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"Before you hit the hill, you are sweating profusely. Then you start adding the hills and the hiking and all the gear that we carry and dehydration becomes a big factor," Captain Todd Downing says.
Power outages cut air conditioning Sunday for thousands of Southland residents suffering through triple-digit heat.
A van headed east on Sherman Way crashed into a pickup truck at Vineland Avenue, around 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
No injuries were reported.
A black actress from the movie "Django Unchained" says she was approached by police following a public display of affection with her white boyfriend.
It did not take long for the heat to return on Sunday. In some areas, it never really went away.
CPR was performed to no avail.
A bicyclist was hospitalized Sunday after being shot in the leg from a passing vehicle, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Wildlife rehabilitation experts are working to keep two baby opossums alive after the mother was apparently beaten to death with a sharp rock.
California Lottery officials say one lucky person is holding a winning Powerball ticket worth $1,098,624.
Authorities say one person was taken to an area hospital after jumping off the deck of the Queen Mary in Long Beach.
A man who was shot managed to drive himself to a Shell Gas station in Corona for help, authorities said.
Utility crews were working late Sunday morning to re-establish water service for at least 50 customers left dry when a 6-inch water main burst earlier in the day.
A wildfire in Orange County was 20 percent contained on Sunday but more than 200 homes remained evacuated near the Cleveland National Forest, authorities said.
