By Cole Premo Click here for updates on this story MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings organization is showing support to Los Angeles Rams fans as wildfires rage in the LA area. “We’re thinking of our Rams friends, their community and the first responders during this time,” the team wrote on X early Wednesday afternoon.
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A fast-moving brush fire in the Eaton Canyon area exploded in size today, topping 10,000 acres while claiming five lives and destroying hundreds of structures while prompting school closures throughout the area. The fire was reported at about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Altadena Drive and Midwick Drive in the hills above Altadena,
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Driven by unrelenting winds, a massive brush fire engulfed over 15,000 acres through the Pacific Palisades area, destroying or damaging more than 1,000 structures and forcing thousands of people from their homes as it moved toward Malibu on the west and Santa Monica on the southeast with no reported containment today. The fire was
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By David Goldman, Ella Nilsen and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Monday announced an executive action that will permanently ban future offshore oil and gas development in parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans in a way that could be especially difficult for the incoming Trump administration to undo. Biden’s executive
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New Year’s Day will mark the advent of new laws impacting Inland Empire motorists, as well as those statewide, with provisions intended to deter speed contests and “sideshows,” improve electric bicycle safety and ensure autonomous vehicles maintain uninterrupted monitoring systems. As of Jan. 1, if a person is arrested for conspiring to orchestrate a street
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By Jamie Barton, CNN (CNN) — A California appellate court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle Dana Stubblefield – finding it “legally invalid” – on the grounds of racial bias. On Thursday, the Santa Clara County Sixth District Court of Appeal vacated the former NFL star’s conviction and prison
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By Alaa Elassar and Josh Campbell, CNN (CNN) — After a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy agreed to plead guilty to a federal civil rights violation for using excessive force on a transgender man, who was arrested in 2023 under false pretenses and strip-searched, other deputies have been relieved of duty for their role in
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A sweeping new law designed to save lives and prevent accidents by boosting visibility at intersections will take effect in Riverside County and across California on Jan. 1. The new “daylighting” law, AB 413, prohibits parking within 20 feet of any marked or unmarked crosswalk to improve safety by increasing visibility at intersections. The law
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Los Angeles County health officials warned residents today not to feed their pets raw food following a voluntary recall of Northwest Naturals Brand 2lb Feline Turkey Recipe Raw & Frozen Pet Food due to detection of H5 bird flu virus in product samples. The county Department of Public Health said the recalled products are packaged
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Public health officials are investigating the first human case of H5 bird flu detected in Los Angeles County, it was announced today. The victim, an adult who was exposed at a worksite to livestock infected with H5 bird flu, has been treated with antivirals and is recovering at home, according to the county Department of
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Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was blamed for fatally trapping a man beneath debris on a beach and later partially collapsing a pier, tossing three people into the Pacific Ocean. The storm was expected to bring hurricane-force winds
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The crew of a military helicopter flying out of Camp Pendleton made a fiery but non-injury emergency landing today alongside Interstate 5 north of Oceanside. The chopper touched down in an open area west of the freeway and north of Aliso Creek Rest Area on the grounds of the northern San Diego County military base
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese national was arrested Thursday on charges of acting as an illegal agent for Beijing when serving as the campaign manager for an unnamed politician elected to a city council in Southern California two years ago. The arrest of Yaoning “Mike” Sun, 64, came at a time of rising
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Two Inland Empire lawmakers tomorrow will publicly call for the resignation of Riverside Unified School District’s superintendent based on policies that the pair argue are hostile to girls by promoting transgender policies that favor biological males. “Riverside Unified has failed to protect young girls on campus, most recently at King High School in my district,”
Continue Reading A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who is a resident of Corona has agreed to plead guilty to a federal civil rights charge for assaulting a transgender man who was exercising his First Amendment rights by “flipping off” the lawman, officials announced today. Joseph Benza III, 36, who was assigned to the Norwalk Station
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Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency to bolster the statewide response to bird flu in dairy cows — an outbreak that has now expanded from the Central Valley to Southern California. According to the governor’s office, Avian influenza A, or H5N1, was detected last week in cattle at four Southern California dairies. The
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Los Angeles Deputy Mayor of Public Safety Brian Williams was placed on administrative leave following an investigation into a bomb threat he allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year, Mayor Karen Bass’ office announced today. The Mayor’s Office was notified that the FBI searched Williams’ home Tuesday as part of their investigation, according
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Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035. The incoming Trump administration is likely to try to reverse the action. The California rule is
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Proposition 31, which bans flavored tobacco products will officially go into effect in the new year. It’s already illegal for retailers to sell tobacco to anyone under 21. The ban doesn’t make it a crime to possess such products but retailers who sold them to kids could be fined up to $250. The ban, which
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Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the “rape club” because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct. Under settlements approved Tuesday, the
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