Police are seeking a driver who they believe intentionally hit two pedestrians in Fullerton early Saturday morning, July 13, and then fled the scene. Officers responded to a call at 1:58 a.m. at Elm and Raymond avenues and found two men thought to be in their 20s lying in the street. They told police the…
More than 30 homes have been red-tagged as uninhabitable and 51 were yellow-tagged due to serious damage in Trona and surrounding San Bernardino County communities following two large earthquakes last week, according to initial damage assessments by state and local officials. The assessment includes…
When the magnitude 7.1 earthquake ruptured the earth in the Mojave Desert, it packed the energy of 45 nuclear bombs of the type that fell on Hiroshima. But a variety of factors lessened the potency and impact of what was the most powerful Southern California earthquake in nearly two decades. The…
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake was reported at 5:57 p.m. Pacific time on Friday 105 miles from Amami, Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the USGS, the epicenter was farther than 100 miles from a city. In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or…
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake in the Ridgecrest area early Friday drove home what seismologists have been telling Southern Californians for the past week: In the wake of two strong quakes July 4 and 5, that area is likely to keep shaking for years. And while the chance of another damaging aftershock is small, it will be…
California authorities said Friday that crews are beginning to clean up a massive oil spill that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a Kern County canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state’s last two major oil spills. The seep, which has been flowing off and…
San Francisco restaurants are no longer allowed to offer customers plastic utensils or disposable food accessories with their orders. If customers would like chopsticks, napkins, beverage lids and sleeves, stirrers and straws, they will have to request them with their purchase. That goes for takeout,…
A 17-year-old girl shot and killed by a Fullerton officer on the 91 Freeway was pointing what turned out to be a replica handgun, video of the fatal confrontation released Friday shows. The Fullerton Police Department on Friday afternoon released the body-worn camera footage, as well as a 911 call the teen’s father made in…
LOS ANGELES — The Southland will bake Friday under sweltering temperatures on the second day of the region’s latest heat wave, prompting warnings to area residents to guard against heat-related illnesses. High temperatures of 95 to 102 degrees are expected across most of the Los Angeles County valleys Friday through Sunday, with the warmest expected…
For decades, the curving mural depicting a golden sun has greeted visitors to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Faded by the elements, its once-vibrant blue lost some luster over the years. The gold-leaf paint had chipped away. Still, the image drew eyes upward. No one seemed to know who had painted…
