BELL GARDENS — A man was shot to death while riding a bicycle along the Los Angeles River bicycle path in Bell Gardens, authorities said today. The shooting was reported at 6:26 p.m. Monday along the bike path west of the Long Beach (710) Freeway and north of Firestone Boulevard, said Deputy Crystal...

Long Beach woman killed in crash on 405 in Torrance Home → News → Automotive accidents By City News Service The coroner’s office today released the name of a woman killed when her vehicle went off the southbound 405 Freeway in Torrance and rolled over into a ditch. She was 69-year-old Dyan Ross ...

NORWALK – A man was shot to death and two others were wounded in Norwalk, authorities said today. The shooting was reported at 11:38 p.m. Monday in the 13000 block of Elmcroft Avenue, said Deputy Kelvin Moody of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. One man was pronounced dead at the scene, he said. Two...

LA CAÑADA CRESCENTA >> Braving intense radiation, a NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets. Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory outside Pasadena erupted in applause when the solar-powered Juno spacecraft beam...

Back when oil fields crowded Long Beach’s horizon and little boys and girls played with toy sailboats in the Colorado Lagoon, the wetlands stretched for miles. For more than two decades now, community members and pla ers have been trying to retu to that time and reverse the damage caused to the Colo...

Families whose 4th of July celebrations began well before after-dark fireworks gathered Monday mo ing near Rosie’s Dog Beach for a seaside bicycle ride. Many of the riders who participated in the event, dubbed the The Great American Kids’ Bike Parade, decorated their bicycles in red white and blue b...

Back when oil fields crowded Long Beach’s horizon and little boys and girls played with toy sailboats in the Colorado Lagoon, the wetlands stretched for miles. For more than two decades now, community members and pla ers have been trying to retu to that time and reverse the damage caused to the Colo...

A deal that would allow Califo ians to play legal online poker games for cash has gained powerful support for the first time ever, but significant hurdles remain. Assembly Bill 2863 has the backing of the state’s biggest card clubs and some of its largest Indian casinos, surpassing any other statewi...

Is marijuana an addictive gateway drug that lowers IQs, triggers psychotic episodes and makes roads less safe? Or is it a miracle plant that can ease pain or provide a pleasant buzz with health risks on par with forgetting to floss? Clashing portrayals of ca abis have endured through decades of rese...

Love him or hate him, presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump isn’t going anywhere. “I do what I do,” he told NBC News last week. “I’ve listened to this for a long time — at the begi ing of the primaries, ‘He should do this, he should do that.’ I won in a landslide.” From the mome...

EASTVALE >> A 20-year-old man was severely injured after being attacked by a retired police dog Sunday in Eastvale, officials said. The man saw the German shepherd wandering loose on Ruby Giant Court shortly before 11 p.m. and felt sorry for the animal, according to a news release from the Riverside...

An estimated $449 million will be at stake in the Mega Millions drawing Tuesday making it the third-largest Mega Million jackpot of all time. The large amount was enough to prompt Tabatha Flickinger, the assistant manager at a Shell gas station and convenience market at Blaine and Iowa Avenue, to th...

LOS ANGELES >> Since launching in 2011, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been cruising toward the biggest planet in the solar system. On Monday, Juno is scheduled to perform a nail-biting move designed to enter orbit around Jupiter to explore its cloud-covered atmosphere and interior makeup. Here are a fe...

RIVERSIDE >> UC Riverside’s Entomology Museum director and a Midweste partner re-discovered a parasitic wasp species that hadn’t been detected for more than a century. That was tricky, considering the Oobius depressus wasp measured 1.2 mm — barely visible to the human eye and identified only with he...

LOS ANGELES >> A solar-powered spacecraft is spi ing toward Jupiter for the closest encounter with the biggest planet in our solar system. NASA’s Juno spacecraft will fire its main rocket engine late Monday to slow itself down from a speed of 150,000 mph (250,000 kph) and slip into orbit around Jupi...

SANTA CLARITA >> A strong coastal flow will cool most of the Los Angeles Basin this week, but those winds will tu hot and crispy by the time they reach one particular co er of Los Angeles County: the Soledad Canyon area east of Santa Clarita, forecasters said Monday. Temperatures will be just below ...

OKLAHOMA CITY >> Kevin Durant is joining All-Stars Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson with the Golden State Warriors. Durant a ounced his decision Monday mo ing on The Players’ Tribune Monday mo ing. He can’t officially sign until July 7. His decision has been the most highly anticipated move of the su...

OAKLAND >> It’s known as Mary Jane, ganja, Chronic and even the sticky icky and has been featured in countless movies, including one that wa ed of its dangers, “Reefer Madness.” Now, marijuana is the subject of a contemporary history and science exhibit. “Altered State: Marijuana in Califo ia,” a on...

NEW DELHI >> Some of the hostages rescued from the weekend attack on an upscale restaurant in Bangladesh’s capital were questioned Monday by investigators searching for clues about the possible masterminds behind the gruesome attack that left 28 dead, including many foreigners. Authorities were stil...

NEW YORK >> From fireworks soaring above the Washington Monument to hot dogs being downed in New York City’s famed frank-eating contest, Americans aren’t shy about celebrating their nation’s birthday. Many places are rolling out long-established Independence Day traditions on Monday (even if some of...