Southern California is bracing for another heat wave surpassing 100-degree temperatures in some spots, hot winds and low humidity – with Orange County fire officials warning those who live near wild lands to prepare for evacuation if a brush fire breaks out near their homes. Red-flag warnings – cautioning that conditions are ideal for wild fires…
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro dodged an apparent assassination attempt when drones armed with explosives detonated while he was delivering a speech to hundreds of soldiers being broadcast live on television, officials said. Caught by surprise mid-speech, Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, looked up at the sky and winced Saturday after hearing…
Five people were killed when their twin-engine Cessna airplane crashed near South Coast Plaza in Santa Ana on Sunday afternoon, according to the Orange County Fire Authority. The plane crashed in the parking lot of a Staples office supply store in the 3800 block of Bristol Street, fire authority…
More than a dozen people were arrested Sunday afternoon amid a tense right-wing rally and counter-protest in Berkeley that officials worried might see the kind of violence that broke out last year during showdowns among demonstrators after President Trump’s election. About 500 people representing…
A brushfire broke out Sunday in the central area of Camp Pendleton and quickly spread, and by Sunday night was at 1,000 acres. Camp Pendleton officials said it was 50 percent contained. Officials at the sprawling U.S. Marine Corps base tweeted around noon that a three-acre fire had broken out on Wilcox Range. An hour…
The Mendocino Complex fire continued to grow at an alarming rate, burning 254,000 acres by Sunday morning and becoming fifth largest in California history. The massive blaze was burning in vast wilderness on both sides of Clear Lake, forcing more evacuations in rural areas of three Northern California…
At Scripps Pier in San Diego, the surface water reached the highest temperature in 102 years of records, 78.8 degrees. Palm Springs had its warmest July on record, with an average of 97.4 degrees. Death Valley experienced its hottest month on record, with the average temperature hitting 108.1….
By Louis Casiano, contributing reporter Brian Denny and his two sons couldn’t contain their shock Sunday. The trio had just been announced as the group winner of the of the International Surf Festival’s sand castle design contest for their creation of a giant 10-tentacled octopus. Along with 200 competitors, teams and individuals gathered near the…
By David Rice, contributing reporter MANHATTAN BEACH >> The seaside waters teeming with early-morning competitors, the 56th Annual Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim drew its biggest field ever Sunday More than 1,300 racers swam the 2.2 miles of open ocean from the Hermosa Beach Pier to the Manhattan Beach Pier, one of the marquee events of…
SANTA ANA – A pilot and four passengers were killed Sunday afternoon when a twin-engine aircraft, which had declared an emergency, crashed into a busy parking lot across from South Coast Plaza, striking a car whose driver was apparently inside shopping. The Cessna 414 was on approach to John Wayne Airport, said Orange County Fire Authority…
