A jury this week awarded $1.05 million to the family of a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot by Long Beach police in November 2013 after fleeing a traffic stop. The jury found that officers violated the civil rights of Tyler Woods’ parents when they shot Woods, said Brian Du of Los Angeles-based T...

In the biggest “name” hire for a Long Beach sports team since George Allen came to Cal State Long Beach a quarter century ago, Long Beach City College confirmed Thursday that the Vikings’ new director of volleyball operations will be three-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor. May-Treanor wi...

LOS ANGELES >> A ballot measure that would raise the sales tax in Los Angeles County by a half cent and fund $120 billion in rail and freeway improvements over the next 50 years moved a step closer Thursday to being considered by the voters. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authori...

@RubyGonzales2 on Twitter Staff Writer Strong winds and hot temperatures are expected to hit the San Gabriel Valley over the next two days, bringing with them big conce s for firefighters still battling two fires in the San Gabriel Mountains. Authorities are conce ed about a change in direction of w...

LOS ANGELES >> A ballot measure that would raise the sales tax in Los Angeles County by a half cent and funds $120 billion in transportation improvements for the next 50 years moved a step closer to being considered by the voters on Thursday. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Author...

@RubyGonzales2 on Twitter Staff Writer The two fires bu ing in the San Gabriel Mountains moved relatively slowly ove ight, but firefighters are now conce ed about how a change in the weather might fan the flames. Called the San Gabriel Complex, the two fires are currently 15 percent contained with 5...

A jury in federal court has sided with the family of a 19-year-old man who was fatally shot by Long Beach police in November 2013 after fleeing a traffic stop. The jury awarded the family of Tyler Woods $1.05 million in punitive damages and found that the officers violated Woods’ parents’ civil righ...

In the biggest “name” hire for a Long Beach sports team since George Allen came to Long Beach State a quarter century ago, Long Beach City College confirmed on Thursday that the Vikings’ new director of volleyball operations will be three-time Olympic gold medalist Misty May-Treanor. May-Treanor wil...

LOS ANGELES >> Hundreds of registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center began a four-day strike today -- the second walkout at the hospital in three months. Officials with the Califo ia Nurses Association/National Nurses United union contend the walkout is part of a push for inc...

WASHINGTON >> Weary but jubilant House Democrats ended their extraordinary sit-in on the chamber’s floor Thursday more than 24 hours after it began, a protest that let them broadcast their demands around the world for gun-control votes in the wake of the mass shooting at a Florida nightclub. There w...

LOS ANGELES >> A federal jury today rejected a lawsuit alleging that Led Zeppelin stole the opening guitar riff of its classic hit “Stairway to Heaven” from an obscure tune by the defunct Los Angeles group Spirit. The eight-person jury in downtown Los Angeles found there was not enough evidence to s...

A 35-year-old man died after a fire at his Long Beach home, officials said today. Authorities responded to reports of a structure fire in the 500 block of West 7th Street, east of the 710 Freeway, about 10:20 p.m. Wednesday, said Jake Heflin of the Long Beach Fire Department. Twenty-one firefighters...

A former ice skating coach and the Paramount rink where he worked are being sued in a lawsuit brought on behalf of a 13-year-old girl he was convicted of molesting. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed Wednesday names as defendants the ex-coach, Donald J. Vincent; Paramount Iceland and its f...

Twin fires bu ing in the San Gabriel mountains moved relatively slowly ove ight, but firefighters are conce ed about the impact of a change in the weather over the next few days. The San Gabriel Complex fires are now 15 percent contained and have bu ed 5,235 acres. The largest fire, known as the Fis...

VENTURA >> Southe Califo ia authorities have revised the estimated size of a crude oil pipeline spill down to 29,400 gallons. The spill early Thursday in Ventura County was initially projected to be as much as 210,000 gallons. Ventura Fire Department spokeswoman Kelly Flanders says the oil flowed ab...

LONDON >> Investors and gamblers put their money on Britain remaining a part of the European Union as a historic referendum Thursday threatened to undermine the experiment in continental unity launched from the ashes of World War II. More than 46 million people were registered to vote, answering a s...

LOS ANGELES >> A judge today kept former supermodel Janice Dickinson’s defamation lawsuit against Bill Cosby on hold pending the outcome of appeals on both sides. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Debre Katz Weintraub also scheduled another status conference for Nov. 28, but invited the lawyers to co...

Crude oil leaks from pipeline in Ventura County By The Associated Press VENTURA >> Southe Califo ia authorities are responding to a report of crude oil leaking from a pipeline in Ventura County. The Ventura County Star newspaper (http://bit.ly/28RlRIA) reports that county and Ventura city firefighte...

WASHINGTON >> A tie vote by the Supreme Court is blocking President Barack Obama’s immigration plan that sought to shield millions living in the U.S. illegally from deportation. The justices’ one-sentence opinion on Thursday effectively kills the plan for the duration of Obama’s presidency. A tie vo...

BALTIMORE >> A judge acquitted a police van driver of all charges including “depraved-heart” murder on Thursday in the death of 25-year-old arrestee Freddie Gray, whose broken neck on the way to the station set off Baltimore’s worst riots in decades. Six officers were charged in Gray’s death, but on...