PHOENIX — Storms hit areas of the Southwest again on Wednesday, but with less intensity than a day earlier when monsoon rains swamped the desert region, stranding drivers, flooding streets and prompting water rescues. Forecasters wa ed of the potential of more flooding in six states — Arizona, New M...

The third, final and most lightly regarded of this summer’s big three inte ational soccer events kicks off Thursday when the men’s Olympic soccer tou ament begins in Brazil, the day after the women began play and the day before the opening ceremonies in Rio. In all, that means 16 nations competing i...

Low-income Califo ians who are elderly and disabled were less likely to go to the emergency room or be hospitalized after their in-home caregivers participated in an intensive training program, according to a report. Under a pilot program, nearly 6,000 aides in Los Angeles, San Be ardino and Contra ...

LONDON >> London police say a woman has died and five others were injured in a knife attack in a central part of the city. A statement from the London Metropolitan Police early Thursday said the attack happened late Wednesday in Russell Square, which is near to the British Museum. It said six people...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> Michael Phelps was walking through the Olympic Village Wednesday mo ing when he spotted Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, wi er of 12 Grand Slam tou aments. By his own admission Phelps had been notoriously anti-social around the Village at previous Olympic Games, earphones in, plugged into ...

Today’s pot is typically four times stronger than it was just a couple decades ago. That’s timely to note in the current push to legalize the drug because much of the research showing marijuana has only modest health effects on adults is based on weaker strains that have been largely bred out of the...

Califo ia will receive $3.6u2009million over five years from the federal gove ment to track babies bo in the Goldenu2009State with microcephaly, a birth defect caused by the Zikau2009virus. The money — the first installment of which comes this week — is part of $16u2009million awarded by the federal...

RIO DE JANEIRO >> When the Inte ational Olympic Committee awarded Riou2009de Janerio the 2016u2009Olympic Games on Oct.u20092, 2009, in Copenhagen, Brazil’s then-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was so overcome with emotion that he couldn’t stop sobbing, spending much of a post-a ouncement press ...

The city is giving notice this time: Workers will begin removing hundreds of dead trees Friday. The a ouncement on Wednesday came after a public outcry in late June over a decision to severely prune large branches from Coral trees growing along the bluff at Bixby Park, which overlooks the Pacific Oc...

A $10,000 painting could have wound up in the trash bin if not for Facebook. The 3-by-6-foot mixed media abstract piece, titled “Escondido” by artist Neil Nagy, was ripped off the wall of the Warschaw Gallery during open hours on July 7, during First Thursday Art Walk festivities in downtown San Ped...

The rainbow flag — a symbol of peace, pride and unity for the LGBTQ community — will fly high outside City Hall for the next couple of months, and possibly longer. The idea was brought forward on Tuesday by 2nd District Councilwoman Jea ine Pearce, who said the flag’s more permanent presence would s...

The city is giving notice this time: Workers will begin removing hundreds of dead trees Friday. The a ouncement on Wednesday came after a public outcry in late June over a decision to severely prune large branches from Coral trees growing along the bluff at Bixby Park, which overlooks the Pacific Oc...

Long Beach voters now have three marijuana-related ballot measures to decide on come November. Adding to an already lengthy statewide general election ballot, the City Council on Tuesday voted to add a tax measure that City Clerk Maria de la Luz Garcia said would help fund public safety, police offi...

Los Angeles, San Fe ando Valley, Santa Monica area Beverly Cinema: “The Three Musketeers” (1973), 7, with “The Four Musketeers” (1974), 9:15 p.m. Aug. 5. “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” (2003), 11:59 p.m. Aug. 5. Kiddie Matinee: “The Circus” (1928), 2 p.m. Aug. 6-7. “Crossed Swords” (1977), 11:59 p.m. Aug. 6. “...

In a crackdown on hazardous waste air emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday fined two Southe Califo ia companies a combined total of about $130,000 and ordered rigorous monitoring of possible cancer-causing releases. Crosby & Overton, a hazardous waste treatment plant in L...

Several Long Beach area residents who aided crime victims during their hours of need received honors from the Los Angeles County District Atto ey’s office. The District Atto ey’s office a ounced the newest recipients of its Courageous Citizen Awards at the Queen Mary on Wednesday. In one instance, t...

Plumes of fear rise from Rio de Janeiro almost hourly, as if the Olympics should be happening someplace organized and safe, like Falluja. The Australian athletes were greeted by standing water and dysfunctional showers in the Athletes Village. When they complained, Rio mayor Eduardo Paes said he’d t...

The number of teenagers finding summer jobs surged in June to a three-year high, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Employment among teens ages 16 to 19 increased by 691,000, the report said. That was up 13 percent from the 609,000 teen jobs that were adde...

LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama today commuted the federal prison sentences of 214 inmates, including five Southland residents, saying they were sentenced under outdated guidelines. “The power to grant pardons and commutations ... embodies the basic belief in our democracy that people deserve a...

The rainbow flag — a symbol of peace, pride and unity for the LGBTQ community — will fly high outside City Hall for the next couple of months, and possibly longer. The idea was brought forward on Tuesday by 2nd District Councilwoman Jea ine Pearce, who said the flag’s more permanent presence would s...