Joseph Serna is a deputy editor on the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times and helps oversee daily breaking news coverage. He was previously a deputy editor for culture and talent where he helped manage the company’s internship, fellowship and training programs. Prior to that, he covered wildfires, emergency preparation and response for Metro, which took him to some of the worst fire disasters in the world from Australia to Northern California. He was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack. He attended Orange Coast Community College, San Francisco State University and graduated from Cal State Long Beach.
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Russell Brand, comic turned commentator, is charged with multiple counts of rape and assault stemming from incidents alleged to have happened from 1999 to 2005.
Weather forecasters expect a quarter- to a half-inch of precipitation Sunday and Monday, likely not enough to affect wildfire burn areas.
L.A. police tried to pull over the vehicle about 1:30 a.m. near Hoover Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard next to BMO Stadium but the vehicle sped off.
The driver, an unidentified woman, fled the scene in the Crenshaw District before officers arrived and left the boy, a woman and a third passenger behind, the LAPD said.
Downtown L.A. was about 14 degrees above normal Sunday, reaching 82 degrees. Temperatures could climb into the 90s by Wednesday in the coasts and valleys.
The E/A-18G Growler crashed into the water off San Diego after its two aviators ejected. The aircraft is believed to have crashed between Point Loma and Naval Air Station North Island.
An SUV was reportedly driving 60 to 70 mph northbound in the southbound carpool lanes of the 405 Freeway near Getty Center Drive just after 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to California Highway Patrol logs.
The Palisades and Eaton fires destroyed thousands of homes but left some still standing through a combination of fortunate timing, wind shifts and — according to experts, modern approaches to architecture and landscaping.
Ryan Kobayashi, who flew to Los Angeles looking for his daughter, Hannah, after she was reported missing, ‘tragically took his own life,’ according to his family.
The city of Monterey confirms that Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s pick for Defense secretary, was investigated over an sexual assault allegation there in 2017.