LOS ANGELES — Today is expected to be the worst day of this week’s heat wave in the Southland, with temperatures dropping only slightly on Saturday before falling into a more manageable range starting Sunday. Temperatures of well over 100 degrees are expected throughout the valleys, and the National...

As Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night and vowed “to build a great border wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border, Los Angeles artist Plastic Jesus vowed to use his work to raise awareness about Trump’s “ridiculous policies.” “I think his plans and policies will ha...

As Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night and vowed “to build a great border wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border, Los Angeles artist Plastic Jesus vowed to use his work to raise awareness about Trump’s “ridiculous policies.” “I think his plans and policies will ha...

SAN DIEGO >> Netflix took the stage for the first time, animation dominated in feature films, a popular television series a ounced its ending and virtual reality helped fans get hyped during the first day of Comic-Con Inte ational Thursday at the San Diego Convention Center. Netflix took its inaugur...

SAN DIEGO>>When Rod Roddenberry tells you he never watched “Star Trek,” the legendary TV show created by his father Gene Roddenberry, until after his dad had died, it seems … highly illogical, to quote the mighty Spock, a kind of mental shock as if you’d just been hit by a phaser set to stun. But th...

As Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday night and vowed “to build a great border wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border, Los Angeles artist Plastic Jesus vowed to use his work to raise awareness about Trump’s “ridiculous policies.” “I think his plans and policies will ha...

CLEVELAND >> Donald Trump, presidential nominee, is now a reality. The Republican Party, fractured along establishment and insurgent lines through a raucous primary season, chose its presidential nominee at its convention, and the real estate mogul accepted it Thursday night before a packed arena. H...

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CLEVELAND >> Declaring America in crisis, Donald Trump pledged to cheering Republicans and still-skeptical voters Thursday night that as president he will restore the safety they fear they’re losing, strictly curb immigration and save the nation from Hillary Clinton’s record of “death, destruction, ...

Mark Petracca, chair of UC Irvine’s political science department and a specialist in American political institutions, weighed in on this historic moment: “Was it an historic speech? Certainly, but not because of what Trump had to say as much as because of who Trump is. Trump is the first major party...

The Tony Hawk Foundation considers Long Beach the skateboard capital of the country. And finally, the city has its own world-renowned event, the Dew Tour happening this weekend. So says the head of a local organization benefitting from the weekend event that will draw skateboard pros from around the...

Larry Flynt won his gamble with Gardena’s political leaders. Two days after he shut down his newly acquired Normandie Casino — one of the biggest tax generators in town — over a beef with the city, the City Council called a special meeting to meet his demands after days of “very intense” negotiation...

Delta Air Lines will move its check-in and boarding facilities closer to some of its partner airlines, as well as closer to the inte ational terminals at Los Angeles Inte ational Airport, under an agreement approved this week by airport commissioners. Delta is proposing about $1.9 billion in upgrade...

The Republican National Convention concludes tonight — Thursday, July 21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio, with Donald Trump slated to accept the GOP nomination for president with a speech that will run in primetime — on the East Coast, anyway. Speeches on this final night of the GOP convention are slated ...

RANCHO SANTA FE >> I have to admit, I got a little excited when I heard there was going to be a silent auction involving horse racing memorabilia during last week’s “Hats, Heels and Hooves” extravaganza at The I at Rancho Santa Fe. But I swear my excitement had nothing to do with the fender bender m...

For 24 years, a postage stamp taunted NASA’s top minds, begi ing first with a couple of engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The little piece of paper released in 1991 at a special ceremony at JPL depicted all nine planets and the Moon, with the name of the mission that explored each world be...

Melody Hellard can’t tu a co er at Comic-Con Inte ational without someone stopping her to take a photo. The 15-year-old from Newbury Park isn’t like the thousands of cosplayers who came as Pikachu, Harley Qui or even Retired Captain America: She’s in a gown. • Related: We’re at San Diego Comic-Con 2...

SIGNAL HILL >> Police Chief Michael Langston on Thursday a ounced plans to retire from the department after nearly 30 years in law enforcement. Langston, 54, took the top job with the Signal Hill Police Department five years ago. During his tenure, he is credited with improving community-police rela...

NEW YORK >> Roger Ailes is out as chief executive at Fox News Cha el, his career at the network he built from scratch and ran with an iron hand for nearly 20 years over with stu ing swiftness following allegations that he forced out a former anchor after she spu ed his sexual advances. • PHOTOS: Rog...

The knock at Carlos David Martin Ojeda’s home finally came, minutes after sunrise. Ojeda, a 46-year-old undocumented immigrant and convicted sex offender who had been released from prison to the streets, opened the door of his mobile home in Chino at 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, and found an Immigration...