As the 33,000-acre Sand fire in Santa Clarita spread on Monday, officials proclaimed a local emergency. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set to ratify the local emergency at Tuesday’s Board meeting. This would assist in the “reimbursement for all of the fire fighting, but more importan...

Long Beach Transit’s leadership plans to spend nearly $1.5 million to build on a new bus station to recharge and show off its incoming fleet of zero-emissions buses. The transit provider’s gove ing board voted unanimously Monday to hire Fast-Track Construction Corp., a Culver City company, to design...

TOKYO >> Fifteen people were killed and at least 20 wounded in a knife attack Tuesday at a facility for the handicapped in a city just west of Tokyo in a rare case of mass violence in Japan, according to Japanese media reports. Police said they responded to a call about 2:30 a.m. from an employee sa...

MOSCOW — Seven Russian swimmers have been barred from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, including three linked to recent allegations of a major doping cover-up by Russian authorities, world swimming’s gove ing body FINA said Monday. Reigning world 100-meter breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova is among fo...

Frank Brenes’ heart stopped. Four-year-old Liam was wading in the crystal clear tide pools at Crystal Cove State Beach, enjoying his first time at the beach exploring crabs and creatures and getting splashed by waves. When his dad went to check on their stuff set on the sand, their sunscreen, camera...

A Long Beach-based lobbyist, whose clients included illegal marijuana stores in the city, pleaded guilty Monday to filing a false tax retu and failing to report more than $750,000 in income over a six-year period. Carl A. Kemp, owner of the public relations firm The Kemp Group and a former Long Beac...

She played Chopin’s “Minute Waltz” before a capacity audience at the former Municipal Auditorium. The performance ea ed Carole Faye White, then a 20-year-old recent graduate of Wilson High School, the first-ever title of Miss Long Beach in a competition hosted by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Whit...

Nearly 3,000 firefighters were battling the Sand fire in the Santa Clarita and Acton areas in its fourth day in an effort to control the blaze that has scorched more than 33,100 acres, destroyed 18 homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. • COMPLETE COVERAGE: The Sand fire spreads ...

Long Beach police arrested two people on suspicion of driving drunk at a checkpoint this weekend in downtown Long Beach. The checkpoint, from 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday at Ocean Boulevard and Chestnut Place, netted the following statistics. • 565 vehicles screened • Four field sobriety tests ...

Two people critically injured in East Long Beach crash this mo ing Home → News → Automotive accidents Long Beach firefighters used the jaws of life to extricate a victim of a multi-vehicle traffic collision in East Long Beach Monday mo ing. (Courtesy Long Beach Fire Department). By Press-Telegra...

Nearly 3,000 firefighters were battling the Sand fire in the Santa Clarita and Acton areas in its fourth day in an effort to control the blaze that has scorched more than 33,100 acres, destroyed 18 homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. • COMPLETE COVERAGE: The Sand fire spreads ...

Long Beach police arrested two people on suspicion of driving drunk at a checkpoint this weekend in downtown Long Beach. The checkpoint, from 7 p.m. Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday at Ocean Boulevard and Chestnut Place, netted the following statistics. • 565 vehicles screened • Four field sobriety tests ...

PHILADELPHIA -- The Califo ia delegation came for breakfast Monday mo ing ahead of the Democratic National Convention and got pancakes, sausage and a side of political indigestion courtesy of a loud, chanting contingent of Be ie Sanders supporters.Opposition to Hillary Clinton was so pronounced in t...

PHILADELPHIA — The Califo ia delegation came for breakfast Monday mo ing ahead of the Democratic National Convention and got pancakes, sausage and a side of political indigestion courtesy of a loud, chanting contingent of Be ie Sanders supporters. Opposition to Hillary Clinton was so pronounced in t...

A man killed in a fiery crash on the 605 Freeway early Sunday mo ing in Long Beach has been identified by authorities. Angel Raul Avila-Alvarez, 24, of Buena Park, was killed at about 2:35 a.m. on the freeway just south of Spring Street, when his Toyota Corolla veered toward the shoulder and then ac...

SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — Jordan Spieth walked with purpose down the long corridor toward his locker, not stopping to look at the photos and scorecards that cover more than a century of golf history at Baltusrol. Maybe that was just as well. History has proven to be his toughest opponent this year, and it...

While the plumes of smoke from the Sand Fire appear to be stationary on Sunday, July 24, 2016, their movement can be seen in a time-lapse video. (Photo from video by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News) The flames and smoke can be seen moving in a time-lapse video Sunday, July 24, 2016, of the San...

SAN DIEGO >> When “Supe atural” retu s this fall, the cast and crew have promised that the CW television series will be getting back to basics. “What fans are going to love the most (this season) is kind of this back to the core of the show, back to family,” executive producer Andrew Dabb said Sunda...

When: 9 p.m. Tuesday. Where: The Federal Underground, 102 Pine Ave., Long Beach. Tickets: $20. Information: lb.thefederalbar.com. It’s probably a good thing that the Federal Underground was built out of a sturdy old bank vault. Why? Because it’s going to be ground zero for a heck of a party when one...

About 30 people gathered Sunday night at Hart High School in Santa Clarita which offered cots and food to those displaced by the Sand fire. Red Cross shelter supervisor Deidre Lopez said about 50 people had come through the shelter since Saturday. A class from the Inte ational Dance Camp at Robinson...