Professional drifters cranked their steering wheels and slammed on the gas Saturday, burning rubber through the streets of Long Beach. Drivers compete on the final day of Formula Drift competition in Long Beach on Saturday. (Photo by Josh Tomsha, contributing photographer) Fans watch on the final day of Formula Drift competition in Long Beach on…
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was fatally injured Saturday in a crash on the southbound 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore, a collision that closed the southbound lanes at Lake Street for hours and injured at least two other people. The officer was identified by the CHP on its Facebook page as Sgt. Steve Licon….
By ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year, a task that it says is more laborious than previous efforts because the children are no longer in…
BY RAMI MUSA BENGHAZI, Libya — Forces loyal to rival Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter said Saturday they seized control of the main airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli, two days after Hifter ordered his forces to seize the seat of Libya’s U.N.-backed government. Hifter’s media office said in a post online that they took full…
Two men and a teenage boy have been arrested by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of armed robbery, home invasion robbery and residential burglary in connection with several robberies this year in four Southern California counties. K’aron Knight, 20, Ricky Gonzalez, 18, and a 16-year-old boy, all of Pomona, were arrested over…
A deep magnitude 6.3 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon 92 miles from Kemang, Indonesia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 2:55 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 334.3 miles. In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered…
In a busy week in the college admissions scandal, some accused parents have decided to cooperate with prosecutors. One couple that balked, however, has been indicted with an added charge of money laundering, indicating the government is ready to wield more charges as leverage. The question is how…
An 18-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and six people were injured when an SUV crashed into a pole on Harbor Boulevard near Edinger Avenue early Saturday, April 6, Fountain Valley police said. (Photo by Southern Counties News) Six people were injured when an SUV crashed into a pole on…
Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve six terms in the U.S. Senate, has died. He was 97. Family spokesman Andy Brack said Hollings died early Saturday. Hollings, whose long and colorful political…
Several hundred yards away from the site where billions of dollars are being plowed into a new stadium for the Rams and Chargers, athletic field conditions are bad and getting worse at Morningside High School in Inglewood. On March 22, the girls’ softball team was set to host North High of Torrance,…
