By Bradley Bermont, contributing writer With police checkpoints preventing access to Malibu, still under mandatory evacuation on Tuesday as the Woolsey fire continued to burn, residents who stayed behind found themselves trapped with no supplies. They needed food, water, firefighting gear, first-aid kits and fuel for cars and generators. Supplies are loaded ashore for people…
CNN sued the Trump administration on behalf of reporter Jim Acosta on Tuesday, asking a court to restore Acosta’s White House press pass after President Donald Trump suspended it last week. The unusual suit, an escalation of Trump’s long-running war of words with CNN, seeks a judge’s intervention after Trump banished Acosta from the White…
The deadly Woolsey fire has destroyed at least 435 structures – homes, commercial buildings, outbuildings and historic landmarks – but with only 15 percent of the damage assessment completed so far, that number could change. During a press conference Monday, fire officials said damage assessment teams have only recently been able to get into some…
LAGUNA WOODS — If you see something — like a sofa or computer being illegally dumped — say something. You could get an award up to $100. On Tuesday, Nov. 6, the Golden Rain Foundation approved the implementation of a rewards program designed to incentivize residents to call in on oversized items intended for disposal…
A woman died after a Santa Ana shooting during the predawn hours of Monday, Nov. 12. A caller reported that his friend had been shot near the intersection of West 1st Street and North Pacific Avenue at about 1:40 a.m., according to a news release from the Santa Ana Police Department. It said that, a…
Downed power lines caused a fire that scorched two residences in Santa Ana, leaving 14 people without a home for the night on Monday, Nov. 12. High winds brought live wires in contact with the trees near two neighboring houses on the 400 block of North Laurel Street, sparking a fire at about 9:04 a.m.,…
Residents in the path of the Woolsey and Hill fires spent Monday assessing damage, resupplying with essentials and contacting loved ones despite limited cell phone coverage from so many downed utility poles. Flare-ups of the blazes, which tore into Malibu, were virtually all contained on Monday with scattered areas still smoldering. Ash swirled amid high…
The Morrison Ranch House in Agoura is among the latest casualties of the Woolsey fire, adding to a list of torched historical landmarks beloved by local history buffs and recreationists in the Santa Monica Mountains. The fire consumed more than 90,000 acres and was 20 percent contained by Monday evening, but not before destroying 370 structures…
