Southern California

Adam Abdul-Jabbar, son of NBA icon Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, has been sentenced to 180 days in jail for stabbing his neighbor.

SAN MARINO, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens has acquired rare documents shedding light on anti-slavery efforts taking place before and during the Civil War The institution announced Wednesday it has acquired the ledgers of Quaker abolitionist Zachariah Taylor Shugart, who turned his Michigan farm into an underground railroad […]

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — A student gunman opened fire Thursday at a Southern California high school, leaving one person dead and several others injured before he was taken into custody, authorities said. The shooting occurred around 7:30 a.m. at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest […]

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A gunman opened fire on a party killing three people and wounding nine at a home in the Southern California city of Long Beach, authorities said Wednesday. Police said a man in dark clothing with his face concealed fired the shots from an alley behind the home Tuesday night on […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California athletic director Lynn Swann resigned Monday after three tumultuous years on the job at his alma mater. New USC President Carol Folt announced the decision in a letter expressing her “sincere appreciation” for the former Trojans receiver. “Lynn has been a leader on and off the field at USC […]

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — The man who suddenly grabbed a rifle and opened fire during a traffic stop just off a Southern California freeway had a long and violent criminal history that the police officer he killed most likely knew nothing about as he filled out paperwork alongside the road. California Highway Patrol Officer Andre […]

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California company is voluntarily recalling whole avocados over possible listeria contamination. Henry Avocado, a grower and distributor based near San Diego, said Saturday that the recall covers conventional and organic avocados grown and packed in California. The company says they were sold in bulk across California, Arizona, Florida, Wisconsin, […]

PERRIS, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California couple got some unexpected help delivering their baby. Amanda Tadeo of Perris went into labor Jan. 16, according to a Riverside County news release about the birth. Amanda and her husband Oswaldo Tadeo were racing to the hospital when they realized they didn’t have enough time, county spokeswoman […]

If Stacey Dash thought she could slip into to Congress without a fight, she is wrong. Compton Mayor Aja Brown is putting a stop to it by putting her hat in the race for Congress. TMZ reports, that Brown will make her official announcement on Thursday about running for the 44th district. As a Congresswoman, […]

Southern California drivers will soon get a chance to drive Obama Highway. Lawmakers on Tuesday approved naming a portion of Highway 134 as President Barack H. Obama Highway, according to Los Angeles Times. The stretch will run between Interstate 210 and Highway 2. Obama used to live in Pasadena and attended Occidental College in Eagle […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Smoke filled the sky and ash rained down across Los Angeles on Sunday from a wildfire that the mayor said was the largest in city history — one of several blazes that sent thousands fleeing homes across the U.S. West during a blistering holiday weekend heat wave. In Oregon, crews rescued […]

HAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Vandals spray-painted graffiti at two mosques in the Southern California city of Hawthorne and left a device that looked like a hand grenade in the driveway of one of the mosques on Sunday, prompting police to investigate both incidents as a hate crime. A bomb squad was called, and the area […]