California Cleans Up As Storm Hits Southwest
Perhaps the biggest job was in Camarillo, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, where a mudslide made 13 homes uninhabitable Friday. The debris flowed down a hillside burned by wildfire last year.
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Perhaps the biggest job was in Camarillo, about 50 miles northwest of Los Angeles, where a mudslide made 13 homes uninhabitable Friday. The debris flowed down a hillside burned by wildfire last year.
California Highway Patrol officers say the victim was driving a 2007 GMC and collided with a 2006 Kenworth tractor/trailer near Ventura Boulevard at 12:55 a.m.
The first assault occurred on Hollywood Boulevard near the corner of North Cherokee Avenue around 1:15 a.m., Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. A. Howell told City News Service.
The Winter Holiday Festival kicks off Saturday at noon and features an ice skating rink, craft booths, family entertainment and photos with Santa.
Final preparations were underway Saturday morning for the event as volunteers showed up and people lined up outside the door - some waiting all night long.
Military veterans tormented by war are finding refuge in helping to heal exotic birds that have been orphaned.
A head-on crash between a Jaguar and a Mercedes closed part of Laurel Canyon Boulevard Friday evening, authorities said.
"You could see the funnel coming out of the sky and then you saw the rotation in the water and it turned into white water and it was just amazing," said Nina Tinney.
For most, the alarm hit around 2 a.m., along with a text message reading: "Flash flood warning."
For the past seven years, Mark Pittman and his family have cut their own Christmas tree at Nancy's Ranch in Santa Clarita. To the Pittmans, it's tradition.
Recent storms here in Southern California have provided much needed rain for the area, but it still may be a long way to go before drought conditions are lifted.
The authority didn't say where in Fresno the January 6 groundbreaking ceremony announced Friday will be held.
Officers stood at the intersection of La Brea and De Longpre Avenue, where one person was taken into custody and the group dispersed.
During the height of the rain, streets looked like virtual rivers.
Channel Drive was closed Friday evening between Bixby Village Driver and Pacific Coast Highway.
