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A fire destroyed more than a dozen RVs overnight Thursday at Mike Thompson’s RV Super Store in Santa Fe Springs. Authorities responded to a possible burglary call at about 12:30 a.m. at the gated property on Firestone Boulevard in southeastern Los Angeles County near the 5 Freeway. Several RVs were in flames when firefighters arrived.

In a radical departure from how Californian’s have paid for electricity in the past, a state commission is considering charging rate payers not just for the electricity they use, but based on their income, their privilege to use it. The five-member appointed California Utilities Commission will vote Thursday on a plan that would require most

Hardline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene stunned colleagues Wednesday calling for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, but lawmakers quickly rejected it. The lopsided vote to “table” or kill Greene’s motion to vacate the speaker’s chair was 359-43. Just 10 Republicans voted with Greene, seven Democrats voted present. Greene pressed ahead with her long-shot effort

An Amber Alert was issued Tuesday morning for a missing 1-year-old boy. Authorities said Weston Landrum was abducted by his 46-year-old father in West Covina. The abduction stemmed for a domestic violence case, authorities said. Weston was last near North Grand Avenue and Fairway Lane, according to the California Highway Patrol. Weston is 3 feet

What to Know USC will not have its usual main stage ceremony. The university will hold more than 100 smaller commencement events. Graduates will be eligible to receive up to eight tickets for the event. USC’s commencement ceremonies kick off Wednesday, May 8 through May 11, with over 100 events for the class of 2024.

A federal judge indefinitely postponed the criminal classified documents trial of former President Donald Trump. The trial on charges that Trump willfully retained classified national security records after leaving the White House and then hid them from federal authorities was scheduled to start May 20. But the new ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon

Donald Trump returns to his hush money trial Tuesday facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses including porn actor Stormy Daniels. An attorney for Daniels, Clark Brewster, told The Associated Press that the porn actor, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is “likely” to

If Donald Trump keeps trying the patience of the judge presiding over his hush money trial, the former president could wind up back in his home New York City borough of Queens — specifically the prison on Rikers Island, experts said Monday. Judge Juan Merchan, who on Monday found that Trump once again had violated a

After historic winter storms flooded California’s rivers and packed mountains with snow, the state reported Monday the first increase in groundwater supplies in four years. The state saw 4.1 million acre-feet of managed groundwater recharge in the water year ending in September, and an 8.7 million acre-feet increase in groundwater storage, California’s Department of Water Resources

After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space

Prosecutors in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. Hope Hicks, a former White House official and for years a top aide, is by far the closest

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced a newly created Office of Campus Safety Sunday to administer policing and emergency management in the aftermath of campus unrest over pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The school had came under heavy criticism for its response to violence that broke out at a protest encampment last week, with Gov. Gavin Newsom and other

What to Know Unrest began last month after USC announced it canceled the graduation speech from its pro-Palestinian valedictorian. After the LAPD clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters on campus on April 24, more than 90 demonstrators were arrested. USC has restricted the public’s access to its main campus, allowing only students, faculty and staff with valid

A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered in exchange for information that would lead to the arrest of a hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist Friday night in the Lake Balboa area, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The LAPD is seeking the public’s help in locating the driver of a silver SUV

Firefighters from a severely damaged fire station in Huntington Park are being relocated to a station in Vernon, CountySupervisor Janice Hahn said Saturday. The fire broke out early Wednesday at LA County Fire Station 164 at 6301 Santa Fe Ave. No injuries were reported, and the flames were extinguished in about an hour and 20

In the wake of canceling its annual commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus, USC has announced a plan to host a new last-minute celebration event for graduates. The event is being called the Trojan Family Graduate Celebration and will be held at the LA Memorial Coliseum on Thursday, May 9. “We know many

Leaders with the Jewish and American Muslim communities both believe safety should be the top concern at UCLA after the Pro-Palestinian encampment caused unrest and chaos on campus this past week. They are demanding UCLA provide security for everyone — something they said did not happen during the protests. With five weeks left in the

The Los Angeles Police Department’s review of officers’ use of force in 2023 showed there were three more police shootings, 17 more significant uses of force, four more in-custody deaths, and three more accidental shootings by officers in comparison with 2022. The LAPD said nine officers were injured in the 2023 shootings. Of those struck

Metro warned of possible delays on several bus lines Friday as operators threatened to miss work in a protest. Metro issued a statement Friday morning, responding to the planned work sickout. “We appeal to our operators to reconsider the impact their plan to call in sick will have on some of the most vulnerable people

A tuberculosis outbreak among residents of a single-room occupancy hotel in Long Beach has left one person dead and led to the hospitalizations of nine others, prompting the declaration of a public health emergency, city officials said Thursday. The city Department of Health and Human Services insists the risk of exposure to the general public