A number of Frontier Communications customers throughout Southe Califo ia say their Inte et service has been spotty or nonexistent since the company took over Verizon’s landline-related assets last week. Charles Wills, 65, of Glendora said his problems began Friday when Frontier’s $10.5 billion acqu...

LOS ANGELES >> The National Weather Service says Southe Califo ia will experience showers and possible thunderstorms over several days. The first system is forecast to bring a slight chance of showers Thursday mo ing, increasing during the afte oon and evening. The second system will be more substan...

SACRAMENTO — A new Field Poll finds businessman Donald Trump has a slight lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz among Republican voters ahead of Califo ia’s June primary. The poll released Thursday found 39 percent of likely GOP voters back Trump, while 32 percent support Cruz, 18 percent support Ohio Gov. ...

LOS ANGELES — A big crowd has tu ed out at Universal Studios Hollywood for the opening of its new Harry Potter-themed attraction. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened before dawn Thursday. It includes an immersive 3-D ride called Harry Potter and the Forbidden Jou ey, along with an outdoor fam...

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign fired back at her rival Be ie Sanders after the Vermont senator questioned whether she is “qualified” to be president. In a fundraising email sent late Wednesday, Hillary for America’s deputy communications director, Christina Reynolds, rebuked Sand...

NEW YORK — Lady Gaga was only 5 years old when she wrote her first song on an upright piano that her grandparents bought. Now the instrument that inspired the pop music sensation is going on the auction block at a pre-sale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000. The piano is being offered at Julien’s Auct...

BAKU, Azerbaijan — Azerbaijan and Armenia on Thursday accused each other of violating a two-day-old cease-fire in Nago o-Karabakh, while Russia and Iran joined diplomatic efforts to prevent an all-out war that could destabilize the strategic Caucasus region. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said its tr...

Merle Haggard: Hated the guy. Loved the guy. I’m talking decades and decades of love for the man responsible for creating the favorite music of my life. It took some doing for me to get there, though. The greatest country artist to ever come out of Califo ia, the pi acle of the game-changing Bakersf...

SACRAMENTO >> Authors of differing versions of bills to reform the Central Basin Municipal Water District pledged to work together as both pieces of legislation took their first step toward becoming law Wednesday. The Senate Finance and Gove ance Committee on a 5-1 vote approved Sen. Ricardo Lara’s ...

After Mor Spirit finished second behind Danzing Candy in last month’s San Felipe Stakes, the major steppingstone to Saturday’s $1 million Santa Anita Derby, jockey Gary Stevens sounded a bit like he’d won the race. Stevens figured he had lost the battle but was in good shape to win the war four week...

Merle Haggard: Hated the guy. Loved the guy. I’m talking decades and decades of love for the man responsible for creating the favorite music of my life. It took some doing for me to get there, though. The greatest country artist to ever come out of Califo ia, the pi acle of the game-changing Bakersf...

SACRAMENTO – Authors of differing versions of bills to reform the Central Basin Municipal Water District pledged to work together Wednesday as both pieces of legislation took their first step forward toward becoming law. The Senate Finance and Gove ance Committee on a 5-1 vote approved Sen. Ricardo ...

Paul Tanaka, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, conspired and obstructed justice, a federal jury decided Wednesday, finding him guilty of two felonies. U.S. Atto ey Eileen Decker and David Bowdich, the assistant director in charge of the FBI’s field office i...

NORWALK >> As part of an ongoing investigation, Norwalk Sheriff’s deputies searched the home of city pla ing Commissioner Rosa Barragan on Wednesday, but she was never a suspect nor a part of the investigation, a sheriff station official said. No guns, drugs or money were found at the residence, des...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Califo ia’s secretary of state is preparing for a major surge in voter tu out for the state’s June 7 presidential primary, a day that could prove decisive for both parties. Secretary of State Alex Padilla said in a statement Tuesday that he has reached out to Gov. Jerry Brown, ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will require tickets for its two-day Open House for the first time after drawing a record number of visitors last year. Approximately 45,000 people flocked to the NASA facility in La Cañada Flintridge in 2015. They overloaded streets and took up any parking spot they...

While scientists have long avoided attributing specific extreme weather events to changes in global climate, a recent report suggests that some of these events can be attributed to climate change with a high degree of confidence. The report, from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and M...

The Long Beach Yacht Club plays host to the 52nd a ual Congressional Cup this week, regarded as World Match Racing Tour’s “granddaddy of match racing” among avid sailors. The Congressional Cup features 12 of the top skippers in the world, from eight different nations, all of whom have the prestigiou...

Long Beach’s city gove ment may soon offer tax incentives in a bid to encourage new hotel construction. The City Council has not yet taken any concrete action to create such a program, but assistant city manager Tom Modica delivered a brief presentation on the prospect of doing so during Tuesday’s C...

SACRAMENTO – The first of two bills to reform the Central Basin Municipal Water District by adding additional directors to its board was approved Wednesday by the state Senate Gove ance and Finance Committee. Sen. Ricardo Lara’s bill, S.B. 953, would add two seats to the Central Basin board and give...