Salvador Hernandez is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, he was a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News, where he covered criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and breaking news. He also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native.
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Antonio Chaidez fired a gun at multiple locations near the California-Nevada border, injuring at least three people.
Southern California Edison has been inspecting electrical equipment in Altadena as part of the ongoing investigation into what sparked the deadly Eaton fire.
Some In-N-Out customers were discreetly using a hack to get a discount on one of the chain’s secret menu items, known as the “Flying Dutchman.”
Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes called for the state’s sanctuary law to be repealed earlier this week, but said deputies in his county won’t be conducting immigration enforcement.
Early findings from an ongoing study report that a group of 20 firefighters tested after the Palisades and Eaton fires had higher-than-expected levels of mercury and lead in their blood.
Campus officials warned students earlier this month that a man was spotted recording women in a school bathroom. The incident is similar to another incident under investigation last year.
A home appeared to have partially collapsed after an explosion was reported at the Pacoima home, officials said. At least one person was injured.
A man reportedly hit and bit other passengers during a Delta flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles, officials said, prompting police to respond Monday.
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