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Calif. beach water quality mostly good last summer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new report finds visitors to California beaches encountered mostly clean waters last year. About 93 percent of beaches along the state’s coast that were tested for bacterial pollution last summer […]

2013/05/23

Yard in Glendora searched in case of woman missing since 1978

GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) — Cold-case investigators have returned to a Southern California backyard where they are searching clues in the disappearance of a woman 35 years ago. Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Holly Francisco says […]

2013/05/23

Beach goers stand around a fire pit, Huntington Beach, California (AP Photo)

Tests show Calif beach bonfires hurt air quality

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Preliminary testing shows that wood smoke from beach bonfires that dot the Southern California coastline is hurting air quality near the fire pits and in adjacent neighborhoods. The South Coast […]

2013/05/15

Fire shuts down I-5 north of LA; heat a factor

CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — A 25-acre wildfire has shut down some northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in Castaic, north of Los Angeles, and is threatening a mobile home park. Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Anthony […]

2013/05/13

LA-area doctor indicted for illegal prescriptions

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California doctor has been indicted on charges he allegedly wrote more than 1,200 prescriptions for powerful painkillers after a federal order revoked his authority to prescribe the drugs. […]

2013/05/13

Bleak times for local sports fans

“And here’s to you, Los Angeles Kings; So-Cal turns its lonely eyes to you.” Why do the sports gods hate us? All the way back to last fall. A USC team that was a pre-season […]

2013/05/13

A bulldozer clears a firebreak near a wildfire burning along a hillside, Thousand Oaks, California. (AP Photo)

Crews look for hot spots at Springs Fire

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Southern California firefighters remain on the lookout for hot spots a week after a wildfire erupted near Camarillo and Thousand Oaks. The Ventura County Fire Department said Thursday the fire is […]

2013/05/09

Farm workers pick crops with Springs Fire in background. (AP Photo)

Hot spots still seen at Springs Fire

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Southern California firefighters continue to patrol the big wildfire burn area near Camarillo and Thousand Oaks. The Ventura County Fire Department said Wednesday that as vegetation dries out following light rain, […]

2013/05/08

3 hikers found in San Bernardino Mountains

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Three hikers who vanished during a weekend hike in the San Bernardino Mountains have been found safe. A San Bernardino County sheriff’s helicopter crew found the men at about 10:15 […]

2013/05/07

Springs fire 90 percent contained

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — A big Southern California wildfire has been reduced to ashes and embers but authorities say it’s still a threat. Mike Lindbery of the Ventura County Fire Department says the blaze in […]

2013/05/07

Small quakes strike Ventura County

PASADENA (CNS) – Two small earthquakes struck Ventura County today, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The first temblor struck at 2:05 a.m. at a depth of 13 miles with a magnitude of 3.5, […]

2013/05/07

Kings vs Ducks at Dodger Stadium in outdoor game

The 2012 Stanley Cup® champion Los Angeles Kings will host the Anaheim Ducks in a regular-season NHL® game outdoors at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at 7 p.m. Part of the previously-announced 2014 […]

2013/05/06