In a tu of events that stu ed a packed courtroom, a federal judge rejected former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca’s plea agreement with prosecutors on Monday, saying it was not tough enough. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ordered Baca and his atto eys to retu to court Aug. 1, when the judge ...

Long Beach’s acting health officer, Dr. Mauro To o, ordered the closure of all of the city’s coastal beaches after a massive sewage spill originating in downtown Los Angeles resulted in sewage flowing down the course of the Los Angeles River. Long Beach officials a ounced the beach closures shortly ...

A teenage pilot from Compton arrived home in Southe Califo ia on Monday, capping a flight around the nation in preparation for what he hopes will be a record-setting around-the-world trip. Isaiah Cooper, 16, touched down at Compton/Woodley Airport after a roughly two-week flight around the country. ...

The Republican National convention begins tonight -- Monday, July 18, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio, with Donald Trump’s wife Melania as the marquee speaker. Mrs. Trump is not the only celebrity of sorts to be on the speaking schedule tonight. Also slated to speak to delegates and the nation tonight are:...

The Califo ia Public Utilities Commission a ounced today it will review whether Southe Califo ia Edison violated any rules or regulations and should face fines stemming from repeated power outages that left close to 30,000 Long Beach residents in the dark last summer. The commission opened a “penalt...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (all time local): 4:20 p.m. Republican leaders have hastily approved rules that will gove the Republican National Convention — but approval came over the loud objections from anti-Donald Trump delegates. The dissident del...

LOS ANGELES — Short-term rental company Airbnb has agreed to collect and pay hotel taxes on behalf of its Los Angeles hosts under a three- year agreement a ounced by city officials today. Starting Aug. 1, Airbnb will be responsible for paying the hotel taxes -- also known as “transient occupancy tax...

In a tu of events that stu ed a packed courtroom, a federal judge rejected former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca’s plea agreement with prosecutors on Monday, saying it was not tough enough. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ordered Baca and his atto eys to retu to court on Aug. 1, where the ju...

A 28-year-old Lakewood man riding a motorcycle was killed after broadsiding a car trying to get out of the way of a fire engine that was responding to an unrelated collision, police said. The man killed in the Saturday night collision was identified Monday as Anthony Champion, according to Ed Winter...

Woman found dead on East Bitterlake Street in Carson Home → News → Crime → Criminal investigations By City News Service CARSON — A woman was found dead today in Carson. The body was discovered about 6:15 a.m. in the 1100 Block of East Bitterlake Street, and sheriff’s homicide detectives were s...

NEW YORK — Paramount Pictures has a ounced a fourth “Star Trek” film with Chris Hemsworth retu ing to the rebooted franchise. The studio said Monday the next chapter in the sci-fi saga will focus on Chris Pine’s Capt. Kirk crossing paths with the father he never met. Hemsworth, who appeared in the 2...

A federal judge rejected former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca’s plea agreement with prosecutors on Monday, saying it was not tough enough. U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson ordered Baca and his atto eys to retu to court on Aug. 1, where the judge will either hand down his own sentence or let ...

An investigator looking into Russian doping found the country’s state-directed cheating program resulted in no fewer than 312 positive results that were withheld, covering 28 sports and lasting from 2011 through at least last year’s world swimming championships. The investigator, Richard McLaren, du...

Long Beach officials a ounced this mo ing they have prevailed in a lawsuit filed four years ago challenging the city’s ban on medical marijuana dispensaries on the grounds the ban violated the rights of those with disabilities. The decision, handed down July 12 by the Court of Appeal, isn’t surprisi...

TOKYO — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. is buying Britain’s ARM Holdings for 24.3 billion pounds ($32 billion), in a deal the British gove ment hailed Monday as a vote of confidence in the country following last month’s vote to leave the European Union. The recommended cash deal und...

CLEVELAND — Braced for uncertainty and hoping for unity, Republicans on Monday prepared to kick off their convention to nominate Donald Trump as dissident delegates pursued one last chance to deny the front-ru er and a nation reeled from another outburst of violence. True to form, Trump himself prov...

CLEVELAND — Braced for uncertainty and hoping for unity, Republicans on Monday prepared to kick off their convention to crown Donald Trump as the nation reeled from another outburst of violence and dissident delegates angled for a last-ditch chance to deny the front-ru er the nomination. True to for...

A 28-year-old Long Beach man riding a motorcycle was killed after broadsiding a car trying to get out of the way of a fire engine that was responding to an unrelated collision, police said. The name of the man killed in the Saturday night collision has not yet been released, pending notification of ...

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (EDT): 8:06 a.m. Donald Trump’s campaign chairman says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is making a “big mistake” by skipping the Republican National Convention that kicks off in Cleveland on Monday. Paul Manafort says in an intervi...

LONDON — Global stock markets traded in narrow ranges on Monday as investors assessed the implications of the failed coup in Turkey. KEEPING SCORE: In Europe, France’s CAC-40 was flat at 4,372 while Germany’s DAX rose 0.1 percent to 10,079. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.5 percen...