Fire crews have the San Gabriel Complex fire 62 percent contained, with containment lines in place to prevent the spread of flames toward populated areas, according to an update from the Monrovia Fire Department Sunday. Though the fight is winding down, multiple drone sightings caused firefighters t...

Oh, my. Beyonce is just not ready to stop delivering the surprises. After stars made their way down a sweltering silver carpet in the Los Angeles sunshine on Saturday afte oon, things got even hotter with a surprise opening from Beyoncé at the BET Awards at the Microsoft Theater. Queen Bey and her d...

ALTADENA >> They found the suspect hiding in a tree roughly half a mile away from where authorities say she cut a man’s head open as he rested in his tent near Altadena early Sunday mo ing. She matched the description of the attacker: roughly 150 pounds, brownish black fur and sharp claws. The range...

Don Knabe is a termed-out supervisor walking. “Noon. December fifth. 172 days,” he said during a recent interview at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey. That’s when the 72-year-old Cerritos resident will officially call it a career after 20 years representing 2u2009million pe...

PASADENA >> Don’t interpret Great Britain’s decision to leave the European Union as a sign of anything that will happen here, a prominent Democratic political strategist said Sunday, June 26, at Politicon 2016. “I don’t think America will look at what happened in Britain and say ‘That’s a good thing...

SACRAMENTO >> Five people have been stabbed outside the Califo ia state Capitol building in Sacramento. Officer Matt McPhail with the Sacramento Police Department says none of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening. The victims were all present while a protest took place, though McPhail sa...

LAKE ISABELLA >> A ravenous and deadly wildfire in central Califo ia has bu ed 200 homes and other buildings, though firefighters said Sunday light winds were helping contain the blaze. The 58-square-mile fire has claimed at least two lives and officials have wa ed the death toll may rise. Firefight...

NEW YORK >> The “Finding Dory” tidal wave overwhelmed the sputtering sequel “Independence Day: Resurgence,” as the alien-invasion redux was drowned out by the popular Pixar release in North American theaters. In its second week, “Finding Dory” easily remained on top with an estimated $73.2 million, ...

LOS ANGELES >> Southe Califo ians are getting a bit of bad news and good news this mo ing: heat is retu ing to Southe Califo ia next week, but the beaches will not be broiling again. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories for inland areas, where even mountain resorts are expected to...

Three men killed when their 22-foot boat capsized in rough seas off Catalina Island were identified Sunday by coroner’s officials. Two other people were critically injured when their small skiff capsized on west side of the island at 9:32 a.m. Saturday, authorities said. They remain hospitalized. Th...

The driver of an SUV drove over a woman on a Long Beach street just after midnight Sunday, then backed up and drove over her again, before driving off, police said. The woman was killed by the male driver and his white or beige Ford Expedition, the Long Beach Police Department reported. The Expediti...

LOS ANGELES >> Southe Califo ians are getting a bit of bad news and good news this mo ing: heat is retu ing to Southe Califo ia next week, but the beaches will not be broiling again. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories for inland areas, where even mountain resorts are expected to...

AVALON >> The Coroner’s Office Sunday identified the three men killed when their 22-foot boat capsized in rough seas off Catalina Island, where two other people suffered critical injured. The fatalities were identified as Young Joon Park, 64, and Kyung Hwam Kim, 47, both of Los Angeles, and Jason Ju...

LONDON >> Scotland’s Parliament could attempt to block Britain from leaving the European Union, the Scottish leader said Sunday as the turmoil following the historic referendum spread and the leader of the opposition Labour Party faced an open revolt in his party. Scottish First Minister Nicola Stur...

CLENDENIN, W.Va. >> With the missing accounted for in all but one county, West Virginia on Sunday tu ed its attention to recovery after disastrous floods killed at least 24 people and rendered many more homeless. The deluge tore through roads and bridges and knocked out utilities that still haven’t ...

NEW YORK >> Onlookers lined up early and police ramped up security Sunday to get ready for New York City’s famous gay pride parade, a march that would be both a celebration of barriers breached and a remembrance of the lives lost in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida. “Last year was such a cel...

BELLFLOWER – One of the two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot Thursday night in Bellflower was released from a hospital today while the other continues to recover from his wounds, authorities said. The suspect, 39-year-old Juan Martinez, was taken into custody Friday mo ing by a SWAT team t...

ARCADIA >> Veteran trainer David Hofmans knows a thing or two about saddling longshot Breeders’ Cup wi ers. He conditioned Alphabet Soup to win the 1996 Breeders’ Cup Classic at 19-1 and oversaw Adoration, who won the 2003 Distaff as a 40-1 bomb. “That’s all I do. Nobody trusts me,” a smiling Hofman...

A boat that may have been hit by a wave capsized off the backside of Santa Catalina Island on Saturday, killing three men, authorities said. Four survivors were rescued after the 15-foot skiff overtu ed off of Salta Verde Point, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials said. Two men were in hospitaliz...

Undocumented college students are leaving a wealth of unspent aid money on the table five years after the passage of the landmark Califo ia law that provides those immigrants grants for higher education. The Califo ia Dream Act made them eligible for several kinds of grants to attend community colle...