A brush fire burning in San Bernardino County prompted evacuation orders Wednesday night, Cal Fire officials confirmed. The blaze, dubbed the Grand Fire, was first reported at 7:13 p.m. near the Chino Hills intersection of Grand Avenue and Pleasant Hill Drive. It quickly grew to about 30 acres by 8:15 p.m. Fire officials upgraded the […]

As In‑N‑Out Burger announced new locations set to open across several states this year, one of the newest locations in its home state of Southern California will open in Irvine. The restaurant will be a part of The Canopy, a sprawling 12-acre retail center still in development at the Great Park Neighborhoods. Among the many […]

After more than a century of bottling sodas in Ventura, a historic Coca-Cola manufacturing plant is preparing to shut its doors for good. Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling announced the Ventura facility will permanently close on July 10, ending a 114-year run in the city and impacting dozens of workers, according to company filings and published reports. […]

An Inland Empire high school water polo player’s mother is calling on two school board members to resign after accusing them of “sexualizing” members of the boys water polo team who were photographed wearing Speedos at a school baseball game. The controversy began in late April, when members of the Temecula Valley High School water […]

Authorities revealed new details Wednesday afternoon about the violent Santa Clarita crash involving a city transit bus, an overturned semi truck and two other vehicles that left 13 people injured. According to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, the driver of a semi truck hauling a full load of gravel may have been traveling as […]

Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt is facing backlash on Wednesday over a recent campaign ad that some claim is misleading. In the ad, which was posted April 29, he’s seen standing in front of a trailer at the site of his burned out Palisades home. Pratt claims his competitors live […]

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has taken a lead role in promoting President Donald Trump’s particular plans to mark America’s 250th anniversary. That includes helping fund Freedom250, an opaque, public-private partnership set up within Burgum’s department. But how Freedom250 came about apparently is a mystery to the secretary—or so he said in congressional testimony on Wednesday. […]

Apparently House Speaker Mike Johnson doesn’t believe that Congress needs any oversight of President Trump’s actions. During a Tuesday press conference honoring law enforcement officers as part of Police Week, Johnson dismissed a question about the Justice Department potentially settling Trump’s lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service—essentially the federal government handing a $10 billion ransom […]

A Los Angeles Thai restaurant honored in the Michelin Guide and frequented by celebrities temporarily closed its doors after county health inspectors cited it for health code violations. Jitlada, a long-standing Southern Thai restaurant on Sunset Boulevard in the city’s Thai Town, was shut down April 30 due to a “vermin infestation,” according to the […]