De La Hoya will be joined by Taya Kyle, wife of Navy SEAL and “American Sniper” Chris Kyle, who will wave the green flag for the Verizon IndyCar Series race on Ap...

Cross must come off LA County seal, judge rules The Los Angeles County seal with cross, left, and without. (AP photos) By Daily News A judge has ruled that the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors’ attempts to place a cross on the county seal is unconstitutional. The ruling, in U.S. District Cour...

A man was reported in grave condition today after falling from a cliff at Point Fermin in San Pedro, firefighters said. Los Angeles Fire Department divers on a boat reached the man at the base of the 100-foot cliff in the 800 block of Paseo del Mar shortly after noon. He was not moving. The man was ...

Greg Woolley approached the podium inside Department 20 of Long Beach Superior Court for a final time and looked at his stepdaughter sitting in handcuffs and a grey prison smock. Thursday mo ing marked the final day in a nearly 2 1/2 year ordeal that began with a murder-for-hire plot and ended with ...

Police are investigating a non life-threatening shooting in North Long Beach this mo ing. Officers responded around 9:16 a.m. to calls of a person on the ground, possibly suffering gunshot wounds in the 300 block of Marker Lane, said Marlene Arrona, a police spokeswoman, in an email. On arrival, the...

LOS ANGELES — Two former Los Angeles County social workers and their supervisors are expected to be arraigned today on charges of child abuse and falsifying records stemming from the death of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy who prosecutors said was tortured and murdered by his mother and her boyfriend. S...

Weather forecasters predict wet weather in Long Beach over the next few days, begi ing with light rain today after about 11 a.m. Showers are possible through Friday, and another storm is expected to hit the region Saturday bringing stronger rain and possible thunderstorms. Showers are also expected ...