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What you need to knowA few light rain showers are expected in the Los Angeles area this weekend. Next week will continue to be cloudy and temperatures will remain below normal, but there is a chance of rain again. The first major storm of the season was fueled by an atmospheric river gaining strength over the Pacific Ocean, causing minor landslides and flooding in parts of Northern California. A weakening fall storm brought record rain to Northern California, causing minor landslides and flooding, but will bring only light rain as it slides into Southern California on a cool, cloudy weekend.…

Mystery remains as to who was responsible for installing a series of concrete barriers on roads across Southern California’s West Valley. Some believe the concrete blocks are an effort to prevent homeless encampments and recreational vehicles (RVs) from long-term parking in the area. Heavy, brightly colored blocks were recently installed in an industrial area of ​​Chatsworth, just off Nordhoff Street. In other areas, large barrels containing 60 gallons of water were placed on the streets instead. Both city officials and the mayor’s office confirmed that no fences or water bottles were installed. Surrounding residents remain confused. Although the motive remains…

Sherman Oaks resident Adelita Lopez was watching TV at home Wednesday night when her 2022 Kia Soul burst into flames, completely destroying her car, her neighbor’s car and her entire carport. He said it was destroyed. “I ran outside and my car caught fire,” Lopez told KTLA’s Angeli Kakade. Lopez’s car was parked behind her apartment building on Fulton Avenue in Sherman Oaks, and neighbors said it was set on fire nearby in a suspected arson attack. “The captain said, ‘We’re going to call it arson,'” Lopez said. Wednesday’s fire was the latest in a series of fires in the…

An atmospheric river flowing through San Francisco is expected to move south Friday night, bringing the possibility of showers to Southern California over the weekend. KTLA’s Vera Jimenez said residents along the coast from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles County could see light rain Friday night and early next week as the storm continues to weaken as it moves south. A winter weather warning is in effect for the central California mountains near the Eastern Sierra Slope from 4 p.m. Friday to 4 a.m. Sunday, the National Weather Service (NWS) said. Snow is expected to fall from around 8,000…

A California infant has died from Listeria monocytogenes during an outbreak linked to certain recalled ready-to-eat meat and poultry products. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 11 people in four states have been infected with the strain of the virus, nine of whom have been hospitalized. Seven cases have been reported in California, two in Illinois, and one each in New York and New Jersey.Heath officials did not provide additional information about the infant who died in California, including where in the state he lived. The recalled products are sold by Yu Shang Food Inc. of…

A Santa Clarita man was charged this week in what federal prosecutors believe is the country’s first death involving a synthetic opioid three times more powerful than fentanyl.Benjamin Anthony Collins, 21, is being held without bail on suspicion of selling pills containing protonitazene to a 22-year-old man from Stevenson Ranch, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced in a news release. The victim died shortly after taking the drug and was found by his mother sitting in the front seat of her car outside her home.Collins is charged with distributing protonitazen resulting in death, which, if convicted, could result in a minimum…

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake shook Malibu and the West Side of Los Angeles on Friday. The epicenter was about 7.5 miles north of Point Dume, in the mountains above the Malibu city limits. This is the seventh earthquake to occur in this area this year. The U.S. Geological Survey said “weak” shaking, or Level 3 as defined on the modified Mercalli intensity scale, may have been felt in Malibu, Thousand Oaks, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Canoga Park, Winnetka and Reseda. . Shaking of this magnitude is generally very noticeable indoors, especially on upper floors, and can cause the vehicle to shake…

What appears to be a high-rise fire near 5th and Bixel streets in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night caught the attention of a group of young people, who captured the disaster unfolding before them to share on social media. I started recording right away.The video was livestreamed on Citizen, a public safety mobile app, and then posted to X’s Citizen app social media accounts. Video shows smoke and an orange glow rising from the roof of the building. The video reads, “#BreakingNews Fire in a downtown high-rise building. Flames and smoke are coming from the top floor of the…

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a judge Friday for the third time to grant the hip-hop mogul $50 million bail, this time at 3rd Street in New York City’s Upper East Side. He argued that he should be kept under house arrest in his bedroom apartment. With 24 hour monitoring.But federal prosecutors said Combs violated federal prison rules and was “not reliable” by contacting witnesses outside. They also claimed he was a “danger to others.” U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian postponed sentencing until next week.Combs’ lawyers asked the judge to restrict Combs’ phone calls to his lawyer only, prohibit…

Los Angeles Unified School District showed strong gains in newly released state metrics, reaching record graduation rates, but overall academic performance fell well short of state learning goals.The latest state data release shows positive trends for the state’s largest school system, showing more improvement than the state as a whole. But in absolute terms, LA Unified’s performance is middling, even as portrayed by a state accountability system that rarely shines a harsh light on school systems. “While LAUSD’s scores are trending upward, our first goal must be to achieve results at or above LAUSD’s pre-pandemic levels,” said Michael W., former…