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Palmdale family says their home was destroyed by fire after lit firework fell into their yard
A Palmdale family is homeless after they say a lit firework fell into their yard, sparking a huge fire that destroyed their home earlier this week.It happened on Sunday, June 30 at the Rivas family's home on W. Avenue O, when they say a firework landed in their backyard, exploded and ignited the blaze. "Unfortunately, in the back there was something that just ignited and it blew out my sliding glass door," said Kristina Rivas, a mother of four who lived in the home with her own mother.When the fire started, Rivas' two youngest daughters and her elderly mother were home...
Driver killed in head-on crash along PCH in Malibu
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City to Discuss Hart Park Transfer from L.A. County
The Santa Clarita City Council is scheduled to discuss the transfer of William S. Hart Park from Los Angeles County at the Council’s regular meeting Tuesday, July 9, at 6 p.m. Background. William S. Hart Regional Park is the last remaining Los Angeles County park located within the city...
LASD seeking public’s help to locate missing person
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating an at-risk missing person last seen in Santa Clarita during the early hours of July 4. Tristan James Clark, 44, was last seen on the 24000 block of Golden Oak Lane at 1 a.m. Thursday. He is listed as a 5-foot-7 white man weighing 200 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He also has a tribal band tattoo on his right arm and was last seen wearing blue and black plaid boxers.
Man Killed Crashing Car into Tree in Lancaster
A man was killed Friday morning when the car he was driving crashed into a tree in Lancaster. The crash was reported at 1:56 a.m. at the intersection of Division Street and Avenue K, Lancaster sheriff’s Lt. Mike Politano told City News Service. A witness told deputies the car...
5 juveniles in custody after chase involving stolen car ends in Hawthorne, authorities say
Five juveniles led authorities on a high-speed chase through the South Bay on Thursday afternoon before abandoning a car in the middle of a street in Hawthorne and fleeing on foot into an apartment building.The chase made it way across surface streets and the 110 Freeway before the driver exited into a residential neighborhood and ditched the vehicle.Shortly before 1 p.m., the driver and passengers jumped out the Kia Soul and near the intersection of 129th Street and Jefferson Avenue and ran.Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies followed them onto the property and set up a perimeter as a law enforcement helicopter circled overhead.A search ensued, and by 3 p.m. all five of the suspects were apprehended, a sheriff's spokesperson told ABC7.Details of when and where the car was stolen were not immediately available.
Rosemead Pair Found Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances, LASD Seeks Public's Help
Tragedy struck Rosemead on Wednesday when a man and a woman were discovered lifeless near the 7600 block of Steddom Drive. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is currently probing the case as LASD Homicide Bureau detectives arrived at the scene around 12:20 p.m., following reports of two individuals who were found unconscious and not breathing by deputies. Despite efforts, paramedics pronounced both parties dead at the location, as confirmed by KTLA.
Voters could decide on major change for LA County government: expanding board from 5 members to 9
Los Angeles County Supervisors Lindsey Horvath and Janice Hahn announced a proposal Wednesday that would revamp county government by expanding the Board of Supervisors from its current five members to nine."Five elected leaders serving 10 million people as both the executive and the legislative branches of government simply makes no sense," said Horvath during a press conference.Their proposal would also establish an independent ethics commission to promote transparency and make the county CEO an elected position.Since the measure requires a change to the County Charter, the proposals would have to be approved by voters."We've talked to voters and they overwhelmingly...
Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputy Injured in Lancaster Traffic Collision
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Outmigration cost California $24B in departed incomes as poorer people move in
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"Dangerous" heat expected to spread up West Coast, break records
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Here are the 10 big issues already on the California ballot in November
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