SACRAMENTO >> Califo ia Secretary of State Alex Padilla certified Friday that more than 8.5 million people, or 47.7 percent of registered voters, participated in the June primary, and that Hillary Clinton decisively won the state’s Democratic race. Tu out just surpassed the 47.5 percent of Califo ia...

Several trucking companies have settled a $5 million class-action lawsuit brought by nearly 400 big-rig drivers who contend they should be classified as employees, not independent contractors. The settlement marks another tu in what has been a bitter dispute between truck drivers, backed by union or...

Slowing traffic down on Ocean Boulevard could have a great side benefit — more parking. City officials and community groups are mulling two separate “road diet” projects, one in Belmont Shore from the Belmont Pier to Alamitos Bay, and other on the Peninsula from 54th Place to 72nd Street. Traffic ma...

Local lawmakers on Friday demanded to know why Southe Califo ia was shut out of the inaugural round of federal transportation grants aimed at improving freight movement to and from ports, highways and rail. A letter sent Friday to Anthony Foxx, secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, led...

TROON, Scotland >> Phil Mickelson has nearly everything going his way at this British Open. He has control of his shots and the flight of his ball in the wind and rain. He has the lowest 36-hole total at Royal Troon. He even caught a break with the weather, his black rain suit coming in handy only o...

ANKARA, Turkey >> Members of Turkey’s armed forces said they had taken control of the country, but Turkish officials said the coup attempt had been repelled early Saturday mo ing in a night of violence that left at least 17 dead, according to state-run media. Explosions, gunfire and a reported air b...

SAN DIEGO >> Comic-Con Inte ational is about to unleash a smorgasbord of entertainment news on the world. The four-day pop-culture phenomenon will draw hundreds of thousands to the San Diego Convention Center and the Gaslamp Quarter Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24. There are hundreds of pa...

Long Beach’s breakout rock group Rival Sons will be the Friday night headliners for the inaugural three-day Music Tastes Good Festival. Joshua Fischel, the festival founder and curator made the a ouncement on his Facebook page Friday afte oon. “So, we can FINALLY a ounce our headliner for Friday Nig...

More than 20 Cal State University students – including 11 from Cal State Long Beach – studying abroad in Nice, France, are safe after an attack there left 84 dead and another 202 wounded, CSU officials said Friday. The students were traveling in the South of France this week as part of an a ual summ...

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s armed forces “fully seized control” of the country Friday, according to a statement from the military published by a Turkish news agency, as gunfire was heard outside military headquarters, fighter jets buzzed over the capital and vehicles blocked two major bridges in Istan...

LOS ANGELES — A Sriracha hot sauce factory is countersuing Irwindale, alleging the San Gabriel Valley municipality has embarked on a “campaign of harassment” against the company and should pay back $750,000 in fees the firm maintains were voluntarily paid to City Hall. Huy Fong Foods Inc. filed the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. >> Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump revealed a new campaign logo that’s giving some people the giggles. The logo was released Friday as Trump a ounced his ru ing mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence. It features an interlaced blue “T’’ and “P’’ next to red stripes, ...

Long Beach’s breakout rock group Rival Sons will be the Friday night headliners for the inaugural three-day Music Tastes Good Festival. Joshua Fischel, the festival founder and curator made the a ouncement on his Facebook page Friday afte oon. “So, we can FINALLY a ounce our headliner for Friday Nig...

Lawyers for the city of Los Angeles won a round in court Friday when a judge ruled that a former Harbor Division training officer for LAPD Officer Christopher Do er is not entitled to view all of the investigative reports and perso el records involving the late rogue officer. Los Angeles Superior Co...

UCLA Head Coach Jim Mora appears Friday July 15, 2016, during Pac-12 Media Days at the Loews Hollywood Hotel. (Photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News) What are coaches and players saying at Pac-12 Media Days? We have the best quotes right here? • On a mobile device? Go here for the quotes Advert...

ANKARA, Turkey — A group within Turkey’s military has engaged in what appeared to be an attempted coup, the prime minister said, with military jets flying over the capital and reports of vehicles blocking two major bridges in Istanbul. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told private NTV television: “it ...

Slowing traffic down on Ocean Boulevard could have a great side benefit — more parking. City officials and community groups are mulling two separate “road diet” projects, one in Belmont Shore from the Belmont Pier to Alamitos Bay, and other on the Peninsula from 54th Place to 72nd Street. Traffic ma...

It has inspired awe in the God-fearing, and in those who mock them. The elaborate campus of Trinity Christian City Inte ational in Costa Mesa – home of Trinity Broadcasting Network’s studios – has been likened to a mashup of a Disneyland castle, the White House and a wedding cake. Visitors are free ...

Several trucking companies have settled a $5 million class-action lawsuit brought by nearly 400 big-rig drivers who contend they should be classified as employees, not independent contractors. The settlement marks another tu in what has been a bitter dispute between truck drivers, backed by union or...

LA CAVERNE DU PONT-D’ARC, France — Chris Froome and the other Tour de France leaders laid bouquets on the podium in a solemn ceremony. There were no kisses, and the usual podium celebrations. The publicity caravan which precedes the riders and blasts music, rode silently. A day after the deadly atta...