An undersea earthquake struck off the Santa Monica area and rocked some people in Los Angeles awake early Monday morning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), there were a total of three earthquakes that hit the Santa Monica area today. The first and strongest was a 3.6-magnitude earthquake that hit at 2:17:11 AM PDT. [...]
“My buddy’s wife works at the seismology dept. in L.A. and they called everyone in today and said get your kids out of school and stock up on water because there is going to be a major quake within 24 hours,” How significant was such a warning? A huge problem is there is no “seismology [...]
Willie Davis, a speedy center fielder who collected two World Series rings, three Gold Gloves and was a two-time All-Star during his 14 seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 69. In a statement, Dodgers owner Frank McCourt said, “He was beloved by generations of Dodger fans and remains one of the [...]
NBA 2010: Los Angeles Lakers vs Memphis Grizzlies (Free live stream) – The LA Lakers’ hopes for a comeback after a heartbreaking 87-86 loss to the Celtics in LA is sparked as Kobe claims he is “good to go”. ”It’s healthy. The little pain that you get is from not being used to the pressure of playing. [...]
Fearing that the strongest storms to hit Southern California in years would touch off mudslides, authorities ordered the evacuation of nearly 800 homes in the foothills near Los Angeles on Wednesday. The threatened homes lie in suburbs north of Los Angeles, nestled against steep hillsides and canyons left barren by a massive wildfire last summer [...]
As a storm slammed into southern California, dumping heavy rain and snow across the region and leaving thousands of homes without power, a rare tornado warning was issued for Los Angeles Tuesday. A strong storm moving in from the Pacific Ocean and packing winds of around 95 kilometers per hour had triggered the tornado alert, [...]
A tornado made landfall Tuesday afternoon in California just outside Los Angeles, according to the National Weather Service, along with four water spouts and winds of up to 80 mph. Experts are still analyzing what took place, but the Los Angeles Times confirmed that a storm “with tornado-like strength pounded the Southern California coast” this [...]
A US Forest Service spokeswoman said Thursday that a massive fire that has charred nearly 60,000 hectares in Southern California and destroyed dozens of homes north of Los Angeles was caused by arson. Spokeswoman Rita Wears added that a homicide investigation has been initiated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department into the deaths of [...]
