Sparks from power lines, after they were hit by a tree branch, may have ignited the Getty fire, Los Angeles city officials said Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 29. Investigators are looking into whether a dried eucalyptus tree branch found hanging from a telecommunications line underneath LADWP power lines was the cause of the fire that broke…
A passenger fired a gunshot as he tried to escape from a multi-vehicle, DUI crash in Dana Point on Monday night, authorities said. Deputies around 7:15 p.m. on Monday responded to reports of a crash involving three vehicles at the Pacific Coast Highway and Alcazar Drive intersection, Orange County Sheriff’s Sgt. Joses Walehwa said. The…
An 87-year-old pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed over the weekend in Newport Beach. George Stryker, a Newport Beach resident, was hit shortly after 6:15 p.m. Saturday while crossing the street in the vicinity of MacArthur Boulevard and San Miguel Drive, according to the Newport Beach Police Department and the Orange County coroner’s…
Officials have not determined the Getty fire was intentionally set but have determined it did not originate in nearby homeless camps.
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was reported Tuesday morning at 8:21 a.m. Pacific time 11 miles from Hollister, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
PG&E could shut off power to 605,000 customers Tuesday and Wednesday. Southern California Edison could shut off power to more than 350,000 customers.
Both sides of the 101 Freeway remained blocked early Tuesday as authorities tried to talk a man down from an overpass.
Firefighters continued to battle the 658-acre Getty fire Tuesday that destroyed at least eight homes one day earlier and has sent thousands of residents fleeing from west of the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles. Mayor Eric Garcetti, at a Tuesday morning press conference, said that though the blaze had only slightly increased in size overnight,…
The city’s budget chief, Rich Llewellyn, recently outlined projected deficits of $200 million to $400 million in the coming years, if the city does nothing to cut costs and find new revenue.
Family members of a Moreno Valley middle school student who died after he was beaten on campus complained of bullying to school officials days before the fatal assault, according to a legal claim filed Monday.
