At least five people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions.

Robert “Bob” Laemmle, the president of the Los Angeles-based Laemmle Theatres who ran the chain until his son Greg took over in 2004, died Thursday in Santa Monica. He was 89. Bob Laemmle was born in Paris and came with his parents to the U.S. in 1938. He graduated from Marshall High School, Cal State […]

2018’s Den Of Thieves delivered the goods (as a kind of junior version of Michael Mann’s classic Heat which matched De Niro and Pacino) and a ballsy attempt to rob the unrobbable Los Angeles Federal Reserve. It did modest but respectable business globally considering its limited ambitions, and that apparently was just enough to justify […]

In 2018, Den Of Thieves delivered the goods (as a kind of junior version of Michael Mann’s classic Heat, which matched De Niro and Pacino) and was a ballsy attempt to rob the unrobbable Los Angeles Federal Reserve. It did modest but respectable business globally considering its limited ambitions, and that apparently was just enough […]

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Amid the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, the city of San Diego and the tourism community have worked together to offer a safe place to stay for those affected by the wildfires. San Diego, located 120 miles south of L.A., is currently unaffected by the ongoing wildfires. See a full list of special accommodation rates […]

UPDATED with latest: Two deaths have now been reported in the Palisades Fire, which has grown to nearly 20,000 acres, Los Angeles City Fire Chief Kristin Crowley announced at a late afternoon news conference Thursday. The two deaths included one body that was removed from the rubbleof a home along Pacific Coast Highway, Crowley said. […]

UPDATED thruout: A fast-moving wildfire that broke out earlier Thursday afternoon near West Hills, northwest of Los Angeles, on the border of L.A. and Ventura counties has charred nearly 800 acres and briefly forced mandatory evacuations. The fire was first spotted at about 2:30 p.m. north of the Ventura (101) Freeway near Valley Circle Boulevard. […]

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Get Steve Kerr's perspective on the tragic wildfire that destroyed their family home in Palisades in Los Angeles. The post Warriors HC Steve Kerr Shares Heart-Wrenching Update Amid ‘Apocalyptic’ Wildfire appeared first on Heavy Sports.

Hundreds of California prison inmates are helping firefighters battle the out-of-control flames that have engulfed parts of Southern California.

President Joe Biden said that the federal government will cover 100% of the cost of disaster assistance, on things like debris removal, temporary shelters and first responders’ salaries. At a briefing at the White House today, Biden told reporters, “Due to the magnitude of the disaster, I was talking with the governor, he asked if […]