2015 Los Angeles County: 75,302 handguns; 57,074 long guns Orange County: 36,946 handguns; 26,447 long guns Riverside County: 33,805 handguns; 27,316 long guns San Be ardino County: 31,816 handguns; 24,562 long guns 2016 (through April 15) Los Angeles County: 25,260 handguns; 19,043 long guns Orange...

ORLANDO >> His thick fingers went through the motions – cut, twist and pin – as he fashioned the rainbow-colored ribbon into the familiar shape seemingly bestowed on all mass shootings made in America now. Ben Johansen stuck his fingertips inadvertently with the pins a few times. No blood. Yet. But ...

Singer Lady Gaga joined leaders from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community for a sorrowful but energetic rally at Los Angeles City Hall Monday night, urging unity following a mass shooting at a gay Florida nightclub. Facing a crowd of thousands of people, some waving rainbow flags or ...

Donald Trump doubled down on his call for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the U.S. while Hillary Clinton emphasized ba ing assault weapons and rooting out “lone-wolf” terrorists, as the two presumptive nominees on Monday addressed the massacre in Orlando, Fla. The two also attacked one another. ...

Sunday’s terrorist attack in Orlando, Florida, underscores an increasing threat of “lone wolf” terrorists whose actions are fueled by an ISIS propaganda machine luring recruits at an alarming rate, experts say. And while there were two perpetrators in the Dec. 2 terrorist attack at the Inland Region...

Shanghai Disneyland is ready for a spectacular opening on June 16. We’re in China to cover the opening of Shanghai Disneyland, and got a tour of the gigantic park on Monday, when all the shops were open and the rides were operating with no guests. • Related: We’re headed to Shanghai Disneyland! Here...

LOS ANGELES – Former state Sen. Ron Calderon has agreed to plead guilty to one count of mail fraud in a federal corruption case that also involved his brother, Tom Calderon, another former state lawmaker. U.S. Department of Justice prosecutors will seek a penalty of five years and 10 months against ...

Shanghai Disneyland is ready for a spectacular opening on June 16. We’re in China to cover the opening of Shanghai Disneyland, and got a tour of the gigantic park on Monday, when all the shops were open and the rides were operating with no guests. • Related: We’re headed to Shanghai Disneyland! Here...

Some Southland law enforcement agencies have increased their visibility in the LGBT community while others are stepping up patrols around mosques in the wake of Sunday’s deadly shooting spree by a lone gunman at a gay club in Orlando. Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michael Downing, who o...

LOS ANGELES — Trial of a copyright infringement lawsuit involving Led Zeppelin’s iconic rock-era anthem “Stairway to Heaven” is scheduled to begin tomorrow in downtown Los Angeles. The lawsuit alleges that the descending guitar arpeggio opening of “Stairway,” released 45 years ago, was lifted from t...

CLAREMONT >> A vigilant neighbor helped Claremont police catch a couple that was reportedly trying to break into a nearby home Sunday night, officials said. Kimberly Rodriguez, 37, of Pomona and Sharrod Clay, 42, of Huntington Beach were arrested on suspicion of burglary and outstanding warrants, ac...

REDLANDS >> Two men co ected to the theft of several rare coins from a Redlands home were arrested in Long Beach at a coin expo, police officials said. • VIDEO: $300,000 Redlands coin-theft suspects taken down at Long Beach coin show The unidentified men were arrested after the vendor at the Long Be...

A man suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso after being shot early Sunday mo ing near McKinley Elementary School in North Long Beach. The shooting may have been a gang-related crime, Long Beach Police Department spokeswoman Nancy Pratt said in an email. Police responded to a report of ...

WASHINGTON — The gunman in the attack that killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub was inspired by extremist information over the inte et, President Barack Obama said Monday, calling it an apparent example of “homegrown extremism” that U.S. officials have been worrying about for years. • PHOTOS: 50...

Microsoft to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $196 a share. The career networking site has more than 430 million members. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) By Associated Press NEW YORK — Microsoft says it is buying professional networking service site LinkedIn for about $...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The last of the bodies were slowly removed late Sunday from a popular Orlando gay club after a gunman sprayed the helpless crowd with bullets, killing 49 people and devastating a city famous for family-friendly theme parks. When the attacker opened fire in the early hours of Sunday m...

Southe Califo ia’s anti-smog regulators opened a new front on the war on heavy-duty diesel trucks by joining a coalition of agencies stretching from Washington state to New York last week. Their goal? To lobby the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require all new trucks to emit near-zero emiss...

The skies were a somber gray over West Hollywood as the LA Pride parade got underway Sunday mo ing, the normally festive mood tempered by reflection on the Orlando massacre. A few feet from the parade route, things were already starting to change. The Abbey, one of the most popular gay nightclub’s i...

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> Some people had “We are Orlando” scrawled on their backs. Others carried signs saying “Je suis Pulse!” or “I am Pulse!” As an estimated 150,000 people gathered Sunday to celebrate the a ual L.A. Pride parade in West Hollywood, that mo ing’s mass shooting killing at least 50 people ...

NEW YORK >> A little gamesmanship, a celebrity chef added to the mix, and a stirring finish paid huge dividends all around when Creator came through in the Belmont Stakes. Credit the well-played hand to Creator’s owner Ke y Trout’s WinStar Farm. Here’s how it worked: Preakness wi er Exaggerator came...