When Frank Gehrke trudged up to Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday he found what was missing at this time last year: Snow. The a ual spring snowpack survey, conducted by Gehrke of the Califo ia Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Califo ia Department of Water Resources, revealed...

Feeling the midweek blues? We have the cure, and it’s this adorable rescue of some stranded ducklings. Cal Poly Pomona police and Los Angeles County firefighters banded together Tuesday afte oon after some students reported seeing ducklings in distress. And the rescue was adorable. At around 4 p.m. ...

When Frank Gehrke trudged up to Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Wednesday he found what was missing at this time last year: Snow. The a ual spring snowpack survey, conducted by Gehrke of the Califo ia Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Califo ia Department of Water Resources, revealed...

GREEN BAY, Wis. >> Republican presidential front-ru er Donald Trump said Wednesday that women who get abortions should receive “some form of punishment” if abortion is ba ed, once again sparking controversy with days to go before Wisconsin’s primary. In a heated exchange with MSNBC host Chris Matthe...

HARTFORD, Co . — A clash over chocolate-filled cookies has culminated in Trader Joe’s settling a lawsuit filed by Pepperidge Farm. Norwalk, Co ecticut-based Pepperidge Farm sued in federal court in Hartford in December, saying Trader Joe’s Crispy Cookies filled with Belgian chocolate too closely res...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council paid tribute today to seismologist Lucy Jones, who is retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey after a 33-year tenure in which she worked to demystify earthquakes for the general public. Jones often takes part in news conferences after a major temblor to pr...

WASHINGTON — Surgeons in Baltimore for the first time have transplanted organs between an HIV-positive donor and HIV-positive recipients, a long-awaited new option for patients with the AIDS virus whose kidneys or livers also are failing. Johns Hopkins University a ounced Wednesday that both recipie...

President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S. criminal justice system. The commutations include a Compton man, Be ard Beard, who was convicted in ...

Lakers rookie point guard D’Angelo Russell has lost support among certain teammates after secretly recording a video that showed Nick Young admitting he saw another woman besides his fiancee, Iggy Azalea, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation. The video, which was obtained someho...

The Army Corps of Engineers first public scoping meetings to study possible modifications to the Long Beach Breakwater and other methods of improving the San Pedro Bay’s ecosystem are scheduled to take place on April 7. The meetings are scheduled as part of the environmental review process so Army C...

LAKEWOOD >> Lakewood’s first farmer’s market is scheduled to open next month. A kick-off party will take place April 30 from 8 a.m. to noon at Lakewood Center and across from El Torito, 5242 Lakewood Blvd. The event also will feature live entertainment and giveaways. The farmers’ market will continu...

Sidestepping a major defeat for public employee unions, a deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to end organized labor’s ability to collect dues from gove ment workers who oppose paying fees to cover collective bargaining costs. In a one-line order, the Supreme Court handed down a 4-4 ru...

Having apparently finally run out of things to study, the New York-based travel and economic development marketing firm DCI has completed a report on which U.S. mayors make the best use of Twitter. Followers of our mayor Robert Garcia will not be surprised to find that the study puts him at No. 10 o...

Amy Dacey, Democratic National Committee CEO, says she’s confident the party will have a presidential nominee before the national convention this summer in Philadelphia, and she’s equally confident that nominee will win the battle for the White House. However, she would not comment on whether she th...

A federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Lunada Bay Boys, a group of territorial Palos Verdes Estates surfers known for intimidating visitors from their beloved coastal bluff, argues that the group is a criminal street gang and should be ba ed from gathering together. The suit seeks ...

DOWNEY >> Downey Unified high school students next year will be able to pick from 16 new college prep courses, including science and math related classes, which the Board of Education recently approved. “By approving these courses that provide a better understanding of current career fields, our stu...

Faraday Future, a Gardena-based electric vehicle company, has been a ounced as the title sponsor of the 2016 Long Beach ePrix on Saturday, the sixth stop in the 2015-16 Formula E race season. Sponsoring the ePrix title is a way for Faraday Future to show off advances in electric vehicle technology, ...

Jurors in the criminal corruption trial of former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka heard for the first time Tuesday from one of Tanaka’s alleged co-conspirators about specific actions taken to hide an inmate from the FBI. Tanaka, the elected mayor of Gardena, is accused of obstructing a federal investigatio...

The parent company of Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles has filed for bankruptcy protection in the face of a nearly $3.2u2009million settlement it owes to a former employee who claimed discrimination. The Chapteru200911 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Friday came after a judge ordered East Co...

Los Angeles, San Fe ando Valley and Santa Monica area Events Il Fo aio: Rotating monthly menu features regional specialties of Italy: food and wine from Liguria through March 31. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday. 6320 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Woodland Hills. 818-2...