Having worked for more than three decades as a tour manager or production designer for Kanye West, A ie Le ox and everyone in between, Simon Sidi knows what a rock concert sounds like. It was the same reaction he got when watching a live taping of “Political Gabfast,” a podcast for the online magazi...

A pilot flying a small, twin-engine aircraft made an emergency landing at Long Beach Airport Wednesday afte oon after the aircraft lost electrical power and he was unable to lower the landing gear. The pilot, identified as a 31-year-old man, made what is known as a “soft belly landing,” but was not ...

Several Southland legislators were among dozens of Democrats taking part in a sit-in at the House of Representatives today, bringing congressional activity to a halt while they demanded a vote on a gun- control measure in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida. “The American people a...

Having worked for more than three decades as a tour manager or production designer for Kanye West, A ie Le ox and everyone in between, Simon Sidi knows what a rock concert sounds like. It was the same reaction he got when watching a live taping of “Political Gabfast,” a podcast for the online magazi...

A pilot flying a small, twin-engine aircraft made an emergency landing at Long Beach Airport Wednesday afte oon after the aircraft lost electrical power and he was unable to lower the landing gear. The pilot, identified as a 31-year-old man, made what is known as a “soft belly landing,” but was not ...

The Cal State University system today a ounced that it would be installing a group of cutting-edge energy storage facilities that will reduce energy costs and provide critical support to the electric grid. The project, in conjunction with San Francisco-based Advanced Microgrid Solutions, will be imp...

CHICAGO >> Former U.S. House Speaker De is Hastert arrived at a Mi esota prison on Wednesday to serve his 15-month sentence in a hush-money case involving revelations that he sexually abused at least four boys when he coached wrestling at an Illinois high school. The 74-year-old Illinois Republican ...

LAKEWOOD >> Two people were killed Tuesday night and a third person was hospitalized in what authorities are calling a possible DUI crash. Authorities identified one of those killed as Brian Urquia, 30, of Long Beach, the driver of one vehicle, who died at the scene, the coroner’s office reported. H...

NEW YORK >> Donald Trump launched a broad rebuke of his presidential rival Hillary Clinton Wednesday, accusing her of being “a world class liar” who personally profited from her tenure at the State Department. “She gets rich making you poor,” Trump said. Seeking to steady his campaign after a diffic...

More than 1,400 firefighters continued to fight twin fires in the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte and Azusa on Wednesday after the fires had scorched 4,900 acres since Monday. The two fires, referred to as the San Gabriel Complex fires, are now 10 percent contained. No structures have been damaged...

WASHINGTON >> A small plane left the South Pole on Wednesday with two sick workers in a daring rescue mission from a remote U.S. science outpost, federal officials said. In an inte ational effort, a Twin Otter turboprop plane was making the 1,500-mile flight back to a British research station on the...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. >> A capsule filled with space station trash bit the cosmic dust Wednesday with a keenly interested scientific audience. The cargo carrier broke apart and bu ed up while re-entering Earth’s atmosphere high above the Pacific. Researchers gathered information on the breakup from s...

WASHINGTON >> Millions of Social Security beneficiaries can expect only a meager increase in monthly payments next year, the trustees who oversee the massive retirement and disability program said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Medicare’s finances have worsened since last year, according to the trustees’ a u...

Two dead in possible DUI crash in Lakewood Home → News → Automotive accidents By Staff and wire reports LAKEWOOD >> Two people were killed Tuesday night and a third person was hospitalized in what authorities are calling a possible DUI crash. The crash at the intersection of Paramount and Del Am...

WASHINGTON >> A small plane left the South Pole on Wednesday with a sick worker in a daring rescue mission from a remote U.S. science outpost, federal officials said. In an inte ational effort, a Canadian-owned Twin Otter turboprop plane started the 1,500-mile flight to Rothera, a British station on...

WASHINGTON >> House Republicans are unveiling new proposals to repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law, as Speaker Paul Ryan seeks to showcase a GOP gove ing agenda amid the tumult of the presidential campaign. The plan, revealed Wednesday, relies on individual tax credits to all...

LOS ANGELES >> As another round of high surf developed along the coast, temperatures continued dropping Wednesday, but forecasters wa ed another heat wave will roll over the Southland this weekend. The excessive heat wa ing that had been in force in the San Gabriel Mountains, the Santa Clarita and A...

Two dead in possible DUI crash in Lakewood Home → News → Automotive accidents By City News Service LAKEWOOD >> Two people were killed Tuesday night and a third person was hospitalized in what authorities are calling a possible DUI crash. The crash at the intersection of Paramount and Del Amo bou...

Southe Califo ia drone operators cheered Tuesday’s rollout of federal rules that clear the way for routine commercial use of the unma ed flying devices that are all the rage these days, as long as they adhere to a basic set of requirements. “The drone world is abuzz,” said Mike Rivard, founder of a ...

Cities that provide generous health care and other perks to their employee — sometimes nearly twice the amount of base salaries and largely unknown to taxpayers — were slapped Tuesday in an analysis released by the nonprofit group Transparent Califo ia. The survey of 379 cities and 42 counties state...