A magnitude 6.1 earthquake was reported at 5:57 p.m. Pacific time on Friday 105 miles from Amami, Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. According to the USGS, the epicenter was farther than 100 miles from a city. In the last 10 days, there have been no earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or…
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake in the Ridgecrest area early Friday drove home what seismologists have been telling Southern Californians for the past week: In the wake of two strong quakes July 4 and 5, that area is likely to keep shaking for years. And while the chance of another damaging aftershock is small, it will be…
California authorities said Friday that crews are beginning to clean up a massive oil spill that dumped nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water into a Kern County canyon, making it larger — if less devastating — than the state’s last two major oil spills. The seep, which has been flowing off and…
San Francisco restaurants are no longer allowed to offer customers plastic utensils or disposable food accessories with their orders. If customers would like chopsticks, napkins, beverage lids and sleeves, stirrers and straws, they will have to request them with their purchase. That goes for takeout,…
A 17-year-old girl shot and killed by a Fullerton officer on the 91 Freeway was pointing what turned out to be a replica handgun, video of the fatal confrontation released Friday shows. The Fullerton Police Department on Friday afternoon released the body-worn camera footage, as well as a 911 call the teen’s father made in…
LOS ANGELES — The Southland will bake Friday under sweltering temperatures on the second day of the region’s latest heat wave, prompting warnings to area residents to guard against heat-related illnesses. High temperatures of 95 to 102 degrees are expected across most of the Los Angeles County valleys Friday through Sunday, with the warmest expected…
For decades, the curving mural depicting a golden sun has greeted visitors to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Faded by the elements, its once-vibrant blue lost some luster over the years. The gold-leaf paint had chipped away. Still, the image drew eyes upward. No one seemed to know who had painted…
A magnitude 4.9 aftershock tumbled east of Ridgecrest, Calif., on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred in an area that was struck by a pair of strong earthquakes just a week ago and has been rattled by thousands of aftershocks. In the past 10 days, there…
U.S. Coast Guard members boarded a semi-submarine racing through the waves, one of 14 operations seizing cocaine and marijuana since May in international waters off Mexico and Central and South America. The agency released dramatic video of the encounter with smugglers on Thursday. It shows a Coast…
An adjunct UCLA professor of electrical engineering faces 219 years in federal prison for conspiring to export semiconductor chips with military applications to China. According to a statement released last week from the Department of Justice, Yi-Chi Shih, 64, obtained access to a U.S. company’s…
