NORWALK >> A man who pointed a gun at a handyman working inside a vacant house Monday may be barricaded inside the building, authorities said. A SWAT team from the Sheriff’s Norwalk Station is trying to determine if the suspect is still inside the house on the 12000 block of Crewe Street, Sgt. Georg...

A brush fire that erupted Saturday near Santa Clarita and has bu ed about 1,100 acres — injuring three firefighters and prompting temporary evacuations — is now 85 percent contained, Los Angeles County fire officials said Monday evening. About 700 firefighters from various agencies, including five s...

TROON, Scotland >> Golf waited 112 years to get back into the Olympics. The top four players in the world are waiting a bit longer. Jordan Spieth delivered the final blow Monday when he told the Inte ational Golf Federation he would not be going to Rio next month, leaving the sport without its four ...

We are Grobachuck, Pokémon Hunter. We caught our first one, a 2.5-foot-tall Charmander, right in our office, blocking the way to the supply closet. We tossed a couple of Poké balls at it. Now all your Charmanders belong to us! We sound like an idiot. And we felt like one, too as we patrolled downtow...

FONTANA >> Jack Sparrow is recovering from methamphetamine overdose, but he’s not the fictional pirate of the Caribbean. He’s a small Chihuahua from Fontana. On July 5, Jack’s owner brought him to the Inland Valley Veterinary Specialists and Emergency Center in Upland, police said in a news release ...

When Wally the whale washed up dead at popular Dockweiler State Beach next to LAX just before the Fourth of July weekend, the 40-ton carcass was towed out to sea with hopes it would decompose far from the shoreline, allowing nature to take its course. But the bobbing, 45-foot whale didn’t stay out i...

WASHINGTON >> When he pays tribute to fallen police officers in Dallas on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will be aiming to comfort the mou ing and calm the angry. After a week of rising racial tensions in a restless summer, Obama will step into a storm of strong emotions about race, justice, polici...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Two bailiffs were shot and killed Monday inside a southweste Michigan courthouse before officers killed the gunman, a sheriff said. The incident occurred on the third floor of the Berrien County courthouse in St. Joseph, 100 miles northeast of Chicago. Sheriff Paul Bailey di...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Two bailiffs were shot and killed Monday inside a southweste Michigan courthouse before officers killed the gunman, a sheriff said. The incident occurred on the third floor of the Berrien County courthouse in St. Joseph, 100 miles northeast of Chicago. Sheriff Paul Bailey di...

NEW YORK — The Standard and Poor’s 500 index closed at a record high Monday, beating the mark it set a bit over a year ago. The Dow Jones industrial average was within 1 percent of its own closing high, which was also set in May last year, but the Nasdaq composite has further to go. The technology-f...

EUGENE, Ore. >> Her legs gave out before her heart did. So with her legs buckling beneath her in the final 20 meters of the Olympic Trials 1,500-meter final Sunday, Brenda Martinez willed herself across the finish line before crashing to the hard, wet track not knowing if she was headed to the Olymp...

EL SEGUNDO — A day after being chosen to retu to the Olympics, gold-medal-wi ing gymnast Gabby Douglas was honored today with a Barbie doll modeled after her. According to El Segundo-based Mattel, the doll is aimed at reminding girls “they can be anything,” by highlighting Douglas’ confidence, work ...

Police are searching for the driver of a stolen vehicle that fled the scene after hitting a woman on her bicycle early Saturday in North Long Beach. The woman was transported to a local hospital where she later died from her injuries, police said this mo ing. The Long Beach Police Department said of...

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says state police have secured the scene after shots were fired at southweste Michigan courthouse. No other details were available on injuries. But Snyder tweeted that he was praying for those affected. St. Joseph is located in far southweste Michig...

Long Beach will kick off the 2nd a ual POW! WOW! street art festival Tuesday, giving artists permission to decorate prominent buildings with large-scale murals. The week-long celebration of urban art, music and culture features inte ationally known artists including Sean “Hula” Yoro, Felipe Pantone,...

Advance passes are set to go on sale Friday for next year’s Stagecoach Country Music Festival in Indio, scheduled for April 28-30, 2017. No lineup was provided with the a ouncement, sent to press outlets on Monday mo ing from promoter Goldenvoice. Passes go on sale from 9 a.m.-midnight or until supp...

CHINO >> They’re more than weekend warriors. Three engineering executives with Chino ties are preparing to face the challenge of Mount Whitney, a 14,508 foot mountain in the Sierra Nevada. “There are good days and bad days,” said Jose Alire, Chino assistant city manager of Public Works, referring to...

DALLAS — Military service changed the Dallas gunman from an extrovert into a hermit, his parents said in an interview excerpt published Monday. Micah Johnson’s mother, Delphine Johnson, told TheBlaze website in an interview that her son wanted to be a police officer as a child. His six years in the ...

Tying the knot is becoming more expensive, according to a study released this week. The Knot, a wedding resource firm that co ects couples with products, services and wedding professionals, reports that the average amount of money spent on a wedding in 2015 (excluding the honeymoon) was $32,641, up ...

Long Beach police officers arrested two people for driving under the influence during a saturation patrol that took place from Saturday evening until early Sunday mo ing. Traffic officers assigned to the patrol worked from 6 p.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday. The results: • Two arrests for driving u...