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LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and retired Long Beach Police Chief Robert Luna squared off Wednesday night during a heated, often antagonistic, debate in which they traded barbs over their records in law enforcement and their ability to lead the nation’s largest sheriff’s department.

As the shipping industry pushes for more automation at West Coast ports, the powerful union representing dockworkers is fighting back, saying robots will only kill good American jobs.

Patricio Freire and A.J. McKee won't complete their trilogy just yet.

LOS ANGELES — In his dim motel room, flies and dust swirled through a slanted blade of sunlight. A shoulder-high heap of boxes, trash bags, electronics and clothes prevented him from opening the curtains.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are a hub of international trade, and also the biggest source of smog-forming emissions in Southern California because of their heavy concentration of diesel-guzzling trucks, ships, trains and cargo-handling equipment.

LOS ANGELES — Long Beach identified its first suspected case of monkeypox, health officials announced Saturday.

As a result of the pandemic, Americans have been spending more on groceries for home cooking and less on going out to eat. But grocery prices have jumped 10.9% in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim region over the last year. A combination of factors are to blame, including higher fuel costs,…

LOS ANGELES — Police shot and killed a man allegedly armed with a gun on a rooftop in Long Beach on Saturday morning, according to officials.

Shaquille O'Neal has been known by many titles during his storied NBA career, among them: "Diesel," "Superman," the "Big Agave" and the "Big Aristotle."