Mountain Fire Rages in Ventura

Crews from Los Angeles and Orange counties and across the state are among the hundreds of firefighters working Thursday to battle a massive wildfire in Ventura County that has forced thousands of people from their homes, left an unknown number of people injured and destroyed “numerous” structures amid fierce Santa Ana winds. The Mountain Fire […]

Santa Anas Creating Critical Fire Conditions

Much of Los Angeles County will again be facing red flag critical fire conditions Thursday as a powerful and “particularly dangerous” Santa Ana wind event continues to combine with low humidity to raise the risk of wildfires. Winds battered much of the region Wednesday, with the National Weather Service reporting peak gusts in the mountains […]

Dangerous Winds Spread to Riverside

A Santa Ana windstorm generating gusts up to 60 mph is forecast across the Inland Empire Thursday, prompting a red flag warning and other advisories from the National Weather Service. “Gusts 40 to 60 mph are expected into the Inland Empire, with the strongest winds below the Cajon Pass,” the NWS said in a statement. […]

Alleged BevMo Robber Found Guilty

Sentencing is expected Thursday for one of two Los Angeles men found guilty of a federal charge for committing a string of robberies in a 10-day span that ended in the duo leading law enforcement in a freeway chase before crashing a stolen car into a tree then running across six lanes of highway traffic […]

Fatal Double-Shooting in Mt. Washington

Two men were shot and killed Thursday in Mt. Washington and an investigation into the shooting is underway. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Northeast Division responded to 1460 Cliff Drive at 12:15 a.m. regarding reports of a shooting. When they arrived, they found the victims with multiple gunshots wounds, an LAPD spokeswoman told […]

3.5 Earthquake Strikes Near La Quinta

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake near La Quinta in Riverside County was reported at 12:39 a.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was centered 15.9 miles southwest of La Quinta and 19 miles south of Palm Desert. It was about 5.4 miles deep. It was centered 20.1 miles south of Rancho Mirage. There were […]

Brush Fire in Malibu

Amid critically dangerous Santa Ana winds, a fire scorched 50 acres of brush and damaged three homes in Malibu Wednesday, but there were no reports of injuries. The Broad Fire was reported about 9:10 a.m. near Pacific Coast Highway and Malibu Canyon Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire was knocked […]

LA Gas Drops Again

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County declined Thursday to its lowest amount since Jan. 19, dropping two-tenths of a cent to $4.511, the ninth decrease in 10 days. The average price has dropped 3.7 cents over the past 10 days, including three-tenths of a cent Wednesday, according […]

Average Riverside Gas Price Drops to Lowest Amount Since January

The average price of a gallon of self-service regular gasoline in Riverside County dipped Thursday to its lowest amount since Jan. 26, dropping two-tenths of a cent to $4.362, its third consecutive decrease. The average price has dropped 1.9 cents over the past three days, including three-tenths of a cent Wednesday, after back-to-back increases totaling […]

Several Congressional Races Still Too Close

Republican Scott Baugh held a 1,133-vote lead over Sen. Dave Min, D-Irvine, in Southern California’s closest congressional race, according to figures released Wednesday by the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Baugh leads 50.2%-49.8% in race for Orange County’s 47th Congressional District seat vacated by Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, to unsuccessfully run for the Senate seat […]

One Year Ago Today (November 7, 2023)…Trial Underway for Man Accused of Abducting, Raping Riverside Woman

One Year Ago Today (November 7, 2023)…A 38-year-old man grabbed a drunk woman off a Riverside street after she tripped, put her into his passenger seat and sexually assaulted her in the back of his pickup truck when she was passed out, a prosecutor told jurors, but the defendant’s attorney said that everything was consensual […]