Lois Arvickson died in her home after burning garbage was dumped nearby and started the Sandalwood fire. Residents struggle to adapt to a new reality.
Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer on Wednesday sued several housing developers, alleging they misappropriated millions of dollars of public money. The lawsuit stems from a $2.3 million loan issued by the city in 1999.
Authorities on Thursday shut down a suspected drug lab in a residential neighborhood in Anaheim that allegedly used explosive butane gas to manufacture a concentrated form of cannabis. After serving a search warrant around noon inside a house at 113 N. Tustin Ave., deputies found evidence of the illicit production of butane honey oil (BHO),…
A San Clemente man was found guilty Thursday of a hate crime for assaulting an African American man while he was working at a Whole Foods grocery store in Laguna Beach. Fernando Ramirez, 23, was convicted of one felony count of battery resulting in serious bodily injury with a sentencing enhancement for committing a hate…
Southern California Edison is now considering shutting off power due to the high fire danger in areas that serve almost 33,600 customers in eight counties, the utility said Thursday, Oct. 17. That includes about 4,200 customers in Los Angeles County (in the Acton and Chatsworth areas), 3,900 customers in San Bernardino County (around Big Bear…
About a week after the Saddleridge fire upended their lives, a handful of the fire’s victims took their first steps toward getting back to normal on Thursday. This was the first day city and county officials opened the disaster assistance center at the Sylmar Recreation Center, not far from where the now 8,391-acre fire began…
Eric Hocutt and his wife Lisa lost nearly everything they owned when the Sandalwood fire raced through the Calimesa mobile home park last week, destroying 76 homes. What the Hocutts did have was home insurance — and despite their losses at the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park — quite a bit of luck. Not everyone…
LOS ANGELES — Ride-hailing service Uber will debut a text-to-911 feature on its phone app Thursday in Los Angeles County, Minnesota and Indiana, allowing riders and drivers to quickly and discreetly contact law enforcement in the event of an emergency. Uber added an emergency 911 call button in the app last year. The update will…
The quake was reported at 7:54 a.m. It occurred 14 miles from Hollister, 18 miles from Salinas, 20 miles from Greenfield and 20 miles from Prunedale.
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