Utility workers were keeping a close eye on potential danger spots along thousands of miles of Southern California Edison electric lines in preparation for potentially powerful winds Tuesday evening and into Wednesday morning. In Riverside County, officials announced the utility shut off power for some unincorporated areas between Beaumont and Banning, affecting 85 customers, said…
A 45-year-old man was stabbed at least once, prompting a nearby Fullerton middle school to lock down for about 30 minutes while police searched for the suspect Tuesday morning, Sept. 24, authorities said. The stabbing occurred just after 10:45 a.m. in the 400 block of North Acacia Street, police said. Officers responded and found the…
One person was stabbed after bailing from a stolen vehicle that crashed into a homeless encampment in the Harbor City area early Tuesday, police said.
LOS ANGELES — A brake fire in a tanker truck hauling jet fuel caused a traffic nightmare Monday afternoon for drivers on the northbound 405 Freeway. The smoking tanker was reported just before 1 p.m. just south of La Cienega Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol, which temporarily closed all northbound lanes as firefighters…
California wildfires: Power-shut offs by utilities add new concerns for communities facing wildfire risk.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler wrote to the California Air Resources Board that the state “has failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act” since the 1970s, according to a letter obtained by the Sacramento Bee.
LOS ANGELES — Representatives of the British Consulate will be on hand Tuesday at the Thomas Cook Airlines ticketing counter at Los Angeles International Airport to assist travelers left stranded by the venerable travel company’s sudden collapse. The unexpected closure of the firm that has been in existence since the 1800s is believed to have…
A tanker truck carrying about 8,200 gallons of fuel overturned on the 605 Freeway early Tuesday, forcing the closure of all southbound lanes just north of the 60 Freeway for about six hours.
INDUSTRY — A crash involving a Honda Civic and a tanker truck carrying fuel Tuesday morning caused the semi to overturn on the southbound 605 Freeway in Industry, spilling fuel in lanes and prompting the closure of four freeway lanes. The crash occurred near the 60 Freeway interchange about 1:40 a.m., according to the California…
The city’s main library was just renamed in her honor.
