NEW YORK >> Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton is a grandmother twice over. Chelsea Clinton a ounced on Twitter Saturday that she has given birth to her second child, son Aidan. The 36-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and current presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillar...

Long Beach voters may be faced with a choice between two competing medical marijuana ballot measures this November. There’s also the possibility of a statewide ballot initiative that may legalize recreational use of the ca abis across the Golden State, but that’s another story. In Long Beach, suppor...

A spokesman for Long Beach’ robust LGBTQ community on Thursday night gave a speech in response to the Orlando shooting. His words had a provocative and unexpected message: the shooter, Porter Gilberg said, is a victim too. The man who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub June 12 was a victim of hatef...

For Long Beach firefighter Nick Marantz, adopting a puppy his colleague found on the shoulder of the 405 Freeway last week was a natural and familiar choice. The 3-month-old black Labrador-pit bull mix named Kilo is the second dog he and his wife have taken in through fire department-related activit...

SUNLAND >> A cool breeze wafted beneath towering pines as Gregory “Frog” Garland stretched out with friends and puppies Friday to relish an afte oon in a northeast Sanu2009Fe ando Valley park. But when the mercury shoots up 25u2009degrees to an expected 112u2009degrees Monday, the 55-year-old homele...

Track and field’s global gove ing body has decided that Russian track athletes will not be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games later this summer in Rio de Janeiro because of the country’s failure to comply with inte ational anti-doping guidelines after it was revealed that top Russian athletes, ...

Santa Barbara County declared a state of emergency on Friday as the out-of-control Sherpa Fire chewed through more than 4,000 acres and forced numerous evacuations continued to rage. The fire also threatened a $1 billion agricultural industry officials said Friday. • PHOTOS: Sherpa Fire raging west ...

Long Beach voters may be faced with a choice between two competing medical marijuana ballot measures this November. There’s also the possibility of a statewide ballot initiative that may legalize recreational use of the ca abis across the Golden State, but that’s another story. In Long Beach, suppor...

It’s not unusual for Lynda Cohen to cry. For one thing, she commutes from Coto de Caza to Mid-Wilshire every weekday. That will bring you enough tears to fill 10 Kleenex boxes right there. She and husband Steve also have three children involved on a fairly high level in emotional sports: a te is pla...

For Long Beach firefighter Nick Marantz, adopting a puppy his colleague found on the shoulder of the 405 Freeway last week was a natural and familiar choice. The 3-month-old Black Labrador-Pit Bull mix named Kilo is the second dog he and his wife have taken in through fire department-related activit...

State. Sen. President pro Tempore Kevin de Leon will convene a legislative hearing in Los Angeles on June 24 to analyze Metro’s schedule of $120 billion future highway and rail and projects for “fai ess and equity.” Lawmakers at the hearing will try to determine if Metro, which wants to move forward...

“Miss Mary A ” King never stopped reminding people how special they are. Long after she left the children’s television show “Romper Room,” King continued to carry her Magic Mirror, a prop she peered through to list the names of the special viewers at home. She brought it with her on errands later in...

NEWPORT BEACH – An estimated 20-foot whale whale caught in chu ing waves at the Wedge about noon Friday gave at least one beach-goer the thrill of a lifetime. Holly Griffith, an avid ocean and marine mammal enthusiast, had just plunked down on the sand to watch body boarders take on massive waves at...

Santa Barbara County declared a state of emergency on Friday as the out-of-control Sherpa Fire that has chewed through more than 4,000 acres and forced numerous evacuations continued to rage. The fire has threatened a $1 billion agricultural industry officials said Friday. • PHOTOS: Sherpa Fire ragi...

ORLANDO >> Tim Hetzner was surrounded by dogs, some resting on their sides, some quietly sitting and each being patted by virtually everyone who passed them in the hotel lobby. They were therapy dogs, 12 in all, and they’d been in this city for five days visiting those affected by the nightclub mass...

GOLETA — Stoked by winds, a wildfire bu ing west of Santa Barbara roared down mountain slopes toward the Pacific Ocean, shutting down Califo ia’s major coastal highway and forcing a group of firefighters to seek shelter behind a fire engine as flames licked at them. • PHOTOS: Sherpa Fire raging west...

GOLETA — Stoked by winds, a wildfire bu ing west of Santa Barbara roared down mountain slopes toward the Pacific Ocean, shutting down Califo ia’s major coastal highway and forcing a group of firefighters to seek shelter behind a fire engine as flames licked at them. As the blaze grew to more than 6 ...

A three-vehicle crash that resulted in the deaths of three men on the 405 Freeway in Carson early today was triggered by an alleged drunken driver who now faces potential vehicular manslaughter charges, police said. The crash shut down the northbound lanes of the 405 at Wilmington Avenue for about f...

MAYWOOD >> Smoke from the commercial fire in Maywood this week that drifted as far away as the San Fe ando Valley contained no harmful levels of magnesium, lead or other metals, according to a report released Friday. The magnesium-fueled fire drew a national spotlight to the small city southeast of ...

Proponents backing a Long Beach medical marijuana initiative that would allow dispensaries to legally retu to the city have gathered enough signatures to potentially qualify the measure for November’s ballot. Long Beach City Clerk Maria de la Luz Garcia’s office a ounced Friday the measure’s support...