DOWNEY — A suspected drunk driver was arrested Wednesday morning after he crashed his vehicle head on into another vehicle in Downey. The crash happened at the intersection of Old River School and Stewart and Gray roads, according to a statement from the Downey Police Department. Only minor injuries were reported, police said. Sign up…
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA and FRANCES D’EMILIO The Associated Press GENOA, Italy — Italian emergency workers pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel Wednesday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death toll in the disaster to at least 39 people. The collapse of the Morandi Bridge sent…
The National Weather Service released this enhanced infrared satellite image of the Western U.S. on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018. LOS ANGELES — High surf will pound the coast in Los Angeles and Orange counties from Wednesday night through Friday night, and strong rip currents will threaten swimmers and surfers, forecasters said. A beach Hazards statement,…
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck the Inland Empire Tuesday afternoon. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was 19 miles from Valle Vista, 19 miles from East Hemet, 19 miles from Temecula and 97 miles from Mexicali, Mexico. The quake was felt across the Inland Empire as well as…
Los Angeles police officers who shoot someone will have to wait at least two weeks before returning to the field under a policy approved Tuesday by the five-member civilian panel that oversees the department. Until now, officers could resume their regular duties with the police chief’s approval…
In spring 2015, Army Spec. Yea Ji Sea was stationed with the U.S. military in South Korea where she worked as a pharmacy tech, spending some of her time off translating for seriously ill soldiers at local hospitals. She was working toward her dream of becoming an Army doctor and researching Lou…
Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday that the controversial retirement plan that recently paid him $1.27 million is ripe for reform. The Deferred Retirement Option Plan, which pays veteran cops and firefighters essentially double for the last five years of their careers, “would benefit…
California Gov. Jerry Brown wants to tighten a law he signed weeks ago that critics say could have freed rapists and murderers who completed two years of mental health treatment. The proposal obtained by the Associated Press on Tuesday specifically bans those charged with murder, rape and other…
Hundreds of thousands of L.A. Unified students returned to class Tuesday — but not all of them were able to escape the heat. The school district had a backlog of 1,709 complaints about heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, according to a spokeswoman. Of those, 309 were reported between…
Homebuying in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach and Costa Mesa fell 6 percent this spring vs. a year ago. “That’s what we found when we looked at Orange County house hunting patterns at the neighborhood level in 2018’s second quarter vs. the April-to-June period a year earlier. On tape! Lansner visits KABC’s McIntyre show CoreLogic found…
