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Local wildfire survivors and advocates are raising concerns about a proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office that they say could protect electric utilities from paying the full costs of future fires caused by their equipment. The governor’s office says the proposed changes would ...
Prosecutors filed Thursday a revised indictment against Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of causing the Palisades Fire , that removes one of the three previous counts and redefines the remaining two. Most notably, the “first superseding indictment” charges Rinderknecht with...
Long Beach firefighters extinguish a fire inside a home on the 400 block of 59th Street in Long Beach, Monday, July 20, 2026. (Thomas R. Cordova / Long Beach Post) Residents and City Council members are raising concerns about Long Beach’s plan to shut down a fire engine, lay off ...
An urban search and rescue team from the Los Angeles County Fire Department has deployed to Colombia to assist with recovery efforts from this week's deadly earthquake....
At a press conference at Proyecto Pastoral on Wednesday, Aug. 12, Assemblymember Mark González and state Sen. María Elena Durazo announced two pieces of legislation that aim to keep the Lineage accountable in the aftermath of the fire. (Alejandra Molina / Boyle Heights Beat) This...
Five men were arrested following an investigation into an alleged fraud scheme involving mail theft, identity theft and fraudulent credit cards at a Glendale apartment complex, according to the Glendale Police Department. The investigation began after detectives received reports ...
Ethan Vidal, 18, was arrested by Garden Grove Police after a fatal dispute that led to the death of his girlfriend, 17-year-old Janely Gutierrez.
A former Los Angeles Police Department detective imprisoned in the 1990s for a robbery and sexual assault in the San Fernando Valley has been charged in a new criminal case in Ventura County. Investigators there accused Michael Brambles in an attack on a woman during a holdup mor...
Five people have been arrested in connection with a freight train heist Monday when one of the suspects opened fire on railroad police in Southern California’s Cajon Pass, according to authorities. The shooting was reported Monday evening when deputies from the San Bernardino Cou...
A multi-vehicle crash on Thursday morning blocked the northbound lanes of the 405 Freeway.
A 3-year-old Great Pyrenees mix named Bruce was euthanized after being deemed vicious following several biting incidents, despite an emergency request....
Authorities said the child found an M-80 firework in a park bathroom and showed it to a Parks Department worker, who authorities say helped light it.
Prosecutors allege 11 people in New York arranged sham marriages for foreign nationals trying to obtain legal status in the United States.
One person was killed in a fiery crash near Forest Lawn Memorial-Park that also ignited a tree and damaged a traffic light, authorities said.
The decision to sneak Trump out of Ankara on separate Air Force jet was driven by intel that an Iranian terror cell had snuck into Turkey with a shoulder-fired missile....
Lineage Logistics faces a Friday cleanup deadline nearly two months after a fire that damaged its cold storage warehouse east of downtown Los Angeles. In its latest update on Wednesday, the company said approximately 93% of the bulk food waste has been removed from the building i...
For those who make a living in tourism, the Timber fire marks nature's latest blow to Big Sur, a beloved, yet often plagued, coastal locale.
Flock Safety, the police tech company that tracks Americans’ vehicle movements through a line of cameras, announced Thursday that it would implement several new safeguards to its products. The changes that Flock outlined include shrinking the period for how long it holds people’s...
A 3-year-old Great Pyrenees mix named Bruce was euthanized following several biting incidents despite an emergency request that reached the Supreme Court on Wednesday....
Parents and students head inside Christopher Dena Elementary in Boyle Heights on the first day of school in the L.A. Unified School District on Aug. 12, 2026. (Mariana Dale/LAist) On Wednesday morning, Los Angeles Unified School District students returned to campuses for the firs...
Officials say air quality in the neighborhoods surrounding the site of the Lineage warehouse fire in Boyle Heights is safe. Scientists and community members continue to report health effects. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) With kids headed back to classro...
Verizon is offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for cutting fiber cables over the weekend, causing a widespread outage across SoCal....
An 18-year-old man was arrested in connection with his girlfriend’s death in Garden Grove, police said Wednesday. Ethan Vidal was taken into custody for attempted homicide after investigators said he was involved in an altercation with his girlfriend, 17-year-old Janely Guiterrez...
Crews are battling a warehouse fire in Fullerton that broke out around noon Wednesday.
A student was arrested for having a gun at a high school in South L.A. on Wednesday -- the first day of school for LAUSD students.
A student was taken into custody Wednesday for allegedly possessing a firearm following an altercation at Santee High School in Los Angeles, prompting the campus to go on a temporary lockdown, officials said. The school at 1921 South Maple Ave. was placed under a temporary lockdo...
The Bell County sheriff's office said it received a 911 call about a helicopter crash after 1:30 p.m., and that it had sparked a grass fire that was "out of control" when deputies arrived on the scene....
Dozens of people were evacuated from a building Wednesday in Westminster after a suspect barricaded themselves inside, prompting a standoff and lockdown that lasted several hours, officials said. The Los Angeles Police Department was tracking a wanted felony suspect when the susp...
Police in Anaheim are searching for the thieves who caused an estimated $15,000 in damages after breaking into a family-run grocery store. Surveillance footage captured a trio of men breaking into La Reina Market near the intersection of East and Sycamore Streets early Monday. Th...
A dramatic fire erupted on the grounds of Fullerton Municipal Airport, prompting a massive response from firefighters.
Two state lawmakers announced Wednesday they are preparing a legislative response to the massive warehouse fire in Boyle Heights. Nearly two months after the fire at the Lineage warehouse broke out on June 17, millions of pounds of rotting food remain inside, causing putrid odors...
Kaiser Permanente will give Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital $25 million to expand its emergency department, which has been treating some patients in tents outside....
A man was taken by federal immigration agents after reporting a crime that ultimately helped officers find a convicted felon.
The hanging death of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune in Jackson, Mississippi, has raised questions as police investigate the circumstances surrounding her death....
Animal and law enforcement officers will be cracking down on illegal breeding and animal sales in and around Skid Row, it was announced Wednesday. As part of an effort to prevent animal cruelty, the Los Angeles Police Department and LA Animal Services will have a permanent partne...
Two state lawmakers want cold storage companies to take care of local communities after industrial disasters.
Injuries were reported after a car crashed into a business Wednesday in Huntington Beach . The crash was reported in the 6000 block of Edinger Avenue . Details about what led to the crash were not immediately available. At least part of the car appeared to end up inside the store...
A fatal crash on the westbound 210 Freeway in Azusa forced the closure of several lanes, resulting in a major backup of traffic.
Firefighters responded Wednesday to a fire near Fullerton Municipal Airport. The fire near Commonwealth and Magnolia avenues was at a warehouse off the airport property. Firefighters were attacking flames from the roof of the building. Details about how the fire started were not ...
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman faces criticism for prosecuting a police officer who secretly recorded colleagues making what the officer describes as racist, sexist and homophobic remarks. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Pol...
An American Airlines plane hit birds while taking off from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Monday, leading to flames shooting from an engine and an emergency landing....
The San Marino Police Department is warning the public about a new crime affecting ATM users. According to the department, the new trend is called “cash tapping” and involves criminals placing devices over the cash slots of the machines. These long, metal devices then trap the mo...
A father of four called 911 to report that he had killed his entire family, before turning the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide, police in Kansas said....
About $150,000 worth of teeth whitening toothpaste, speakers, clothes and other items were recovered in one of several retail theft operations last week in Southern California. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Organized Retail Crime Task Force operations carried out in...
A report issued Tuesday by the LAPD detailed challenges the department faced when responding to protests last year, but said officers performed well when dealing with unruly crowds. Critics said it failed to address injuries caused by use of less-lethal weapons and aggressive act...
The chair of the California Senate's utilities committee said Tuesday he was "deeply troubled" by electric company executives' recent threats to take action to protect their shareholders if they don't get legislation in Sacramento to limit their wildfire liabilities....
Three people were were found dead at a home day care in the Twin Cities metropolitan area on Wednesday. Police said the victims are two adults and a young child in the incident at Brown Bear Daycare in Hopkins, Minnesota, roughly 15 miles southwest of Minneapolis, according to po...
Residents along Hope Street say they are seeing some progress after fires damaged vacant buildings, but concerns about security and crime remain.
Residents along Hope Street say they are seeing some progress after fires damaged vacant buildings, but concerns about security and crime remain.
Nineteen months after the Palisades Fire, 99% of the businesses at Rick Caruso's Palisades Village are leased, and the shopping center is set to reopen Saturday....
An aerial view of the clean-up process at the Lineage warehouse on Friday, July 31, 2026. LAUSD reports there are dozens of schools within a three-mile radius of the fire. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Los Angeles Unified School District officials said e...
Police received a frantic 911 call from a mother who said her son was choking on vomit and was not breathing. Bodycam video shows the boy's dramatic rescue....
A 3-year-old boy who was rescued by Rialto police officers after he choked reunited with his heroes for a touching reunion Tuesday. Dash cam video released by the Rialto Police Department captured the moments leading up to the rescue of the child on Aug. 5. In the 911 call, a wom...
A high-speed police chase is underway in Los Angeles County.
An investigation is underway following a deadly crash involving an e-bike, the Santa Ana Police Department announced Tuesday. The crash was reported sometime before 7:50 p.m. near Santa Ana Boulevard and Santiago Street, police said. There, an e-bike and a vehicle crashed, result...
