…Eleven days to go…
* Kucinich plans to formally withdraw from the race tomorrow.
* Current delegate tally for Democrats: Obama (38), Clinton (36), Edwards (18)
* Current delegate tally for Republicans: Romney (66), McCain (38), Huckabee (26). Thompson has orphaned 8 delegates, Paul has 6, and Giuliani has 1.
* LAT will go back to [...]

Two ex-police officer brothers, one from Long Beach, on trial now
As you read this, listen closely and you may hear the sound of a story being optioned. How could this one not be? It’s a natural.

Trail of suspects in New Year’s Eve shooting leads … where?
It’s been three days since a gunman opened fire on a house party near Pine Avenue and Pacific Coast Highway, wounding two unidentified women and a man–and fatally injuring 25-year-old Jonathan Fernandez.
And, barring a development in the case, this is usually exactly when you [...]

T.I. immigrant detention center stuck in limbo; there’s your irony

Bad news this morning about the immigrant detention center on Terminal Island.

Port cargo container fees to pay for cleaner-running trucks
The Long Beach Harbor Commission has approved charging fees of $35 or $70 on every container entering or leaving the Port of Long Beach by diesel truck, starting next year.
The money–an estimated $1.6 billion per year by the measure’s end in 2012–will help pay for cleaner-running, short-haul [...]

This morning we told you of the plight of the Aviles family: how three of their daughters died following a house fire Friday in their illegally-converted garage–and how, after a car wash Sunday to raise money for their funerals, the aunt of the late Aviles sisters was wounded in a 7 p.m. shooting near their [...]

Aviles sisters’ aunt is shot and wounded near their burned-out garage
If you drove through the intersection of Tenth Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue yesterday, you might have seen a car wash in progress. It was a fundraiser for the funeral of Stephanie Aviles, 6, Jocelin Aviles, 7, and Jasmine Aviles, 10–all of whom [...]

The tough truth that Tom Hennessy never told

ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
Tom Hennessy all but retired as the Press-Telegram’s daily columnist Sunday, all but silencing the most-prominent voice in Long Beach journalism. That’s sad to consider, and it gets even sadder the longer you do. It’s true, though: The most-prominent voice in Long Beach journalism is [...]

Outercourse meets accounting
“Orally,” said the governor’s attorney, and the memories came flooding back.
Long ago and far away– actually, during the recall election in 2003 and at OC Weekly– I wrote about a BBC documentary, Arnold Schwarzenegger– Made in Britain, featuring Gigi Goyette, a former mistress of Arnold’s, though Gigi preferred the term “avenue of [...]

Police investigation is ongoing
Sometimes, when people think of the children, it’s with their own selfish interests at heart–as in the case of whoever embezzled $200,000 recently, from the Casa Youth Shelter in Los Alamitos.