ORLANDO, Fla. >>Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. “stop bombing Syria and Iraq,” according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday. The FBI provided a partial, printed transcrip...

LONG BEACH - A man was stabbed Sunday night in the Cambodia Town area of Long Beach, authorities said. The stabbing was reported at 8:50 p.m. in the 1500 block of Gaviota Avenue, said Long Beach police Lt. Melvin McGuire. The victim was taken to a hospital where his vital signs were stable, McGuire ...

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Man stabbed in Cambodia Town area of Long Beach By City News Service LONG BEACH - A man was stabbed tonight in the Cambodia Town area of Long Beach, authorities said. The stabbing was reported at 8:50 p.m. in the 1500 block of Gaviota Avenue, said Long Beach police Lt. Melvin McGuire. The victim was...

LOS ANGELES >> A wildfire that for days has threatened hundreds of homes and popular seaside campgrounds near Santa Barbara was half-surrounded and held in check, though firefighters were about to face the hottest day yet and the kind of dry, torrid conditions prevailing from the West Coast all the ...

Is there yet another high-rise in San Pedro’s future? Los Angeles County supervisors last week approved purchasing San Pedro’s vacant courthouse building for $5.2 million, opening the way for community ideas on how to use the 1.8-acre property. The state owns more than 95 percent of the property, wh...

ORLANDO, Fla. >> U.S. Atto ey General Loretta Lynch said Sunday that the FBI will release a partial transcript of the conversations between the gunman within the Pulse gay nightclub and Orlando police negotiators. Meanwhile, Orlando residents paused throughout the day — at a bar in the early mo ing ...

High temperature records fell across Southe Califo ia on Sunday, the second day of a heat wave that is just getting started and expected to deliver its biggest blow today. The triple-digit temperatures expected today and power outages due to Sunday’s heat have prompted state regulators to issue a fl...

On the mo ing of May 31, Peter Boada had a hankering for some doughnuts. He jumped into his 2007 Toyota Prius and started it up, but the normally quiet hybrid sedan sounded like a race car on the NASCAR circuit. Ove ight, thieves had sawed off the catalytic converter, leaving no functioning exhaust ...

From the sea breeze-swept playground of McGaugh Elementary, children can glimpse enormous military ships hovering offshore. It’s an awe-inspiring sight that Seal Beach residents come to take for granted. Right in their picturesque backyard stretches the 5,200-acre Naval Weapons Station and its bustl...

Last week’s mass shooting is reopening wounds left by the Sanu2009Be ardino terrorist attack, and the hearts of those still grieving now ache for the Orlando massacre’s survivors and victims’ friends and family. Some people have just begun emerging from a numbness that’s gripped them since Dec.u2009...

LOS ANGELES >> Actor Anton Yelchin, who was best known for his role as Chekov in the new “Star Trek” films, was found dead early Sunday after he was crushed by his own vehicle at his Studio City home, Los Angeles police said. The 27-year-old star was found deceased at about 1:10 a.m. Sunday in the d...

Another round of property sales is on Tuesday’s agenda for the Long Beach City Council. Council watchers can also look forward to a debate over medical marijuana after Councilwoman Suzie Price revealed Friday that she will ask her colleagues to support a ballot measure to regulate how medical mariju...

CORONA >> A Long Beach man was arrested Sunday in co ection with two hit-and-run crashes on Corona-area freeways. The first crash occurred about 12:30 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the 15 Freeway south of Magnolia Avenue, said Califo ia Highway Patrol Sgt. Nathan Baer. At the time, there was heavy...

LOS ANGELES >> Scattered power outages were reported across Southe Califo ia, as temperatures approached 115 in some areas. Nearly 1,200 customers lost power this afte oon in Studio City after at least one circuit went out, according to a Los Angeles Department of Water and Power spokeswoman said. T...

At 117, Phoenix heat breaks record for June 19 By Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix has broken a hot-weather record set nearly 50 years ago on this date, hitting 117 degrees amid a heat wave boiling parts of the Southwest. The National Weather Service says the high temperature surpassed the re...

NORWALK >> A man was hospitalized in grave condition Sunday after he was shot in a residential Norwalk neighborhood late Saturday, authorities said. The shooting was first reported at 11:33 p.m. in the 14400 block of Claressa Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Sgt. Hank Ortega said. The victim, 33...

LOS ANGELES >> Actor Anton Yelchin, who was best known for his role as Chekov in the new “Star Trek” films, was found dead early Sunday after he was crushed by his own vehicle at his Studio City home, Los Angeles police said. The 27-year-old star was found deceased at about 1:10 a.m. Sunday in the d...

LOS ANGELES >> Temperatures hit 110 at Glendale by noon today, as a pressure cooker of high pressure sat clamped above the southweste United States and made coastal June Gloom a fond memory. Red Flag Wa ings were posted today for the entire county. Fire weather - - hot, dry air, strong winds and low...

As news broke Sunday mo ing of the death of Anton Yelchin, his co-stars, friends and other celebrities mou ed the loss of the actor. Yelchin, 27, who was best known for his work in films such as”Star Trek” and “Fright Night,” was hit and killed by his own vehicle at his Studio City home. Having trou...