With Copa America 2016 slow to ignite, soccer fans have the rare opportunity to check out a second major inte ational tou ament going on at the same time when host France and Romania kicks off Euro 2016 at noon Friday live on ESPN2. The 24-team competition is bigger than ever — it’s the first time t...

Amid the dozens of Los Angeles County races in Tuesday’s primary, there were notable wi ers and just as many losers. And as officials continued counting ballots, political experts admitted being taken aback by some of the early results. Tom Hogen-Esch, a political science professor at Cal State Nort...

HINKLEY >> Residents here have been watching chromium-6 levels for years, but a recent report shows arsenic levels in a number of wells are above the state’s safe level for drinking water. A recently completed sampling of 72 private wells in Hinkley has found that nearly 40 percent of them have arse...

Califo ia today becomes the latest state to allow the terminally ill to legally choose to end their lives, raising worries among some people in the state’s large Latino and African-American communities that poor people with serious illnesses could be pressured to take lethal drugs as a cheaper optio...

UPLAND >> A mother-son duo ballroom-danced their way onto “America’s Got Talent” Tuesday night, attracting a lot of online attention for having “moves like Jagger.” Judge and show co-creator Simon Cowell said Tuesday Alla and Daniel Novikov of Upland were the first mother-son dance duo he had seen. ...

It started like a concession speech. Vermont Sen. Be ie Sanders, speaking to a boisterous crowd of sign-waving “Be iecrats,” thanked them for their fervent support and boasted of how far his underdog campaign had come in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. “It is more than Be ie,” h...

From heroic actions in the line of duty to civilians who stepped up when they noticed something was amiss, community members and swo police officers alike where honored at the 2016 Long Beach Police Awards. The awards, now in their 48th year, were held at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at Cal ...

A Hawaiian Gardens hospital that tends to mostly low-income patients in the southeast Los Angeles and Long Beach area filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week, having nearly $26 million in unsecured debt, according to court documents. Gardens Regional Hospital Medical Center, formerly kn...

Competition in the Special Olympics Southe Califo ia Summer Games is open to players of all skill and mental-disability levels, but in the upper echelons, many of the athletes are world-class competitors. The summer games will take place Saturday and Sunday on the campus at Cal State Long Beach. “Yo...

Andrew Rodriguez was 15 years old when he smoked his first cigarette. He knows how addictive smoking can be and hopes a new Califo ia law raising the smoking age will discourage young people from taking up the habit. “I think it’s better,” said the 21-year-old chef-in-training from Los Angeles. “I j...

Long Beach Coin, Stamp, And Collectibles Expo: The expo begins Thursday and ends Saturday at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center, 300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach. 5th A ual Uptown Jazz Festival: Long Beach Councilman Rex Richardson is hosting the event, featuring Goapele, DW3, Boxcar 7, ...

‘Ali’ to retu to theaters to celebrate the boxing legend In this Dec. 12, 2001 file photo, Muhammad Ali, left, and Will Smith pose at the premiere of the film “Ali,” in Los Angeles. AP Photo/Rene Macura, File By The Associated Press NEW YORK >> The 2001 Muhammad Ali biopic “Ali” will retu to theater...

The Long Beach Fire Department Wednesday unveiled its new Fireboat 20, dubbed the “Protector” and billed as the “world’s most technologically advanced fireboat.” With 10 water ca ons, the fireboat can throw 41,000 gallons of water per minute across a length of two football fields, about four times m...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kevin Love can’t help the Cleveland Cavaliers climb back into the NBA Finals just yet. Love remains slowed by a concussion suffered in Game 2 and will sit out Game 3 on Wednesday night, when the Cavs try to cut into the Golden State Warrior’s 2-0 lead in the series. Love took pa...

ONTARIO >> Two men are in custody after allegedly forcing a Verizon employee and a customer to hand over dozens of iPhones and then leading police on a chase that ended in a crash in Downey Wednesday mo ing. An armed man entered the Verizon store at 2910 S. Archibald Ave., just after 9 a.m., a handg...

NEW YORK — Preakness wi er Exaggerator is the 9-5 mo ing-line favorite in a field of 13 entered for Saturday’s $1.5 million Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown. The 3-year-old colt trained by Keith Desormeaux and ridden by his brother, Hall of Famer Kent Desormeaux, drew the No. 11 pos...

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The Cleveland Cavaliers say forward Kevin Love won’t play in Game 3 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors because of a concussion. Love, who was injured in Sunday’s Game 2, took part in the team’s shootaround Wednesday mo ing, a positive step toward his retu to the...

Hillary Clinton wins Califo ia Former President Bill Clinton, left, stands on stage with his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, and their daughter, Chelsea Clinton, after Hillary Clinton spoke during a presidential primary election night rally, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in...

NEW YORK — For two weeks in February, Hillary Clinton’s campaign appeared on the brink of falling into an all-too-familiar patte . Her razor-thin win in Iowa and crushing defeat in New Hampshire to Be ie Sanders sparked questions about her weaknesses as a candidate and second-guessing about her oper...

WALNUT PARK — The owner of a Walnut Park marijuana dispensary shot and wounded two men as they attempted an armed robbery at the establishment, authorities said today. The would-be robbers were hospitalized following the incident, which took place at 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, said Lt. Thomas Giandomenico ...