Long Beach ordered some Peninsula residents to evacuate and Newport Beach temporarily closed its beaches and piers as Tropical Storm Rachel neared Southern California. A National Weather Service coastal flood warning covers Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego county beaches through Sunday.
Southern California is facing severe coastal flooding and infrastructure damage as Tropical Storm Rachel brings dangerous high tides, rain, and winds to the region....
Newport Beach has temporarily closed some beaches and piers as Tropical Storm Rachel continues to drive severe coastal flooding and hazardous surf conditions....
The Los Angeles County Fire Department's International Urban Search and Rescue Team has left for Panama to provide assistance in that country following a magnitude-7.7 earthquake....
Pope Leo XIV on Saturday declared capital punishment ''inadmissible" as he marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty and his native United States announced plans to livestream an execution by firing squad....