Swimmer still missing after lifeguards rescue 10-year-old off Venice Beach
Lifeguards were continuing to search for a missing man in the ocean off Venice Beach on Monday after rescuing a boy he’d been swimming with the day before.
May showers sprinkle Southern California
Most areas of Los Angeles County will see a quarter-inch or less of rain, which rarely falls at all this time of year, according to the National Weather Service.
Olvera Street merchants struggle to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic
The economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic is threatening the future of Olvera Street. Stay-at-home orders prevent people from gathering at the plaza.
Fire agencies prepare to battle wildfires during a pandemic
As Southern California approaches the start of what is traditionally peak fire season, crews now are tasked with an additional challenge: preparing for how to battle large-scale wildfires in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Safely bringing raging wildfires under control will remain the primary focus, fire officials say. But social distancing is expected…
After years in prison for attempted murder, he graduates from Cal State LA with honors
In a midnight-blue graduation gown, Raul Zarate pounded his chest and held a hand to the sky, waving and screaming, “I love you!” A parade of 20 honking cars led by a police cruiser, just for him, rolled by Pasadena’s Walnut Street and Daisy Avenue. They held his parents, other relatives, Pasadena Unified School District…
Rain — yes, rain — is likely to fall today in Southern California
LOS ANGELES — Rain will douse Southern California Monday amid a cooling trend. National Weather Service meteorologist Kristen Stewart said the rain and falling temperatures are the product of a cold front spawned by a low-pressure system off Northern California. Temperatures, expected to be several degrees lower than last week’s, will be 4 to 10…
‘Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!’: Hear firefighters’ calls for help from downtown L.A. fire
Firefighters were already en route when dispatchers received confirmation of heavy fire coming from a smoke shop on the 300 block of Boyd Street in downtown Los Angeles at about 6:37 p.m. Saturday, May 16. “Everybody off of the roof!” one firefighter shouted into his radio moments later, at 6:39 p.m., as a massive explosion…
Earthquake: 3.3 quake strikes near Coalinga, Calif.
A magnitude-3.3 earthquake was reported at 10:36 a.m. 13 miles from Coalinga, according to the USGS.
‘We are terrified’: Coronavirus outbreak reported at Chino women’s prison
The women sat anxiously inside their prison cells at the California Institution for Women in Chino as a guard roamed about their cell block, yelling out an ominous announcement. A knock on a cell door, the guard said, meant that they tested positive for the coronavirus. They would be told to gather their things and…
Raging house party amid coronavirus ends when man shoots himself in the groin, police say
Despite the coronavirus, there was a raucous house party in the Hollywood Hills. It ended when a man shot himself in the groin, police say.