Man drowns in Redding floodwaters as heavy rain heads toward SoCal
At least one person drowned in Redding on Sunday amid heavy rainfall and flooding in Northern California. Redding Mayor Mike Littau described a harrowing overnight scene on flooded Highway 273,…
Fight between Waymo and Santa Monica goes to court
Waymo is taking the city of Santa Monica to court after the city ordered the company to cease charging its autonomous vehicles at two facilities overnight, claiming the lights and…
2 young girls killed in SoCal house fire days before Christmas
A house fire in Murrieta killed two young girls Saturday morning and left their parents hospitalized, days ahead of Christmas. A crowd fundraiser has raised tens of thousands of dollars…
For Bass and LAFD, there’s no watering down how bad 2025 has been
The year was already a debacle for the Los Angeles Fire Department and Mayor Karen Bass, with multiple stumbles before and after the epic January blaze that obliterated Pacific Palisades,…
Reiner children say memorial coming for Rob, Michele
The family of Rob and Michele Reiner are working on a memorial for the couple, who were slain last weekend at their Brentwood home. In a statement Monday, children Jake…
Shark attack feared after swimmer goes missing off Monterey Bay coast
A woman swimming off the coast of Monterey Bay over the weekend vanished after witnesses say she may have encountered a shark, authorities said. The woman was swimming with a…
30 years ago, the way we looked at L.A. changed forever because of ‘Heat’
Los Angeles was not looking particularly good in 1995. The previous few years had been marked by racial tensions, civil unrest, the collapse of both the aerospace industry and the…
Will the coming storm save California’s ski season?
Nothing but dirt and dry, brown chaparral rolled beneath skis and snowboards dangling from a chairlift at Big Bear Mountain Resort on Friday, as forlorn adventure seekers joked they should…
How investors stand to profit from L.A. County sex abuse settlements
Walking out of a Skid Row market, Harold Cook, 42, decides to play a game. How long after opening YouTube will it take for him to see an ad asking…
Biggest Christmas storm in years set to hit SoCal: A timeline for the week
A Pineapple Express storm could deliver one of Southern California’s stormiest Christmases in recent memory. The basics The storm is expected to deliver 4 to 8 inches of rain between…