SAN DIEGO >> Clayton Kershaw has a target in mind for when he expects to pitch again for the Dodgers. But he’s keeping it to himself. “I do,” he said. “It just doesn’t make sense to share it. If I beat it, ‘Oh, you’re rushing back.’ And if I don’t, then it’s ‘Why not?’” Kershaw will be eligible to c...

He’s with her. But are his followers? Be ie Sanders’ much-anticipated endorsement of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, July 12, provided the symbolic moment sought by the Democratic Party. But the sight of Sanders with his arm around a candidate who represents everything they despise did anything but insp...

Long Beach firefighters extinguished a garage fire that ignited early Tuesday mo ing behind a South Wrigley apartment building. Fire Department spokesman Jake Heflin said the fire started about 1:25 a.m. Tuesday and scorched five detached garages near a two-story apartment complex in the 2100 block ...

DALLAS >> At a memorial for slain police officers, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that a week of deeply troubling violence has seemed to expose “the deepest fault lines of our democracy.” But he insisted the nation is not as divided as it seems and called on Americans to find common ground ...

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The Board of Supervisors Tuesday renewed a $10,000 reward for information that leads to arrests in a 2014 Long Beach parking lot shooting that left one man dead and three other people wounded. Supervisor Don Knabe recommended extending the reward, which had been set to expire July 15 and will now be...

SAN DIEGO >> The Nerd Machine’s Nerd HQ will be retu ing to San Diego’s Comic-Con Inte ational for the sixth time this year and the fan-favorite event will make the New Children’s Museum its home for the second time. “We have a lot of brand-new stuff we’ve never been able to do,” said co-founder Dav...

Megan Rapinoe, who is coming off December knee surgery, has been named to the national team roster for the Rio Games along with Carli Lloyd, who has scored in the gold-medal wi ing final for the United States in the last two Olympics. Lloyd, who also scored three goals in 16 minutes to lead the Unit...

When she was about 14, Hillary Clinton says, she wrote to NASA volunteering for astronaut training. NASA’s reply was simple and definitive: No girls. “It was the first time I had hit an obstacle I couldn’t overcome with hard work and determination, and I was outraged,” she would write in her book, “...

How do you actually take care of yourself in traumatic situations? And how do you take care of yourself when you are being bombarded with gruesome images? There's a program at Drexel University in Philadelphia that answers those questions daily. It's called Healing Hurt People. It's an organization ...

Be ie Sanders finally endorses Hillary Clinton Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, followed by Sen. Be ie Sanders, I-Vt. arrives for a rally in Portsmouth, N.H., Tuesday, July 12, 2016, where Sanders endorsed Clinton for the nation’s top office. (AP Photo/Andrew Ha ik) By Staff report...

REVEL, France — Michael Matthews profited from the work of his teammates to win the 10th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish after a long breakaway on Tuesday. The Australian rider edged world champion Peter Sagan and Edvald Boasson Hagen to claim his first stage win at cycling’s biggest ...

Overtu ed truck blocking onramp to 710 Freeway in Long Beach Home → News → Automotive accidents By City News Service An overtu ed big rig has prompted the closure of the westbound Willow Street onramp to the southbound 710 Freeway in Long Beach, according to the Califo ia Highway Patrol. It is n...

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was angry: A reporter had the gall to suggest that ego was behind his purchase of New York’s famed Plaza Hotel. When Trump thought about it, though, he decided it was true — and admitted as much in a big, big way. “Almost every deal I have ever done has been at least partly...

LAKEWOOD >> Mosquito pools in Lakewood have tested positive for West Nile Virus for the first time this year, according to a recent report from the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District. Kelly Middleton, a spokeswoman for the district, said Lakewood joins 10 other cities in LA County wh...

It’s rare for an athlete to accomplish her life’s dream at the age of 19, but that’s exactly what happened late Sunday night for Ariana Washington. The Long Beach native and Long Beach Poly alum spent the last two weekends competing at the USA Track & Field Olympic Trials in Oregon, and Sunday eveni...

A Long Beach man arranged for the killing of his pregnant girlfriend in Hawtho e nearly 15 years ago because he didn’t want their baby, a prosecutor told jurors as his trial opened Monday. Derek Paul Smyer, 35, shook his head throughout Deputy District Atto ey Danette Meyers’ opening statement in Lo...

NORWALK >> Sheriff’s perso el entered a vacant home Monday night where they thought a man, who allegedly pointed a gun at a handyman working inside the building, had barricaded himself, but no one was inside. A SWAT team from the Sheriff’s Norwalk Station determined, at 8:30 p.m., that the suspect w...

From marijuana to millionaires, the Losu2009Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to discuss a range of tax proposals Tuesday as it considers four options for the November ballot to bolster funds to help the homeless. A 1-percent sales tax on medical marijuana could generate $1.3u2009milli...

Here be monsters —though they are awfully cute. There be monsters — and you gotta catch ’em all! Suddenly everywhere be monsters, and if your friends and family, neighbors or complete strangers are walking around with eyes fixed on their phones, talking to themselves about lures and gyms and battles...