Authorities are still investigating the charred remains of a South Los Angeles residence after an explosive fire killed a man inside. The fire started at a garage converted into an accessory-dwelling unit on 2400 block of 9th Avenue in the Jefferson Park neighborhood at about 5:35 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Video […]

A series of six earthquakes shook Brawley, Calif. Saturday evening, a day after multiple earthquakes greater than a 3.0 magnitude struck near Redlands. The first of Saturday evening’s earthquakes was a 3.5-magnitude quake, which happened at 4:14 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The initial earthquake was followed by 2.6 and 2.8-magnitude quakes. At […]

Investigators searching the Arroyo Grande home of convicted killer Paul Flores’ mother in the Kristin Smart case say the renewed operation could potentially lead to new criminal charges nearly 30 years after the Cal Poly student disappeared. During a Friday news conference, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson confirmed that Susan Flores remains a […]

A man who described himself as Spencer Pratt’s “best friend” is helping the Los Angeles mayoral candidate get the word out about his campaign – all the way in Georgia. TikTok user @brandonfromgeorgia shared footage of himself standing in front of a billboard in the city of LaGrange, located in the western part of the state near the […]

As Mother’s Day approaches, a group of senators are raising the alarm about the “appalling and horrific treatment” of pregnant and nursing people in immigration detention. On Thursday, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) wrote to Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin demanding information about the treatment of this […]

Officials confirmed that a flight leaving Denver International Airport (DEN) for Los Angeles struck and killed a pedestrian during takeoff on Friday night. Frontier Airlines Flight 4345 was leaving Denver at 11:19 p.m. when it reported striking a pedestrian on Runway 17L, the Federal Aviation Administration said. A spokesperson for DEN told KTLA that there was a brief engine […]

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For decades, the US Forest Service has actively managed public lands to reduce wildfire risks by clearing underbrush and trees, or employing prescribed burns—something Indigenous nations have practiced for centuries. Scientists have generally lauded the ecological benefits of what is also known as “fuel […]

Over the past four days, bettors on the prediction platform Polymarket have wagered nearly $3 million on whether we’ll see a hantavirus pandemic this year. A cluster of cases of a particularly deadly strain of the virus erupted on a cruise ship last month, killing three people out of eight suspected cases linked to the […]