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LA County Probation Department eliminates management jobs
In an “unprecedented restructuring” that was “largest of its kind in the country,” the Los Angeles County Probation Department has cut an entire management tier, the department announced Friday. The changes in the 6,600-employee agency affect 14 top managers with the elimination of 13 bureau-chief positions,...
Update: Calvin Fire Contained At 10 Acres
Firefighters are battling a brush fire that erupted in the Castaic area. Update: L.A. County Fire Department crews have contained the Calvin Fire at 10 acres, according to Captain Grant Grunbaum. No structures have been affected or are in danger. Original: The brush fire, named the Calvin Fire, was reported at about 10:45 a.m. Saturday ...
Vehicle Plummets Off Cliff, Struck by Train Below
PALMDALE, Calif., June 28 (KNN) — The Los Angeles County Fire Department and California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a vehicle struck by a train around 11:18 p.m. Thursday night. Upon arrival, fire units discovered a Metrolink train (Antelope Valley Line) had collided with a vehicle that had...
Los Angeles County firefighter sends out mayday call while fighting a house fire
A Los Angeles County firefighter sent out a mayday after one of his colleagues fell through a roof while trying to extinguish a house fire.The fire started at about 9:15 p.m. at a home in the 8300 block of Boer Avenue in Whittier. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke and fire emitting from the home. One person was inside of the house when the fire started but was able to get out on their own. Firefighters went to the roof to ventilate the building. However, one of them fell through and landed inside the home. Paramedics took the firefighter to the hospital, and he was quickly released with minor injuries. A second firefighter was also sent to the hospital with minor injuries, but how they were hurt is unclear. This is a developing story. Check back for more details.
Award-winning parade float company will close after being dropped by Tournament of Roses
Fiesta Parade Floats, which has built award-winning floats for nearly 40 years, will shut down amid financial hardships and its inability to meet Tournament of Roses standards.
Number of homeless residents in Los Angeles County decreases in annual count
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The number of homeless residents counted in Los Angeles County has dipped slightly, decreasing by about 0.3% since last year as California continues to struggle with the long-running crisis of tens of thousands of people sleeping in cars and encampments. Results released Friday from a...
Henry Mayo Among First Hospitals In L.A. County To Treat Patients With New Drug-Coated Balloon
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital’s Cath Lab team of pioneers are among the first to use a cutting-edge device to treat coronary artery disease in Los Angeles County. Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital recently became one of the first hospitals in Los Angeles County to treat patients with “The AGENT™ Drug-Coated Balloon (DCB),” a device that is ...
California’s largest landfill is about to become a massive park
California’s Wildlife Conservation Board recently awarded a $12.5 million grant to help convert a massive landfill into Los Angeles County’s first new regional park in three decades. The Puente Hills Landfill, located near the 605 Freeway and Highway 60 interchange, operated for nearly 60 years and was the largest landfill in California and the second-largest […]
California heat wave temperatures could top triple digits over 4th of July
LOS ANGELES - As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, Southern California is bracing for yet another heat wave that could bring triple-digit temperatures to parts of the region. According to the National Weather Service, a large area of high pressure will bring hot conditions starting Sunday, with temperatures gradually...
4 killed after law enforcement pursuit ends in crash; driver suspected of DUI
UPLAND, Calif. (AP) — Four people were killed early Friday after a six-minute pursuit by law enforcement ended in a two-vehicle crash in Southern California, authorities said. San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies began pursuing a driver who was suspected to be intoxicated around 1:45 a.m. Friday after the vehicle...
Southern California fire season off to a bad start. What's the forecast from here?
Any hopes that California’s wet winter would result in a slower and calmer start to the fire season went up in, well, flames this month as multiple major early blazes torched thousands of acres across the state. Data posted by Cal Fire shows that the amount of land burned by fires statewide so...
Crash involving multiple vehicles leaves 1 dead, 2 hurt in Diamond Bar
A violent multi-car crash in Diamond Bar claimed the life of one person and left two others hospitalized early Saturday morning. According to preliminary information, CHP officers were dispatched to the eastbound span of the 60 Freeway near the Lemon Avenue exit around 3 a.m. When they arrived, they found what was described as “a […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs budget to close $46.8B budget deficit
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday signed California’s budget to close an estimated $46.8 billion deficit through $16 billion in spending cuts and temporarily raising taxes on some businesses. Lawmakers passed the budget Wednesday following an agreement between Newsom and legislative leaders in which both...
KRON4 gets a look into new Cal Academy of Sciences exhibit
(KRON) — KRON4 anchor Stephanie Lin interviews the Cal Academy of Sciences senior exhibit content developer Paige Laduzinsky to discuss the new California State of Nature exhibit. The new permanent exhibit focuses on the species, places and people that allow California to thrive.
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