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Dramatic video captured the moment a great horned owl was rescued after becoming tangled in power lines high above the ground in Big Bear. Footage shared by Bear Valley Electric Service shows the large bird suspended near a towering pine tree as a utility worker carefully works to free it from the electrical lines. The [...]
A man has been arrested for allegedly trying to steal a fire hydrant in the Signal Hill area, a trend that authorities say is on the rise in Los Angeles County. Surveillance video captured the Oct. 23 incident and showed the man, using his parked car as a screen, appearing to use a wrench to [...]
Ongoing bureaucratic infighting and technical problems have caused another delay in the long-overdue Automated People Mover project at Los Angeles International Airport. Overbudget and overdue Construction began on the $3.3 billion project in 2019, with Angelenos being told the Skylink people mover would be ready to ride by 2023. Three years later, the train is [...]
More than 100 structures were damaged and six homes were deemed unsafe for unrestricted access after record-breaking high tides flooded coastal neighborhoods in Orange County this week, and experts warn the worst may still be ahead. In Huntington Beach, 114 homes and other structures sustained water damage as seawater inundated low-lying areas, including Sunset Beach [...]
A U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm says a North Korean unit was likely behind the hack that impacted more than $6 billion on Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance said it worked with blockchain partners to freeze roughly $3 billion in affected assets. It said Friday that it was beginning to recover assets for users. [...]
A U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm says a North Korean unit was likely behind the hack that impacted more than $6 billion on Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance said it worked with blockchain partners to freeze roughly $3 billion in affected assets. It said Friday that it was beginning to recover assets for users. [...]
Light rain from Southern California's Halloween weekend storm arrived across parts of the region Friday morning. "We're talking about those scattered showers that have been happening already early this morning and are expected to continue throughout the morning hours and throughout the day," KTLA's Kirk Hawkins said. Heaviest showers The same pattern is expected to [...]
The exchange, which described the situation as a "security issue," has temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals while it "conducts security checks, freezes funds, and works with law enforcement." I
Two suspects were arrested for allegedly kidnapping a man for ransom in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles Police Department identified the suspects as Morgan Peters, 28, and Anthony Christos, 28. On Oct. 26, police responded to reports of a kidnapping in the 19900 block of Rinaldi Street in Porter Ranch around 3:30 p.m. The [...]
Two Los Angeles men have been arrested in connection with a string of motorcycle thefts in Southern California in which suspects allegedly loaded parked motorcycles into a van and drove away, authorities announced. The suspects, identified as 24-year-old Brian Anthony Velasquez and 46-year-old Yury Edson Velasquez, were taken into custody following an investigation that stretched [...]
A Riverside County music teacher was arrested on sexual abuse charges involving two young children. Authorities identified the suspect as Omar Garcia Herrada, 54, of Woodcrest. On Oct. 18, Lake Elsinore deputies responded to a home in the La Cresta area to investigate a report of “inappropriate contact between a music teacher and two young [...]
An investigation is underway in Hawthorne after a woman and a juvenile victim were taken to the hospital with critical injuries Thursday. Hawthorne Police were called to a residence on the 4000 block of 139th Street around 3:20 p.m. Details are limited and authorities have not released information on the circumstances surrounding the incident. Officials [...]
Four people have been arrested on suspicion of arson and conspiracy in connection with a massive fire that destroyed several businesses in Santa Clarita's historic Old Town Newhall district, causing an estimated $13 million in damage, authorities announced Thursday. The suspects were taken into custody Oct. 29 after Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives served search [...]
A Riverside County man was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a 7-year-old girl. The Redlands Police Department identified the suspect as Jack Henry Doshay, 34, of Cherry Valley. On Oct. 25, authorities investigated reports of a sexual assault incident reportedly involving Doshay and the young girl that occurred in the parking lot of [...]
The deaths of an elderly couple found inside their Ventura County home earlier this month have been ruled a homicide and suicide, according to newly released information. Charles D. Jaseph, 79, and his wife, Shirley K. Jaseph, 91, both died from gunshot wounds at their home on Tahquitz Court in Camarillo, the Ventura County Star [...]
