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James Beard Awards 2013 honor food world's finest; L.A. not included. Brutal.

2013-05-07 11:34:00

The James Beard Foundation Awards -- the Academy Awards of the food world -- were distributed Monday night in New York, and it was a victory for women but a shutout for Southern California. The winner for outstanding chef, the last award in a long,...

Galaxy defeats Real Salt Lake, 2-0, despite injuries

2013-04-28 00:00:00

SANDY, Utah — Mike Magee and Charlie Rugg scored early in the first half, and the Galaxy coasted to a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake on Saturday night. Brian Rowe became the first goalkeeper to earn a shutout in his MLS debut for the Galaxy (4-1-...

Boys' basketball: Daniel Hamilton is trying to prove his value

2013-04-14 07:43:33

A fly-by at the gym, then a long workout

2013-02-23 00:00:00

Like so many romances in this town, ours started at the gym. I'd like to revise history and tell you that I was wearing one of those sleeveless T-shirts because my Rottweiler-like biceps refused to be chained and that I confidently walked up to this...

Family wins $6.5-million verdict in water nozzle case

2013-04-04 18:47:00

The family of a 35-year-old man shot to death by Long Beach police after they mistook a water hose nozzle he was holding for a handgun was awarded $6.5 million in damages by a federal jury Thursday. After a day of deliberations, jurors found that two...

Police must pay $6.5 million after killing man holding water nozzle

2013-04-04 14:02:00

The family of a 35-year-old man who was shot to death by Long Beach police after they mistook a water hose nozzle he was holding for a handgun was awarded $6.5 million in damages by a federal jury Thursday. After a day of deliberations, the jury found...

Owner of marijuana stores pleads guilty to $25-million scheme

2013-04-01 13:13:00

A San Clemente man who operated nine marijuana stores in Orange and L.A. counties pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking and tax charges in a scheme that netted him $25 million. John Melvin Walker, also known as “Pops,” 56,...

Man secretly owned chain of pot stores

2013-03-29 22:00:00

The marijuana shops evoked health and homeopathic care, with names like Dana Point Safe Harbor Collective, Belmont Shore Natural Care, Alternative Herbal Care and Costa Mesa Patients Assn. Nine dispensaries in all, they appeared to be run by different...

'Save the Waves' at Simmzy's, Kali Dining downtown and more

2013-01-14 10:48:00

Comfort food at Cooks: Cooks County on Beverly Boulevard is offering a "home-cooked" meal every Monday night throughout the winter. Tonight’s menu features comfort foods such as cheese straws, spaghetti with meatballs and for dessert, Neapolitan ice...

Escaping the mean streets

2012-12-19 00:00:00

Growing up in Compton and later in Lynwood during the 1960s and '70s, I learned way more about violence than a kid should know. I lost a close childhood friend to a bullet, and I knew at least a dozen kids at school who never made it to adulthood....

Southern California Close-Ups: Long Beach, San Pedro and Catalina Island

2012-06-02 00:00:00

First published on July 3, 2011. Revised and expanded in early 2012. The harbor area of southwest Los Angeles County is the closest thing we have to a blue-collar coast. It’s where cruise ships call, where ton upon ton of maritime machinery hums...

Feds: multimillion-dollar pot shop chain in 2 counties busted

2012-10-25 14:34:09

Friends enjoy each others' company at Open Sesame restaurant along 2nd Street in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach.

2013-01-22 13:16:00

Seven-month old blue-eyed Shetland Sheepdog "Blue" came with her owners Heidi and Scott Rasmussen of So. Pasadena to the Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA's 14th Annual Wiggle Waggle Walk at Brookside Park and around the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012.

2012-09-30 19:43:00

Anchor, a 1 year old blue fawn male pit bull, who was found with a broken leg, abandoned, and chained to a trailer Tuesday morning, walks outside with Andrew Flegler, shelter manager after treatment at Center for Animal Health and Welfare in Easton on Tuesday.

2012-07-31 00:00:00