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As most of Orange County is under a heat advisory until Wednesday night, local leaders gathered to discuss the challenges related to climate change and recommendations by experts for future adaptations.
Long Beach Polytechnic High School, among other campuses in the Long Beach School District, is grappling with soaring temperatures as a lack of air conditioning continues to pose challenges for students and teachers.
The City Council moved forward in unanimously approving a motion asking the City Attorney's Office to investigate whether the Texas governor committed any crimes when he sent 42 migrants on a 23-hour bus ride to downtown L.A. in June.
According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the suspects broke into the home and tied the homeowners up at around 1 p.m. before fleeing in a black car.
All lanes of the westbound CA-60 Freeway at the I-710 interchange are closed after a crashed big rig spilled diesel fuel across the roadway.
Around noon, the suspect ran out of the car in the area of Normandie Avenue and 88th Street, where deputies continue to search for the suspect in a residential area.
Los Angeles Police Department Detective Ryan Moreno announced the charges at a Wednesday morning press conference, saying the driver, Gregory Black, 31, is a well-known gang member with a checkered past and extensive criminal history.
Crews from LAPD's dive team wearing hazmat suits showed up at the house early Wednesday morning, saying they were about to go into 3 feet of dirty water in the home's backyard to investigate.
About 120 firefighters worked to extinguish the flames and prevented the fire from spreading to other neighboring businesses.
Authorities said the man taped a gun to his hand and refused to surrender, leading to an hours-long standoff that came to an end around 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office has charged 59-year-old David Bloom, once called the "Wall Street Whiz Kid," for scamming nine people out of nearly $250,000.
A power outage canceled all on-site classes at California State University, Long Beach.
Police said the robbers ransacked the jewelry store and also robbed a customer.
A Los Angeles County Lifeguard spokesperson said the beach is not closed, but people are advised to stay out of the water as the health department tests water quality in the area.
The takedown represents the largest United States-led financial and technical disruption of a botnet infrastructure leveraged by cybercriminals to commit cyber-enabled criminal activity.
