Extreme heat strains the power grid and causes outages through Los Angeles County
Record-setting temperatures caused about 130 outages, cutting power to more than 70,000 households in LA city.
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Record-setting temperatures caused about 130 outages, cutting power to more than 70,000 households in LA city.
The neighborhoods surrounding USC experienced a series of power outages on Friday during the peak of a heat wave that brought record-breaking temperatures to many communities in Los Angeles County.
The rebate applies to window, wall and portable air conditioning units bought between June 1 and Sept. 30.
Long Beach and LAX both broke all-time highs, while Burbank, UCLA and downtown Los Angeles tied their record temperatures.
The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a pair of burglary crews after two separate incidents in Sherman Oaks and Cheviot Hills.
A helicopter landed on the 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles Thursday night.
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LAPD and their federal partners at the FBI and Homeland Security announced a joint initiative to target human traffickers.
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After two wet winters, 19 counties encompassing most of California's population have officially emerged from the drought that has afflicted the state for the past three years.
Christopher Evans Hubbart admitted to raping 38 women in the Bay Area and Southern California between 1971 and 1982.