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Sweltering triple-digit temperatures blanket parts of the Southland this weekend
A high pressure system continues to push temperatures into the triple-digits Sunday throughout the Southland.
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A high pressure system continues to push temperatures into the triple-digits Sunday throughout the Southland.
The triple-digit heat made firefighting conditions even more challenging this weekend as crews worked to contain the brush fire that has been burning for eight straight days.
Firefighters are making progress on a multistate fire burning on the California-Arizona line.
Authorities on Sunday were investigating a shooting in La Puente that killed a man while injuring another.
A teenage boy was fatally stabbed during the first-ever community carnival in the Palms community of Los Angeles.
Authorities are investigating a fatal shooting in Ventura.
One firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries while battling the blaze near the Hollywood Bowl and John Anson Ford Amphitheatre on Sunday.
Homicide detectives Sunday were investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in an encampment in Long Beach.
A Santa Ana woman has been booked on suspicion of murder following a suspected gang-related shooting.
Firefighters have contained a 1,330-acre wildfire Monday morning, which is 30% contained, according to Cal Fire San Bernardino.
Some evacuation orders were lifted Friday, nearly a week after the Post Fire broke out near Gorman in LA County.
A driver was killed in a solo-vehicle crash in Pomona.
Long Beach police were investigating a hit-and-run collision on the Pacific Coast Highway that claimed a life.
The LA Pride Parade, one of the largest in the country, is expected to get under in Hollywood.
A 46-year-old man suffered injuries that were being described by officials as "significant" after a shark attack at a Southern California beach.