The Department of Justice has approved Paramount’s $111 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery. A very early birthday present to CEO David Ellison, the anticipated sign-off by the Para-friendly Trump administration has been confirmed to Deadline by multiple sources.

But the lawyer once shared by the executive and rival R.J Cipriani allegedly offered her own money to end the dispute.

Mary Zendejas, Long Beach’s incumbent First District councilmember, appears to be headed for a November runoff against challenger Anthony Bryson after the latest round of election results released by the Los Angeles County registrar’s office at about 4 p.m. on Friday, June 12.

Councilmember Sharon Kalani has maintained her lead over incumbent Mayor George Chen in the Torrance mayoral race as of 4:11 p.m. Friday, June 12, with 51.35% of the votes. “The closeness and historic turnout in this mayoral race reflect how engaged Torrance residents are in the future of our city,

Around 10 p.m., police cited five teenagers for violating the city's curfew and released them to their guardians.

Lana Cheng sang the national anthem Wednesday at Cap Sheue Field, helping kick off the Huntington Beach High commencement ceremony. After she finished, the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts musical theater performer did a handstand as she came down the ramp off the stage and rejoined her classmates.

Long Beach police reported 53 crashes that resulted in 56 deaths in 2025, the highest total for the department since at least 1990.

Spencer Pratt appeared to acknowledge Friday that he will not advance to the November mayoral runoff, while pledging to continue criticizing Mayor Karen Bass, Councilmember Nithya Raman and city leadership.