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...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Protective League today demanded that Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the Rams, pay the full cost for necessary police services to ensure public safety at the team’s home games as long as it plays at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. “The estimated cost to pr...

A large group of Olympic volunteers pose for a picture in front of a set of Olympic rings in the Olympic Park in the Barra area of the games. (Michael Goulding/Orange County Register) Live headlines, photos, updates from Southe Califo ia News Group reporters Scott Reid and Jeff Miller, with updates ...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Protective League today demanded today that Stan Kroenke, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Rams, pay the full cost for necessary police services to ensure public safety at L.A. Rams home games as long as the team plays in Los Angeles. “The estimated cost ...

LOS ANGELES — Pitbull was sued by a former manager who alleges he is owed commissions for helping the rapper jump-start his career. Charles Chavez is the CEO of Latium Entertainment Inc. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court lists the company as the plaintiff. • PHOTOS: Pitbull pic...

ATWATER >> A crash that nearly sliced a bus in half on a central Califo ia highway killed four people, not the initial report of five, a local sheriff said Wednesday. Merced County Sheriff Ve Wa ke, who also serves as coroner, gave the new total after canvassing hospitals and checking with coroner’s...

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge refused to release video of Donald Trump testifying in a lawsuit alleging fraud by the now-defunct Trump University, denying critics of the Republican presidential nominee a chance to use potentially powerful images against him. Transcripts of Trump’s depositions have bee...

LOS ANGELES — A search was underway today for a 24-year-old woman described as a “person of interest” in the “suspicious” death of her grandmother in Bell and whose own four young children are also missing. Sarah Montoya is being sought in co ection with the death of Paula Montoya, whose body was di...

HOLLYWOOD — Cheryl Boone Isaacs, who guided the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences through some major changes prompted by a controversy over its lack of diversity, was re-elected as the organization’s president, the Academy a ounced Tuesday night. Boone Isaacs was re-elected to her fourth o...

BEVERLY HILLS — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to hold her first Southe Califo ia fundraiser since receiving the Democratic presidential nomination on Aug. 22 in Beverly Hills, with several prominent entertainment industry executives chairing the event. Tickets for the evenin...

SACRAMENTO >> Top Republican donor and fundraiser Meg Whitman endorsed Democrat Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday, saying she ca ot support a candidate who has “exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.” The Hewlett-Packard executive said in a statement that Republican nomin...

A judge stripped several claims from a lawsuit filed by the parents of a college student shot and killed by a Long Beach police officer in 2015, court papers show. In a 13-page ruling issued Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Holly Kendig dismissed claims by Amr Morad and Amal Alkabra for inte...

Defendants already charged with murdering a Downey police officer Nov. 18 engaged in a crime spree of shooting and robbery prior to the shooting the same night, Los Angeles County prosecutors a ounced Tuesday. New charges stemming from those crimes have been filed, and an attempted murder charge was...

There is no greater thrill for the parent of an athlete than seeing their child make an Olympic team—but as one local family is finding out, that thrill comes with a cost as well. Clara Randolph, a friend of the Washington family, has started a GoFundMe fundraiser page to help send Euna Washington, ...

A pair of cider aficionados determined to build a business rooted in their enthusiasm for the beverage on Thursday will open a specialty pub devoted almost exclusively on cider and mead, a fermented honey beverage. “What we decided was, right now what the industry really needs was not another cider ...

Defendants already charged with murdering a Downey police officer Nov. 18 engaged in a crime spree of shooting and robbery prior to the shooting the same night, Los Angeles County prosecutors a ounced Tuesday. New charges stemming from those crimes have been filed, and an attempted murder charge was...

FONTANA >> A trio of Fontana teens reported missing Saturday after they failed to retu home from a hiking trip in the Angeles National Forest have been found dead, according to Los Angeles County Fire officials. Daniel Gamboa, 19, Kasey Vance, 18 and Samantha O elas, 17, all of Fontana, left their h...

Spurred by allegations of abuse in Los Angeles County juvenile halls and camps, the Board of Supervisors called Tuesday for a detailed report on three years of incidents and a review of policies and protocols. Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas recommended the review based on “recent allegations that we ...

Seeking to salvage a $500 million rail yard project, the city of Los Angeles and a national railroad company on Tuesday filed an appeal of a court decision that halted the controversial project near a low-income community. The appeal could mean years of legal wrangling for the Southe Califo ia Inte ...

A judge stripped several claims from a lawsuit filed by the parents of a college student shot and killed by a Long Beach police officer in 2015, court papers show. In a 13-page ruling issued Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Holly Kendig dismissed claims by Amr Morad and Amal Alkabra for inte...