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Evacuation orders and warnings issued for Wood Fire near Perris

Evacuation orders and warnings were issued for a brush fire that grew to a few dozen acres Tuesday in Riverside County as Southern California remained in the grip of extreme heat. The Wood Fire was burning in light grass and medium brush with a fast rate of spread in the Perris a...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Aug 25, 2026

Public safety power shutoffs considered for some SCE customers

Some Southern California Edison customers could have their power turned off as potentially dangerous fire weather conditions develop during a week of extreme heat. Public Safety Power Shutoffs allow power to be cut in areas where strong winds could damage electrical lines and spa...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Aug 25, 2026

Tustin police shoot knife suspect over body in home

Tustin PD said officers were responding to a reported domestic incident that was later upgraded to a possible homicide. Police found a woman's body inside the home and a man allegedly started charging at the cops with a knife, prompting an officer-involved shooting....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Aug 25, 2026

Tustin officers fatally shoot knife-wielding man during response to homicide: PD

Police officers in Tustin shot and killed an armed man who charged at them during a response to a call of a homicide, the department said on Monday. Officers were called to a home on the 1400 block of Walnut Avenue just after 2:30 p.m. Monday for a call of a domestic incident tha...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Aug 24, 2026

49ers owner Jed York arrested in Ohio

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York was arrested Sunday in Ohio on initial charges of engaging in prostitution - a charge that was later reduced, court records show....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Aug 24, 2026

What is the 10 am rule? Controversial firefighting strategy could be back

Cal Fire firefighters carry a fire hose up a hillside during the Sandy Fire in Simi Valley on May 18, 2026. (Zin Chiang / CalMatters) This story was originally published by CalMatters . Sign up for their newsletters. Wildfires once ran on deadlines. After a series of catastrophic...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Aug 24, 2026

The Trump administration upended how the West fights wildfires. California is bracing too

A helicopter drops water on the Sandy Fire in Simi Valley on May 18, 2026. (Zin Chiang / CalMatters) Four firefighters , two helicopter pilots and a contractor bulldozing a fireline have died in Colorado, Utah and Oregon this year. Fast-moving fires have burned millions of acres ...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Aug 24, 2026

More than 20,000 homes and businesses lose power after electrical vault fire in Long Beach

The Southern California Edison Long Beach Service Center Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. (Brandon Richardson / Long Beach Post) This story first appeared on Long Beach Post . Tens of thousands of households lost power Sunday night in and around Long Beach’s coastal neighborhoods, includ...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Aug 24, 2026

49ers owner Jed York arrested in Ohio, pleads no contest to charges

San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York pleaded no contest to criminal charges Monday after being booked on suspicion of solicitation of prostitution in Ohio over the weekend, according to court records. York pleaded no contest to misdemeanor disorderly conduct and possessing criminal...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Aug 24, 2026

Man carrying knife shot in Santa Monica, police say

Officers were taking a domestic violence report when a man who had no connection to that call came at them with a knife and ignored repeated commands to drop it, Santa Monica Police Chief Darrick Jacob said....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Aug 23, 2026

Four-vehicle Cahuenga Pass crash results in at least one hospitalization

Four vehicles were involved in a crash on Sunday on the Cahuenga Pass in the Hollywood Hills, resulting in at least one person being hospitalized. Firefighters and paramedics responded about 6 p.m. Sunday to a crash at 2888 N. Cahuenga Blvd. between Barham Boulevard and the Holly...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Aug 23, 2026