A large tattoo of the Statue of Liberty is spread across the left side of Jose Segovia Benitez’s body. A second tattoo memorializes his service to the U.S. Marines. Neither will serve him well in El Salvador. But that’s where the honorably discharged veteran from Long Beach is apparently headed, as the U.S. government readies…
As some residents return to ashes, investigators probe the origin of the Saddleridge fire. A Southern California Edison tower has become one focus.
A newly formed group called Homeshare Alliance Los Angeles has been pushing City Council members to permit Angelenos to rent out a second unit to travelers.
SANTA ANA — Two cars collided in a Santa Ana intersection on Saturday, killing a passenger, authorities said. The crash, which killed a man in a front passenger seat of one of the cars, was reported at 10:50 a.m. in the intersection of Newhope Street and Westminster Boulevard, Santa Ana police said. Statements and video…
SANTA ANA — A man died Saturday trying to make a left turn in a Santa Ana intersection when his car was struck by an SUV whose driver tried to avoid the crash, authorities said. The fatal collision was reported at 9:58 a.m. at north Susan Street and Westminster Boulevard, Santa Ana police said. Video…
Twenty-two years before the Sandalwood fire roared through the Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park, leveling most of the homes and killing two people, another disaster struck the park. A 377-acre fire in June 1997 destroyed nine mobile homes. The stress of the evacuation may have contributed to the death of one resident, the coroner said:…
Dry Santa Ana wind gusts that stirred the destructive Saddleridge fire in the San Fernando Valley on Thursday evening had blasted the flames at 60 mph. Earlier that day in Riverside County, milder, but still combative winds aroused a small garbage fire into the Sandalwood fire, pushing flames into a mobile home park, destroying more…
Last winter’s heavy rains allowed Southern California’s hills and fields to flourish with fresh growth, but the dried-up post-summer brush has created plenty of wildfire tinder. That means increased potential for more blazes like the Saddleridge fire of recent days. “The grasses die off, add to available fuel and you can have devastating wildfires because…
WESTMINSTER — A car chase that began Saturday in Upland, in San Bernardino County, and went through some Los Angeles County freeways, ended in Westminster when the suspect’s car became disabled and authorities found the man dead, possibly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Upland police tried to pull over a man driving a Toyota Scion…
Some of the residents who had to flee their Calimesa homes on Thursday as the Sandalwood fire threatened were permitted to return Saturday, officials announced. The Villa Calimesa Mobile Home Park, which was most severely damaged by the fire and where two people were found dead, is still not accessible. But the evacuation order for…
