6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (185+ words) A traffic accident in South L.A. involving a Los Angeles Fire Department vehicle sent seven people to the hospital Sunday afternoon, authorities said. In a statement, the LAFD said three civilian vehicles and one Fire Department vehicle were involved in the…...

6+ hour, 51+ min ago   (265+ words) A high-speed car crash in Irvine claimed two lives on Sunday morning, including a person affiliated with a well-known Orange County car show that hosts thousands of vehicles in San Clemente each week, according to police and social media posts....

7+ hour, 8+ min ago   (236+ words) A man died in Northern California’s Shasta Lake after attempting to save a dog who had gone into the water Friday morning, authorities said. Geordan White, 60, of Redding was found dead after he attempted to rescue the animal who had…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (846+ words) California lawmakers are calling for emergency legislation and criminal penalties for creators of rogue AI systems after top AI executives publicly claimed that their technology poses existential threats to humanity. After Anthropic Chief Executive Dario Amodei wrote in a Sept....

18+ hour, 40+ min ago   (38+ words) Los Angeles Times Rare whale shark sighting near Malibu captured on video Southern California pilot Carl Sbarounis recently captured footage of a whale shark off the coast of Malibu....

13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (607+ words) Christopher Higgins first rode Montezooma’s Revenge on Jan. 17, 1994 at age 12 — the same day as the Northridge earthquake. “The quake was in the morning before park opening, but we called Knott’s and they were gonna open that morning,” said Higgins, who…...

17+ hour, 25+ min ago   (382+ words) For 10 days, the center of the cinematic universe is the Toronto International Film Festival, whose closest geographical landmark is currently a ludicrous controversy. “Welcome to TIFF and welcome to the beautiful shore of — say it with me — Lake Ontario,” festival…...

17+ hour, 37+ min ago   (756+ words) The menu options around game time at Long Beach’s Legends Sports Bar include robust choices from sandwiches to burgers, nachos to ahi tacos, fish and chips and ribs. Yet, with the kickoff of the first NFL Sunday this season, longtime…...

18+ hour, 7+ min ago   (210+ words) FOFA would offer proactive forest management to address wildfire risk by removing regulatory barriers to expedite critical forest projects while preserving core environmental safeguards. The bill implements forest thinning and removal of dead and diseased trees to reduce fire intensity,…...

20+ hour, 7+ min ago   (1790+ words) The 11th in an occasional series of profiles on Southern California athletes who have flourished in their post-playing careers. Curtis Pride was born deaf, and when he started playing baseball he was doing it mainly for himself. But the closer he…...