As Southern California feels the sweltering heat waves of the summer, more residents will be looking to find ways to cool off and what better way than the resort-style casino pools. Yaamava’ Resort & Casino in Highland is running its Summer Sundaze promotion, allowing non-hotel staying visitors to reserve time on the casino’s lavish pool…
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A new rooftop water park themed to Nemo, Dory, Crush and other characters from the “Finding Nemo” animated film franchise is the latest dose of Pixar pixie dust to be sprinkled on the aging Paradise Pier Hotel undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation. The new Finding Nemo water play area will open to Pixar Place Hotel…
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By JILL COLVIN NEW YORK — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for wealthy club members is the latest person to be ensnared in former President Donald Trump‘s ballooning legal troubles. Carlos De Oliveira appeared in court Monday to face charges connected to what prosecutors allege was a scheme directed by…
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By SAM MEDNICK NIAMEY, Niger — France prepared to evacuate French and other European nationals from Niger on Tuesday, telling them to carry no more than a small bag, after a military coup there won backing from three other West African nations ruled by mutinous soldiers. The French Foreign Ministry in Paris cited recent violence…
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Long Beach’s Pride weekend is nearly here — and there will be plenty of ways to celebrate the LGBTQ community. The Long Beach Pride Parade & Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 5 and 6, with a teens-only celebration also slated for Friday afternoon. Here is a look at ticket prices and…
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On August 11, for the first time, the Los Angeles Dodgers will break a long-standing team rule by retiring the jersey of a living player who’s not in the Hall of Fame. However, No. 34 casts such a large shadow – literally and figuratively – that an entire weekend is dedicated to the one and…
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Bob Crow is a Long Beach LGBTQ legend. He, along with Judith Doyle and Marylin Barlow, founded Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride Inc. — now simply known as Long Beach Pride — in 1983. The nonprofit then organized the city’s inaugural pride parade and festival the following year. Bob Crow, one of the last…
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Is it time for Disneyland to say goodbye to Fantasmic? Disneyland announced earlier this month that the long-running nighttime spectacular would not return this year, following the destruction of its Maleficent dragon character in a fire last spring. Disneyland originally had announced that repairs would keep the show dark through at least Labor Day. Now,…
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By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Megan Rapinoe’s energy as a second-half substitute failed to spark the listless United States, which slipped through to the Round of 16 in the Women’s World Cup despite an uninspiring scoreless draw against Portugal on Tuesday. The tie helped the United States avoid the…
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SANTA ANA — Authorities sought public help Monday in identifying a woman who was found dead on an Irvine sidewalk in May. Officers discovered the woman, referred to only as Jane Doe, near Mark Dailey Athletic Field at 308 Yale Loop on May 26 around 4:52 p.m., according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. She…
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