LOS ANGELES >> Former President Bill Clinton rallied supporters for his wife’s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination Sunday afte oon, speaking to about 1,000 people at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. The event was organized by labor groups, and Clinton wasted no time addressing la...

Before astronaut Scott Kelly ended his year in space, he accomplished an unprecedented technological feat. He called mission control using Skype and streamed his first-person perspective through an augmented reality headset that NASA sent to the Inte ational Space Station in December. “We messed aro...

A decade ago, San Pedro was in the midst of a revival as waterfront dreams were riding high and downtown condominiums began to sprout. The housing crash and recession changed all that, with newly built condominiums converted into rental units. One project — an 18-story, $110 million high-rise reside...

LONG BEACH >> A suspicious package at a bus stop prompted evacuations and a bomb squad response Sunday in Long Beach. Officers were dispatched at about 12:35 p.m. to the area of Atlantic Avenue and 45th Street to investigate the item, said Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Marlene Arrona. The...

Long Beach is getting more than its share of air time in April, with PBS presenting several programs relating to the city. A locally produced film on the history of Long Beach will air on PBS nationwide begi ing in April. “Sky Blue Sea,” by advanced media production director Dave Kelly, premiered la...

LOS ANGELES >> Former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca might be ordered to testify at the obstruction of justice trial for his former undersheriff, if a federal judge approves a new defense motion on Monday. The atto ey for Paul Tanaka, the former number two lawman in the department, said he will file a...

MILWAUKEE >> A frustrated Donald Trump on Sunday called for John Kasich to drop out of the Republican presidential race, arguing that the Ohio gove or who’s only won his home state so far shouldn’t be allowed to continue accumulating delegates if he has no chance of being the nominee. Working to rec...

LOS ANGELES >> Word of mouth might be kryptonite for “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” which fell a steep 68 percent in its second weekend in theaters according to studio estimates Sunday. The superhero pic ea ed an estimated $52.4 million, bringing its domestic total to $261.5 million. Superher...

NEW YORK >> He made the FBI’s most wanted list and was convicted of leading a revolutionary group responsible for a trail of bloodshed, including the slayings of an armed guard and two New York police officers. But after serving half his prison sentence, Mutulu Shakur might soon be a free man. The 6...

CHESTER, Pa. >> An Amtrak train struck a piece of construction equipment just south of Philadelphia on Sunday causing a derailment, and some injuries are being reported, according to authorities. Service on the Northeast Corridor between New York and Philadelphia has been suspended. Train 89 was hea...

BRUSSELS >> In what officials acknowledge is a symbolic gesture, three passenger flights will be taking off from Brussels Airport on Sunday after a 12-day shutdown caused by a deadly bombing attack. A aud Feist, the CEO of Brussels Airport Co., says the Brussels Airlines flights to Athens, Turin in ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan >> Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry a ounced a unilateral cease-fire Sunday against the separatist region of Nago o-Karabakh, but rebel forces in the area said that they continued to come under fire from Azerbaijani forces. Fighting in what was a dormant conflict for two decades flared...

LONG BEACH >> The last thing Lucas DiGrassi wanted was a full-course caution. The ABT Schaeffler Audi Sport driver had a 3.9-second lead with six laps to go in the Faraday Future Long Beach ePrix on Saturday afte oon. But that was what the Brazilian faced in the quietest motor vehicle race in Americ...

HOUSTON — North Carolina will look for its sixth NCAA championship when the Tar Heels meet the Villanova Wildcats, trying for their second, on Monday night. The Tar Heels (33-6) last won it all in 2009 and Villanova’s only title came in 1985. Both teams advanced to the championship game with lopside...

ExxonMobil’s Torrance refinery was given regulatory approval Saturday to produce emissions that violate clean air standards as it restarts the plant for gasoline manufacturing more than a year after it was crippled in an explosion. Approval was granted on a narrow 3-2 vote by the South Coast Air Qua...

Long Beach’s crop of City Council candidates have filed their second round of campaign finance disclosures for the April 12 Primary Election. Voters in the city’s 2nd, 6th and 8th council districts have competitive races this year. The most recent filing period covers the time between Feb. 28 and Ma...

NORWALK >> Cerritos College will host a job fair on campus Thursday. The free event will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on campus in Falcon Square, which is border by the Lea ing Center, Student Center and Business Education and Fine Arts buildings. More than 40 employers from several industrie...

Tom He essy, a former columnist and longtime fixture at the Press-Telegram whose deeply personal anecdotes and colorful tales about Long Beach sparked mo ing conversations for nearly three decades, died from heart complications Saturday. He was 80. He essy’s death was met with sadness both by collea...

In the latest election twist, Long Beach Councilman Daryl Supe aw says someone created a fake Twitter account in his name and sent a Tweet Friday night saying that he, along with the mayor and Councilwoman Stacy Mungo, had endorsed Eric Gray in the 2nd District race. A spokesman for Mayor Robert Gar...

FALLBROOK, Calif. >> A small plane crashed on a Southe Califo ia freeway Saturday and struck a car, killing one person and injuring five others, authorities said. Witnesses told dispatchers that the plane landed on a vehicle on Interstate 15, about 50 miles north of San Diego. Photos on Twitter show...