October 13, 2026
October 13, 2026
ORANGE COUNTY, 10.12.2026. — Southbound Pacific Coast Highway has been reduced to one lane in northern Laguna Beach as emergency work addresses coastal erosion linked to high surf and elevated tides from Tropical Storm Rachel, according to traffic monitoring data. The restriction runs from Irvine Cove to Reef Point Drive, an area adjacent to Crystal Cove State Park at the northern edge of Laguna Beach and between Corona del Mar and central Laguna Beach. California State...
Los Angeles, Oct. 13, 2026 - A suspected arson fire broke out on South Hope Street in Downtown Los Angeles early Tuesday, prompting a large response from the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), according to a report posted by local resident @Stellaaa on X.com. @Stellaaa first noted smelling smoke and hearing numerous sirens around 3:05 a.m., then followed up minutes later with video of the scene, describing a "massive LAFD response" to what she characterized as another...
A man in his twenties died after climbing from a raised visitor walkway into the Amur tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster on Saturday 10 October 2026, South Yorkshire Police confirmed. Emergency services were called at about 1.35pm after reports that he had entered the enclosure. Two ambulances, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and a doctor attended, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. His family has been informed and is being supported by specialist...
Update 2:22 pm PST: LAPD has confirmed the incident at Milken Community School was a hoax.According to ABC7, a call about a supposed active shooter around 1 p.m. at the school on Zeldins Way triggered a lockdown and a large police response. When officers arrived, no threat was found. LAPD described it as an apparent swatting call (a fake emergency report to 911). The school is a private Jewish middle and high school in the Brentwood/Bel Air area. Earlier social media reports...
Updated story (based on reporting as of October 13, 2026): Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a judicially authorized search warrant early Monday, October 12, 2026, at the Washington-area residence of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). The Department of Justice confirmed the action was part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation. Agents were observed removing boxes, including some labeled "Seized Property Evidence." Federal crime(s) authorities...
Sunset Boulevard is partially closed west of Allenford Avenue after a water main leak forced Los Angeles Department of Water and Power crews to set up a multi-day repair zone in the Brentwood area. The leak, located at approximately 13316 West Sunset Boulevard on the Westgate Trunkline, was first reported Friday afternoon. By Saturday evening, all eastbound lanes and one westbound lane between Allenford Avenue and Mandeville Canyon Road were closed to accommodate excavation...
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel brought powerful surf and elevated water levels to the Long Beach Peninsula this weekend, damaging oceanfront homes, destroying sections of the historic boardwalk, and prompting emergency evacuations and structural red-tags along Seaside Walk. The Peninsula, a narrow sandspit at the southeast end of Long Beach that separates Alamitos Bay from the Pacific Ocean, has been particularly vulnerable. Waves overtopped and...
Ocean water flooded streets and properties on Newport Beach's Balboa Peninsula on Friday as elevated tides and powerful swells driven by Tropical Storm Rachel inundated low-lying coastal areas. City officials urged residents and visitors to avoid the peninsula while crews responded to the flooding. Aerial footage showed seawater covering residential streets, with vehicles partially submerged and people wading through the water. Police restricted access in parts of the area to...
James Talarico's nearly two-week absence from the Texas campaign trail has escalated from a disputed flu recovery into a direct conflict between the campaign's account and a recorded phone call to an Ohio mental-health facility. The Democratic nominee's campaign continues to say he was diagnosed with influenza at a Dallas urgent care around September 29–30 and spent the subsequent period recovering at home in Austin. On October 11, independent investigators Rhein Amacher...
As of October 8–9, 2026, Russian authorities say the quarantine and medical observation linked to the death of laboratory technician Darya Shipilova have ended, with no secondary cases and no dangerous pathogens found in nearly 5,000 samples. They still have not published a definitive cause of death. The World Health Organization continues to ask what tests were run and, if the illness was not plague, what killed her. Shipilova, 28, worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague...
Federal and local officers carried out a coordinated drug enforcement operation Thursday morning in downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, centered on the area around Fifth and Crocker streets. The action, called Operation Save Skid Row, followed a multi-month investigation and resulted in the arrest of 23 of 28 people charged in federal complaints with distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, PCP, and other drugs. The operation was planned in advance. Officials described an...
A Santa Monica resident is accusing Mayor Caroline Torosis and City Manager Oliver Chi of assembling a closed process for city land, including the airport after it closes. The accusation is not that a new agency already controls every sale. It is that several public actions, taken together, remove the old checks and point the city toward a much larger role as landowner, landlord, and developer. In a letter to the Santa Monica Observer, resident Harriet Epstein wrote that...
Santa Monica police are investigating a traffic collision at 22nd Street and Wilshire Blvd. Wilshire Blvd is closed to through traffic for the investigation. A Tesla S Car with it's airbags deployed seen at intersection; Police were interviewing people from the Tower Medical Center. This is a breaking news...
SANTA MONICA - The Victorian is closing permanently at the end of October, after 20 years as a restaurant, event space, and nightlife venue in the historic house at 2640 Main Street. The business announced the decision on Instagram on October 5, writing, "After 20 incredible years, The Victorian is closing its doors, but not before we say thank you." Its final weekend will be the annual Halloween party, leaving four weekends of service before the doors close for good. In the...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations intercepted the boat around 1:30 p.m. south of Newport Beach using a Coastal Interceptor Vessel from the Long Beach Marine Unit, according to the Department of Homeland Security and a statement from CBP. The vessel, described as resembling a recreational fishing boat, carried 11 adult men, two adult women, and one accompanied juvenile male. All told authorities they were Mexican nationals. Agents transported the...
Los Angeles County prosecutors say a couple and their nanny subjected at least 14 surrogate-born children to repeated physical abuse inside an Arcadia mansion. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced Tuesday that Guojun Xuan, 66, and Silvia Zhang, 39, both of Arcadia, were charged with conspiracy to commit child abuse and related offenses involving children as young as 2 months old who lived in their home. A nanny, Chunmei Li, 57, was previously...
On Saturday, October 10, the Santa Monica Pier stopped being a postcard and became a private backyard for kids from underserved communities across Los Angeles County. The second annual Youth Day at the Pier gave roughly 200 children and their caretakers a full day of free entertainment, amusement-park rides, performances, and, for many, their first look at the Pacific Ocean. Presented by the Santa Monica Pier Corporation and made possible by Goldenvoice, the event is part of...
Calabasas-based artist Tyler “Enso” Barnett is looking for a benefactor to help reopen Ensō Gallery in Malibu after he closed the space during the pandemic. The former owner is currently selling paintings and accepting commissions to fund the effort, with the goal of returning to his previous location on Pacific Coast Highway, which remains available. Barnett’s work centers on interpretations of the Japanese ensō, a single-brush circular form associated with presence,...
Los Angeles County home prices remained essentially flat to modestly higher on a year-over-year basis through August and September 2026, even as the market showed clear signs of cooling in listing activity and buyer leverage. California Association of Realtors figures put the median price of an existing single-family home at $946,950 in August, up 1.7 percent from the same month in 2025. Redfin data for the three months ending in August showed a median sale price near...
A man suspected of fatally shooting Culver CityBus driver Bruce Rodriguez in Mar Vista has been booked for murder, Los Angeles police said, as family, coworkers and neighbors gathered Saturday night in Culver City to remember the 42-year-old father of two. The shooting happened around 5:15 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, on a Culver CityBus near Mitchell and Centinela avenues, in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. Other accounts placed the scene along Centinela near...
