Across L.A., murals are a testament to Nipsey Hussle’s legacy
In alleys, along busy highways, on billboards and outside businesses, murals and street art memorializing the slain rapper color the city.
Deputy gangs have survived decades of lawsuits and probes. Can the FBI stop them?
For decades, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has been under pressure to break up tattooed gangs of deputies accused of misconduct. But senior department officials, county leaders and prosecutors have failed to root out a subculture of inked clubs that pervades the nation’s largest sheriff’s…
Huntington Beach woman and dog missing in Inyo National Forest; search underway
Crews searched Saturday for a Huntington Beach woman and her dog who went missing one day earlier near an Inyo National Forest campground, authorities said. Sheryl Powell, 60, of Huntington Beach, was last seen Friday afternoon near the Grandview Campground, a half-hour drive north of the community of Big Pine in the Sierra Nevada mountains,…
3 hospitalized as crash shuts 3 lanes on the southbound 55 Freeway in Costa Mesa
Three people were hospitalized and three lanes of the southbound 55 Freeway were blocked for about an hour in Costa Mesa as a result of a crash possibly involving three vehicles, authorities said. The Costa Mesa Fire Department said about 2:50 p.m. that it was conducting a heavy rescue on the southbound 55 Freeway at…
Arson investigation launched after Fountain Valley carport fire burns 35 cars, spreads to apartments
A fire at a Fountain Valley apartment complex early Saturday damaged or destroyed at least 35 cars and temporarily displaced residents in 15 apartments; and arson investigators were called in. Authorities received a call about the blaze at The Havens apartments, 10275 Slater Ave., at around 2:42 a.m., Fountain Valley Fire Capt. Nick Fasullo said….
ICE raids spark fear, protests and questions about who will be swept up
With a new round of ICE raids set to begin Sunday, hundreds protested in Southern California and immigrants targeted by the Trump crackdown braced for the federal action. Many elements of the raid still remain unclear, including exactly how many are being targeted and how much the new action will…
Police seek driver they say purposely hit 2 pedestrians in Fullerton
Police are seeking a driver who they believe intentionally hit two pedestrians in Fullerton early Saturday morning, July 13, and then fled the scene. Officers responded to a call at 1:58 a.m. at Elm and Raymond avenues and found two men thought to be in their 20s lying in the street. They told police the…
Earthquakes leaves dozens of homes unfit for living in Trona
More than 30 homes have been red-tagged as uninhabitable and 51 were yellow-tagged due to serious damage in Trona and surrounding San Bernardino County communities following two large earthquakes last week, according to initial damage assessments by state and local officials. The assessment includes…
Ridgecrest earthquake packed the power of 45 nuclear bombs, but its impact was muted
When the magnitude 7.1 earthquake ruptured the earth in the Mojave Desert, it packed the energy of 45 nuclear bombs of the type that fell on Hiroshima. But a variety of factors lessened the potency and impact of what was the most powerful Southern California earthquake in nearly two decades. The…
Earthquake: 6.1 quake strikes near Amami, Japan
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…