PASADENA — A 4.2-magnitude aftershock to the 7.1 earthquake of July 5 struck the Ridgecrest area Monday morning, followed by a smaller aftershock hours later, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The first quake hit at 1:38 a.m., at a depth of 0.6 mile, 31.7 miles north-northwest of Ridgecrest in Kern County, according to a computer…
Growing up, Sandra Martinez’s world revolved around La Luz del Mundo church. She shoveled dirt as a teenager to help build a new church in Houston. Years later, when the church asked congregants to help support their missionaries, Martinez said she and her husband donated the deed to their house…
LOS ANGELES — Some Southland communities will continue to wilt in 100-degree weather Monday as the region’s first heat wave of summer 2019 enters its fifth day. A heat advisory issued by the NWS will go into effect at 10 a.m. Monday in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and San Gabriel valleys and the Santa…
Over the last four decades, the Happy Foot Sad Foot sign at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Benton Way has become the neighborhood’s mascot and mood ring. The more mystical residents of Echo Park swear the sign works like a giant rotating fortune cookie or tarot card. If you see the sign on…
On July 15, 1976, three gunmen kidnapped 26 children and their driver off a Chowchilla, Calif., school bus.
Hot weather persisted over the weekend with the National Weather Service issuing a heat advisory through 8 p.m. Monday for the valleys in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. With temperatures expected to reach 97 to 105 degrees, cities included in the advisory were Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario, Moreno Valley, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga and Corona. Related…
A man who La Habra police said asked a teenage girl for directions, then propositioned her for sex as she was skateboarding on Imperial Highway more than two weeks ago was arrested Friday night. Sgt. Jose Rocha, a La Habra detective, said police were following up on the incident at around 11:30 p.m. when they…
A body was found Sunday, prompting an investigation near train tracks in southeastern Los Angeles County near Pico Rivera that forced cancellation or delays for Metrolink trains and Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner. Authorities about 9 a.m. were sent to investigate reports of an unconscious person in the Rio Hondo River Basin between Slauson Avenue and Washington…
A 19-year-old man from Pensacola, Fla. was hit and killed by a driver in Tustin Saturday night. Officers responded to a call shortly before 9:30 p.m. at Jamboree Road and West Drive, by the Tustin Marketplace. They found a man later identified as Trace Goodwin lying in the road with major injuries, Tustin Police Lt….
Long-threatened Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids were set to begin Sunday amid anxiety in immigrant communities across the country and questions about how extensive the much-hyped action would actually be. The raids were expected to take place in at least 10 cities, including in California….
