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Triple-Digit Heat to Grip IE This Weekend

Triple-digit temperatures were expected across inland Southern California Saturday as a high-pressure system fueled another hot weekend. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures are expected to peak Saturday, with areas away from the coast getting the brunt of the heat, while “near to above normal temperatures” are anticipated along the coast and in coastal…

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Fast-Moving Brush Fire in Gorman Area Has Scorched 1,108 Acres

A fast-moving brush fire in the Gorman area, near the Kern County line, was 54% contained Saturday after scorching 1,108 acres, with evacuation warnings all lifted. The Ridge Fire was reported at 2:40 p.m. Friday burning northeast of the Golden State (5) Freeway near Gorman School Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.…

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Fast-Moving Brush Fire in Gorman Area Has Scorched 1,108 Acres

A fast-moving brush fire in the Gorman area, near the Kern County line, was 54% contained Saturday after scorching 1,108 acres, with evacuation warnings still in place. The Ridge Fire was reported at 2:40 p.m. Friday burning northeast of the Golden State (5) Freeway near Gorman School Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire…

Business

Tasha Fire Burning in Santa Clarita-Newhall Pass Area

What has been described as a “large brushfire” was burning Saturday in the Santa Clarita-Newhall Pass area of Los Angeles County. The so-called “Tasha Fire” was first reported at 4:37 p.m. Saturday off the right shoulder of the Golden State (5) Freeway, where it joins the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway. Fire was reported all over…

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Downey Officers Shoot Homicide Suspect to Death

Downey police officers Saturday fatally shot an allegedly armed man suspected of killing another man and woman. Officers responded to a report of shots fired at 7:50 a.m. Saturday in the 11800 block of Downey Avenue, at De Palma Street,…

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Brush Fire Burns in Burbank’s Wildwood Canyon

A smoky brush fire was burning Saturday in the Wildwood Canyon area of Burbank. The fire was reported about 3 p.m. Saturday and there were unconfirmed reports that it was started when a vehicle hit a tree. The city of…

Business

Brush Fire Burns in Burbank’s Wildwood Canyon

A smoky brush fire was burning Saturday in the Wildwood Canyon area of Burbank. The fire was reported about 3 p.m. Saturday and there were unconfirmed reports that it was started when a vehicle hit a tree. The city of…

Life

Motorcyclist Killed in Crash on 105 Freeway in El Segundo

A man on a motorcycle was killed in a single-vehicle crash on the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway in El Segundo, authorities said Saturday. The crash occurred at about 10:15 p.m. Friday on the eastbound freeway at the Imperial Highway on-ramp,…

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Triple-Digit Heat Gripping Some Inland Areas

Parts of Los Angeles County were experiencing triple-digit temperatures Saturday as a high-pressure system fueled another hot weekend. An extreme heat warning was in effect until 8 p.m. Sunday in the Antelope Valley. A less severe heat advisory was in place until 8 p.m. Sunday for the Santa Clarita, San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys,…

Crime

No Arrests Reported in Two More Street Takeovers in Los Angeles

Two more violent street takeovers took place in Los Angeles Saturday, yet despite the ransacking of a nearby AutoZone and a vehicle being set ablaze, no arrests were reported in either case, authorities said. The first illegal gathering took place around 2:30 a.m. Saturday at Atlantic and Olympic boulevards, according to a watch commander at…

Crime

Fast-Moving Brush Fire in Gorman Area Has Scorched 1,057 Acres

A fast-moving brush fire in the Gorman area near the Kern County line was 30% contained Saturday after scorching 1,057 acres, with evacuation warnings still in place. The Ridge Fire was reported at 2:40 p.m. Friday burning northeast of the Golden State (5) Freeway near Gorman School Road, according to the Los Angeles County Fire…

Crime

Downey Police Officers Fatally Shoot Suspect

Downey police shot and killed a suspect Saturday, but details about what led to the fatal gunfire were not immediately provided. The shooting was reported at 7:50 a.m. Saturday in the 11800 block of Downey Avenue at De Palma Street, a couple blocks west of Lakewood Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.…

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Two More Home Burglary Incidents Reported in San Fernando Valley

Police Saturday were investigating two more home burglary incidents in the San Fernando Valley. Officers took an attempted burglary report after being dispatched to a home in the 3800 block of Rhodes Avenue in Studio City at about 10:30 p.m. Friday, according to Officer Rosario Cervantes of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Division.…

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FBI Probing `764′ Group After Bomb Threat at Huntington Hospital

Federal authorities Saturday were investigating a bomb threat that prompted an evacuation at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, and allegedly came from an extremist online group well-known to law enforcement. The call was received at about 5:50 a.m. Friday, according to Pasadena spokeswoman Lisa Derderian. “The Pasadena Police Department received a call from Huntington Hospital Security…

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