When Marine Stadium roars to life this weekend, a team of Long Beach police officers will be among 240 teams competing in the a ual Long Beach Dragon Boat Festival — a first for the department throughout the event’s 20 year history. The decision to assemble a team of paddlers to race in the two-day ...

Califo ia’s tough new immunization law, aimed at quelling the spread of disease, will be put to the test for the fall school year, with a medical exemption now required for students to skip immunizations. The law, which took effect July 1, was passed in response to a measles outbreak that started in...

When Trader Joe’s left its location on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls after 16 years, it left a big hole in the heart of the business district. The store’s opening in 2000 at 4121 Atlantic Ave. marked the genesis of the Knolls’ remarkable resurgence as one of the most i ovative and active business ...

The fire broke out at about 5:30 a.m. while three people were inside a house at Elsmere and Huggins drives near StubHub Center, according to a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department statement. One person ran outside but two were trapped in back bedrooms because of the fire, officials said. “The dep...

DOWNEY >> A man was wounded this mo ing in an officer-involved shooting in Downey. Deputies from neighboring Bell Gardens were involved in the shooting, which occurred about 11:30 a.m. in the 8000 block of Allengrove Street, according to according to Deputy Ryan Rouzan of the Sheriff’s Information B...

When Trader Joe’s left its location on Atlantic Avenue in Bixby Knolls after 16 years, it left a big hole in the heart of the business district. The store’s opening in 2000 at 4121 Atlantic Ave. marked the genesis of the Knolls’ remarkable resurgence as one of the most i ovative and active business ...

Long Beach on Thursday activated a new traffic signal, along with LED street lights, at Pacific Avenue and 14th Street in downtown Long Beach. New pedestrian sidewalks, way-finding signage and sharrows are also being added in the area, which is busy with pedestrian traffic accessing Washington Middl...

The Democratic National Convention concludes tonight — Thursday, July 28, 2016, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, with Hillary Clinton slated to accept the party’s nomination. The final speeches are scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. PST (7 p.m. EST), and Clinton’s speech should end around 8 p.m....

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — The search for another first-time major champion in the final one of the year began Thursday with Jimmy Walker at the PGA Championship. Walker had no problem with the stifling heat at Baltusrol, and he was thrilled to see some putts finally go in. It led to six birdies on his way...

The family of a mentally ill man who died after a Long Beach police officer shot him at Loof’s Lite-A-Line this past December a ounced Thursday they have filed a federal lawsuit against the police department. The filing, which seeks punitive damages against Police Chief Robert Luna and the officers ...

COMPTON — Two deputy-involved shootings in Compton this mo ing left a man dead and another person in custody, authorities said. The first shooting, in which no one was injured, took place during a stolen-car pursuit about 2:30 a.m. near West 133rd Street and North Slater Avenue, the sheriff’s depart...

HOLLYWOOD — Actor Michael Keaton will receive the 2,585th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, honored for a career that has included a best actor Oscar nomination and portraying Batman in two films. John Lee Hancock, who directed Keaton in his next film, “The Founder,” and what organizers are ...

LOS ANGELES — One person was killed and 11 others were injured when a car plowed into a house in the Harbor Gateway area and the driver fled the scene, authorities said today. Details about the person killed were being withheld pending family notification. The crash took place just after 8 p.m. Wedn...

Tom Torlakson’s unlikely stint as acting gove or for the largest state in the nation continues into Thursday, when Gov.u2009Jerry Brown is expected to retu . In his temporary role, Torlakson on Tuesday declared a state of emergency for the wildfires in Losu2009Angeles and Monterey counties, giving s...

PHILADELPHIA >> Their political fates now entwined, President Barack Obama implored voters to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, joining a chorus of Democrats vouching Wednesday night for her readiness to be commander in chief at time of volatility around the world. “Even in the middle of cri...

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA >> A fireball seen streaking slowly across the northe sky before breaking into two pieces and vanishing late Wednesday left residents throughout Southe Califo ia and beyond wondering what they had just witnessed. The unidentified object was seen, and in some cases, video-recorded...

Alarmed by a recent uptick in meningitis cases in the area, Long Beach health officials and a local LGBTQ center are offering a free vaccination clinic in the Rose Park area this weekend. Health officials from Los Angeles and Orange Counties as well as Long Beach this week urged all gay and bixesual...

Robert Smith was fishing with his grandson about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday when he heard the crashing noise of a vehicle tumbling into the San Gabriel River. Minutes later, Smith and another man were swimming in the rising waters, struggling to rescue a woman who appeared to have tried to end her own lif...

LAKE BALBOA >> Raul Aquino followed a group of kayakers down to the Losu2009Angeles River, dipped a yellow boot into its flowing stream, then waded past some rocks and algae. He stooped to collect a water sample in the Sepulvedau2009Basin just as nearly a half dozen kayaks passed beneath the Burbank...

Wendy Greuel was named chair of the Los Angeles city and county agency commission that oversees homeless services, it was a ounced Wednesday. The former L.A. city controller and City Council member was named 2016-2017 chair of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission. She was appointed...