Gas Prices Continue To Climb In SoCal For 9th Day
Gas prices continued to increase in or around Southern California for the ninth day in a row.
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Gas prices continued to increase in or around Southern California for the ninth day in a row.
It took 101 firefighters 39 minutes to put out heavy flames in a single-story commercial building in Eagle Rock that was under demolition.
Gas prices around Southern California are averaging just over $4 per gallon and rising each day for the past week. But things could get worse because the fuel tanker industry is seeing a shortage in drivers.
For months, a string of fires in and around homeless encampments in Venice has been worrying neighbors, with the most recent one causing horror as a family pet was trapped inside.
Firefighters found a man dead inside a single-story home at 10544 W. Louisiana Ave., in the Rancho Park community of Los Angeles, where they're battling a fire, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Los Angeles County reported 500 new cases of COVID- 19 and 29 additional deaths Saturday, while the county's test positivity rate was at the lowest level of the pandemic at 0.6%.
The Los Angeles Chargers Saturday selected outside linebacker Chris Rumph II from Duke with their first choice of the final day of the NFL draft, then chose two offensive players and two defensive players.
The North Fire, which burned at least 552 acres in Castaic, was 97% contained Saturday.
Rallies were held around Los Angeles promoting equality and workers' rights Saturday, known as "May Day."
Oscar-winning actress Olympia Dukakis, known for her roles in "Moonstruck" and "Steel Magnolias," died Saturday at the age of 89.
Granada Hills Charter High School won its eighth national Academic Decathlon championship this weekend, officials announced Saturday.
All lanes of the northbound 5 Freeway south of Highway 138 near Gorman were reopened Saturday afternoon after Caltrans shut down all lanes Saturday morning when about 1,000 gallons of asphalt spilled from a semi-truck tanker.
Students 16 and older and parents of students in South East L.A. are able to get their COVID-19 vaccinations Saturday at Gage Middle School in Huntington Park.
A 2.5-mile section of the 101 Freeway from the 10/101 split to the 5/10/101 interchange just east of downtown Los Angeles will be shut down starting at 10 p.m. Friday. The closure is scheduled to end Monday at 5 a.m.
Parents of students at Wedgeworth Elementary School in Hacienda Heights say the conditions of the campus are unacceptable and that some school board members have made anti-Asian statements.
