LOS ANGELES - Temperatures will remain in the 100s in parts of the Southland again today and Wednesday, forecasters said. “Very hot weather is expected across inland portions of Southwest Califo ia through Wednesday, with significant potential for heat-related impacts,” said a National Weather Servi...

DETROIT >> Lawyers say Volkswagen’s $14.7 billion settlement a ounced Tuesday is the largest auto-related consumer class-action settlement in U.S. history. VW admitted to installing software that tu ed on pollution controls during emissions testing then tu ed them off when the cars were on the road....

The band was founded in Long Beach 50 years ago, but hasn’t retu ed to perform in its hometown in decades. But now as it celebrates half a century of performing country rock and roots music, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is retu ing home to headline the fourth a ual Long Beach Folk Revival Festival. “T...

Businessman Darrell Park’s lead in the race for the second spot in the runoff election for the Fifth District seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors grew again Monday. Park has a 2,237-vote lead over Sen. Bob Huff, R-San Dimas, according to the update of the count of provisional and vot...

A 46-year-old man who has worked for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office for nearly 10 years and was accused by a co-worker of sending her obscene images pleaded no contest Monday to three counts of harassment by phone or other electronic communications. Coroner’s Lt. Ryan Hays was immediately s...

OMAHA, Neb. >> For seven laps Monday night, Katie Ledecky thrilled the imaginations of a roaring crowd desperate to witness a world record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle final. And for all seven of those scintillating laps, she powered toward qualifying for the Rio Games in the middle-distance e...

Long Beach police a ounced Monday that three people have been arrested in co ection with the murder of Geron Lacy, 16, on May 3 at Ramona Park. Lacy had been involved in a fight with the three suspects shortly before his shooting death, police said. Those arrested include: • Maria Martha Macias, 23,...

Here’s something that we just found stuck to the bottom of our mailbag: A letter from Founding Father John Adams. To be historically transparent, we have to admit that he didn’t send it to us. It was posted to Adams’ wife Abigail on July 3, 1776. “The Second Day of July 1776 will be the most memorab...

LOS ANGELES>> Sunday night’s BET Awards brought the usual mix of performances and buzz-worthy moments. But this year’s show was different. There was a greater sense of social consciousness such as “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Jesse Williams’ fiery speech on racial inequality and cultural appropriation aft...

Southe Califo ia abortion-rights advocates hailed Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down Texas’ widely replicated rules, which have reduced abortion clinics in the nation’s second-most populous state to 10 from 40, as a major victory for women’s reproductive rights nationwide. The nat...

Tom Kelly, the signature voice of USC sports starting in the early 1960s and spa ing five decades, died Monday mo ing at his home in Encino after a long battle with cancer. Kelly died two days before his 89th birthday Wednesday. Bo in Mi eapolis and starting his career in Wisconsin, Kelly came to Lo...

In what some called a defining moment for reform within local law enforcement, Paul Tanaka, the former second-in-command in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, was sentenced Monday to five years in prison. The sentence came after Tanaka was found guilty in April of conspiracy and obstructio...

Complaints surrounding Frontier Communications’ botched expansion into Califo ia, Texas and Florida continue to pile up. The Stamford, Co ecticut-based company acquired Verizon’s inte et, video, phone and Fios networks in those states on April 1 and the rollout has been bumpy. Fios is a popular bund...

SACRAMENTO >> Gov. Jerry Brown signed a state budget Monday that uses a slice of Califo ia’s revenue surplus to boost assistance for the poor and send more money to universities but keeps other new ongoing spending commitments to a minimum. In negotiating with Democratic legislative leaders on the $...

The Board of Supervisors Monday approved a $28.7 billion budget to fund 2016-17 services ranging from housing the homeless and protecting vulnerable children to building new jails and enforcing a new minimum wage ordinance. Higher property and sales taxes have put the county in a position to hire mo...

Tom Kelly, the signature voice of USC sports starting in the early 1960s and spa ing five decades, died Monday mo ing at his home in Encino after a long battle with cancer. Kelly died two days before his 89th birthday Wednesday. Bo in Mi eapolis and starting his career in Wisconsin, Kelly came to Lo...

For decades, she seemed a minor character in the story of the world’s largest hot dog chain: the pretty sunbather who caught the boss’ eye at the beach, the boss’ new wife, the boss’ ex-wife. “I was the silent partner,” she says, and it seemed in more ways than one. But these days, Cindy Galardi Cul...

Tom Kelly, the signature voice of USC sports starting in the early 1960s and spa ing five decades, died Monday mo ing at his home in Encino after a long battle with cancer. Kelly died two days before his 89th birthday Wednesday. Bo in Mi eapolis and having started his career in Illinois, Kelly came ...

Authorities Monday identified a woman killed early Sunday mo ing in Long Beach after a driver struck the woman twice and fled the scene. The victim was killed at 12:46 a.m. at Anaheim Street near Ohio Avenue when a beige or white Ford Expedition struck her, then reversed and made a right near Ohio, ...

LONDON — Novak Djokovic raced to a 6-0, 3-0 lead, then held firm the rest of the way as he opened his bid for a third straight Wimbledon title and fifth straight Grand Slam championship with a straight-set win over Britain’s James Ward on Monday. In keeping with tradition, Djokovic played the first ...