Firefighters are battling a brush fire burning in the Angeles National Forest in the Azusa area, emergency personnel announced Monday. The Zebra Fire was reported sometime before 7 p.m. on Highway 39. Due to the ongoing response, the highway has been shut down to all traffic at Sierra Madre. A...
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A brush fire erupted in Azusa, growing to about 25 acres and prompting the closure of Highway 39, officials say.
The U.S. launched strikes on Iran, hours after President Donald Trump said Washington is "reinstating" a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The scrawled threats warned of bombings and knife and gun violence and sparked fear on campus, authorities say.
Rayzhanna Greenhoward, 28, was charged Monday by L.A. County prosecutors with killing 2-year-old Legend Lee.
The fatal crash killed the two fathers and critically injured the daugther of one of the men, according to family.
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture in Riverside showcases over 700 pieces of Cheech's decades-long Chicano art collection and the stories behind it.
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Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as her late brother's temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate.
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Most of the people who were killed in a huge fire in a Bangkok music bar were found trapped in windowless bathrooms where they may have sought to escape the flames that claimed at least 27 lives, authorities said Monday as investigations began.
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Minnesota prosecutors have obtained key evidence in their investigations into the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.
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After the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina's governor has named Darline Graham Nordone to temporarily fill his Senate seat.
Firefighters are battling a brush fire burning in the Angeles National Forest in the Azusa area, emergency personnel announced Monday. The Zebra Fire was reported sometime before 7 p.m. on Highway 39. Due to the ongoing response, the highway has been shut down to all traffic at Sierra Madre. A...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced Monday afternoon that Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, will finish his term following his death over the weekend.
One runner has been gored in the face, and many more were fortunate to not be seriously injured during a chaotic bull run at Spain's San Fermin festival on Saturday.
A construction worker was killed Monday after a tractor he was operating rolled over and trapped him at a site in the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw neighborhood.
The state Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) logo at the regional office in Sacramento.(Rahul Lal / CalMatters) California’s largest public pension fund just had a banner year, riding a soaring stock market to record its second consecutive double-digit annual investment return.The Ca...
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