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Overworked and under-resourced fire chiefs battling wildfires are getting backup from new hi-tech helicopters that can fight fires 24/7, and, for the first time, drop flame retardant at night. 60 Minutes reports, Sunday.
Supporters of Desiree Horton, who was fired by the OC Fire Authority after being the first woman to pilot a helicopter for the agency, rallied in Irvine Thursday to demand she get her job back.
Police officers rushed to the home of Melina Abdullah Thursday after someone pretending to be her son called 911, saying she had overdosed on pills.
The suspect, a homeless man, had been asked to leave the restaurant just prior to the shooting.
The NBA this upcoming season will not require players to be vaccinated.
The suspect was in a park pointing the gun at cars and people, authorities said.
A U.S. district judge had ordered the city and county of L.A. to offer housing to all homeless people on Skid Row by mid-October.
Fire officials Thursday assured residents that smoke seen in the Los Angeles basin is from wildfires burning in North and Central California and urged people not to call 911.
For Kathy and Clark McIlvain, who lost their son Charlie in one of the worst maritime disasters in recent history, the pain is still very fresh.
Booster-eligible adults include those over the age of 65 and people 18-64 who are are at high risk for severe illness.
Police began pursuing the suspects, who were in a black Dodge, on Western Avenue at about 6:10 p.m. after responding to reports of a man possibly armed with a gun.
Los Angeles County Fire Department units responded to a water main break in West Hollywood Thursday evening.
St. John's Well Child and Family Center, which provided the mobile clinic, said services are free and residents do not need to have insurance.
The aedes mosquito, more commonly referred to as the "ankle biter," has officially landed in all 34 Orange County cities.
