SANTA ANITA LEADERS Through Thursday JOCKEYS / WINS Rafael Bejarano / 40 Flavien Prat / 34 Tyler Baze 28 Joe Talamo / 24 Edwin Maldonado / 23 TRAINERS / WINS Philip D’Amato / 23 Jerry Hollendorfer / 14 Bob Baffert 12 Mark Glatt / 11 Peter Miller / 10 Mike Puype / 10 STAKES SCHEDULE SANTA ANITA Satur...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> The Califo ia Legislature on Thursday sent Gov. Jerry Brown 12 gun-control measures as Democratic lawmakers try a last-ditch effort to convince Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom to drop a proposed ballot initiative. Legislative leaders hailed the move as the nation’s most aggressive gun co...

While the Pentagon’s policy shift to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military was welcomed Thursday by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, some veterans and politicians were critical of the decision. In issuing the decision, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said in a sta...

Califo ia’s top prosecutor is investigating whether major oil refiners defrauded consumers by colluding to boost gas prices above what the rest of the country paid last year after the shutdown of the ExxonMobil refinery. The inquiry by Atto ey General Kamala Harris comes in the wake of a report by t...

When: Opens Sunday and runs through Oct. 2. Various timed-entries during museum hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Monday, July 4 Where: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles. Timed tickets: $10-$22 and includes museum admission, free for members and ...

LONDON >> Garbine Muguruza’s first major tou ament as a reigning Grand Slam champion didn’t last long. Less than a month after wi ing the French Open, the second-seeded Spaniard was beaten in the second round of Wimbledon on Thursday by a Slovakian qualifier ranked No. 124. In the biggest upset of t...

Southe Califo ia’s air pollution regulators unveiled an air cleanup plan Thursday that essentially calls for the region to buy its way out of the worst smog problem in the nation. The draft plan from the South Coast Air Quality Management District relies on cash incentives of about $1 billion a year...

When: Opens Sunday and runs through Oct. 2. Various timed-entries during museum hours, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily except Monday, July 4 Where: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd., Los Angeles. Timed tickets: $10-$22 and includes museum admission, free for members and ...

Once you check out the new “Pterosaurs” exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, consider exploring the fossils strewn across Southe Califo ia’s other institutions. La Brea Tar Pits, Ralph B. Clark Regional Park Interpretive Center and the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology ar...

The most puzzling thing about our life, by far, is the fact that we’ve never owned a corgi. It’s like, every time we have a dog, we’re sorta bummed that it’s not a corgi. Then, when we’re in the market for a dog, we wind up going simple and stupid and wind up with some cockeyed non-corgi breed and w...

WASHINGTON >> Saying it’s the right thing to do, Defense Secretary Ash Carter a ounced Thursday that transgender people will be allowed to serve openly in the U.S. military, ending one of the last bans on service in the armed forces. “Americans who want to serve and can meet our standards should be ...

ARCADIA — Horses tell you things, if you’re watching. Dave Hofmans has a photo in Santa Anita’s Ba 76 that still speaks. It’s a gray, 19-to-1 shot named Alphabet Soup, who was going after the legendary Cigar in the 1996 Breeders’ Cup Classic. Alphabet Soup’s ears are poised and his whole head is foc...

Leaders of a little known private company intended to lessen big rig traffic on local freeways has reluctantly agreed to look at reforms after a state legislator threatened to take over its duties. Earlier this month, Assemblyman Patrick O’Do ell, D-Long Beach, authored a bill that would have create...

LONDON — Garbine Muguruza’s first major tou ament as a reigning Grand Slam champion didn’t last long. Less than a month after wi ing the French Open, the second-seeded Spaniard was beaten in the second round of Wimbledon on Thursday by a Slovakian qualifier ranked No. 124. In the biggest upset of th...

Authorities identify man killed on 405 Freeway in Long Beach Monday Home → News → Automotive accidents By City News Service Authorities today identified a man killed when a vehicle crashed on the 405 Freeway in Long Beach. The crash was reported at 2:54 a.m. Monday on the northbound freeway at S...

LOS ANGELES >> U.S. Atto ey General Loretta Lynch continues the final portion of her national “Community Policing Tour” today, taking part in a Facebook Live town hall from the social media site’s Playa Vista campus. Today’s event will be moderated by “Fruitvale Station” and “Creed” star Michael B. ...

Ballast Point, Long Beach’s latest brewery, opens officially today at Alamitos Bay Landing. The Ballast Point Tasting Room & Kitchen at the south end of the retail center (the former Khoury’s location) is the sixth location for the brew company, and the first in Los Angeles County. The San Diego com...

For West Long Beach residents like Alvaro Contreras, a BigRig crash near 33rd Street and Santa Fe Avenue was a terrifying reminder of the neighborhood’s perils. The stretch of Santa Fe Avenue between West Willow Street and 34th Street is accident-prone, Contreras said as he stood outside his apartme...

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. >> A military post near Washington said a lockdown was lifted Thursday except for a medical building where an active shooter was reported earlier in the day. Joint Base Andrews said in a tweet about 10:20 a.m. that the all-clear was given for the base except for the medical b...

Theater shows trailer for Seth Rogen’s R-rated animated comedy before ‘Finding Dory’ Home → Oddities A scene from “Finding Dory.” (Photo courtesy Pixar/TNS) By The Associated Press CONCORD >> The owner of a Califo ia movie theater is apologizing after a trailer for an R-rated upcoming Seth Rogen c...