| | | | The news for Friday, February 26, 2021
|
|
Smoke Seen for Miles as Huge Fire Burns in Industrial Area of Compton  A massive fire in an industrial area of Compton lit up the sky Friday morning, engulfing piles of wooden pallets and spreading to multiple buses in an adjacent bus yard. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Banning avenues, and a huge plume of black smoke could be seen for miles. […]
  
Cute Kitty ‘Brandy’ Missing For 15 Years Found In Palmdale Microchip Miracle: Owner ‘Shocked,’ ‘So Happy’  No one is sure where Brandy the cat has been for the last 15 years, but thanks to a microchip, the long-lost feline was identified by a Palmdale animal control officer and reunited with her owner. Officer Luis Leal from the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control received a field call last […]
High Winds Returning to LA Area Over Weekend High winds are heading back to areas of the Southland starting Friday, with various advisories and watches posted by the National Weather Service through the weekend. The new advisories and watches posted Friday come a day after moderate to strong Santa Ana winds battered parts of the L.A. area — making driving treacherous on some […]
Man Dies from Stabbing at Hotel in Anaheim, Suspect in Custody A man who was stabbed during an argument at a hotel in Anaheim Friday morning later died at a hospital and a suspect was in custody, police said. Officers responded just after midnight to the Clementine Hotel and Suites, 1700 S. Clementine Street near Disney Way, and found the victim, who was taken to a […]
Fire Damages West LA Apartment Building Fire damaged an apartment building and some parked vehicles Friday in the West Los Angeles area, but no one was hurt. Firefighters sent to the 1100 block of South Federal Avenue at 5:54 a.m. extinguished the flames in 32 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. The cause of the fire was under investigation. >> […]
Missing Woman, 28, Was Last Seen in Temple City A 28-year-old woman who suffers from depression was reported missing Friday morning after last being seen in Temple City. Shannon Nichole Burns was last seen about 5:15 p.m. in the 9400 block of Las Tunas Drive, east of Rosemead Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Burns is 5 feet, 2 inches tall […]
Texas Deep Freeze Latest Factor in Rising Southland Gas Price Rises The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Friday for the 17th consecutive day and 37th time in 38 days, increasing 1.8 cents to $3.723, its highest amount since Dec. 10, 2019. The average price has increased 37.5 cents in the past 38 days, including 2.4 cents on […]
Disneyland COVID-19 Vaccine Site to Reopen as OC Gets More than 83,000 Doses Orange County’s coronavirus vaccine site at Disneyland was expected to reopen Friday, a day after it shut due to brisk Santa Ana winds that were a threat to uproot its tents. “Disney now has enough vaccine to continue operating, (Soka University) will continue to operate without closure and the (Anaheim) Convention Center will continue to […]
Man Shot, Killed Outside Taco Truck in Downtown Los Angeles  A man in his 20s or 30s was killed Friday morning in a shooting near a taco truck in downtown Los Angeles. Officers responded about 12:30 a.m. to the 400 block of West Eighth Street, near Hill Street, and found the victim down on a sidewalk with at least one gunshot wound, according to Lt. […]
Funeral Pending for Motorcycle Deputy Killed in Lakewood Crash Funeral arrangements were pending Friday morning for a 41-year-old Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department motorcycle deputy killed in a collision with a Mercedes-Benz sedan in the Lakewood area. Thomas Albanese, a seven-year veteran of the department and father of two, died “instantaneously” from the impact of the crash, which occurred just before 9 a.m. Thursday […]
|
|
| Read more news on the MyNewsLA.com website |
|
|
| |
| | |
|
