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SGV football preview: No. 9 Rio Hondo Prep pursuing 4th straight title

Fred Robledo's Top 10 countdown: Rio Hondo Prep has undergone a massive overhaul after three straight championship seasons.

The Rio Hondo Prep sidelines in the second half of a CIF State Division 2-A football championship game against the Sonora Wildcats at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo on Saturday, December 13, 2025. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)

Screen grab from an X.com video posted by Wall Street Apes that shows a photo hanging at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa showing kids holding signs that read “Happy last Birthday” and “No Kings.” The photo also has an caricature of President Donald Trump with the words, “You’re not a king, so stop playing one”

Photograph at OC Fair condemned by county Republicans as call to violence against Trump

The Los Angeles County Fire Department concluded in reports released today that electrical arcing on an out-of-service Southern California Edison tower sparked the January 2025 Eaton fire. Southern California Edison crews were air lifted out to transmission tower 208 in Eaton Canyon, Altadena on Monday May 5, 2025 to begin removal of the tower to be preserved as evidence as being the possible cause of the Eaton Fire. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

LA County fire officials say SCE’s electrical tower sparked deadly Eaton fire

One of the motorcyclist’s gloves is seen on the pavement. (Photo from video by Gabriel Pabon/Key News Network)

Motorcyclist killed in 50-foot fall off LA freeway transition near Harbor Gateway

A swearing-in ceremony was held for Pasadena Fire Chief, Chad Augustin, at the courtyard and rotunda of Pasadena City Hall on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Chief Augustin began running the department in February of this year, but was officially sworn-in on Thursday in front of city officials and family. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

Pasadena City Council approves parcel tax measure for November ballot to fund fire services

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LA County fire officials say SCE’s electrical tower sparked deadly Eaton fire
LA County fire officials say SCE’s electrical tower sparked deadly Eaton fire
Motorcyclist killed in 50-foot fall off LA freeway transition near Harbor Gateway
Motorcyclist killed in 50-foot fall off LA freeway transition near Harbor Gateway
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie’s health declines
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie’s health declines
Photos: Former Pasadena mayor’s annual Block Party brings resources, smiles
Photos: Former Pasadena mayor’s annual Block Party brings resources, smiles
Authorities say 251 dogs found at Linda Blair’s Acton rescue site
Authorities say 251 dogs found at Linda Blair’s Acton rescue site
Trump visit: Downey man arrested, weapons found after ‘suspicious’ behavior at RPV golf course
Trump visit: Downey man arrested, weapons found after ‘suspicious’ behavior at RPV golf course
Rose Bowl Aquatics Center to temporarily move programs next spring to prep for 2028 Summer Olympics
Rose Bowl Aquatics Center to temporarily move programs next spring to prep for 2028 Summer Olympics
AMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona show
AMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona show
LA man gets 3 years for pouring lighter fluid onto CHP vehicle, helping toss scooter onto freeway
LA man gets 3 years for pouring lighter fluid onto CHP vehicle, helping toss scooter onto freeway
Cal State LA professor awarded $1 million in retaliation lawsuit
Cal State LA professor awarded $1 million in retaliation lawsuit

Crime and Public Safety

Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi. (Image courtesy Cal Fire San Diego Benevolent Fund)

Wife admits fatally stabbing her spouse, a Cal Fire captain, in Ramona home

Yolanda Marodi, 54, pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder in 2025 death of wife Rebecca...

Local News

A shooting was reported Monday night in a parking lot near the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. (File)

2 teens arrested in Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk gunfire, evacuation

Santa Cruz police have arrested two 17-year-old suspects in connection to Monday night’s gunfire at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Around 9:02 p.m., the Santa Cruz Police Department received reports of shots fired in the parking lot across the street...

World Cup 2026

FIFA president Gianni Infantino and executive Arsene Wenger at the Women's Euro 2025.

Top FIFA officials Wenger and Grafström distance themselves from Infantino’s World Cup sell-off plan

Wenger said it was “absolutely necessary” to drop the proposal.

Opinion

Miriam Hellmann is the artist who painted, and then restored the mural. Faith leaders and politicians gathered at Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center in response to antisemitic vandalism on a mural where the temple used to stand on July 30, 2026 in Pasadena, CA. (Photo by John McCoy, Contributing Photographer)

As a community rises from the ashes, hate will not tear it apart

In the days since, the mural been restored; the swastikas painted over with an olive branch added instead.

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LA County fire officials say SCE’s electrical tower sparked deadly Eaton fire
LA County fire officials say SCE’s electrical tower sparked deadly Eaton fire
Motorcyclist killed in 50-foot fall off LA freeway transition near Harbor Gateway
Motorcyclist killed in 50-foot fall off LA freeway transition near Harbor Gateway
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie’s health declines
Big Bear bald eagle Jackie’s health declines
Photos: Former Pasadena mayor’s annual Block Party brings resources, smiles
Photos: Former Pasadena mayor’s annual Block Party brings resources, smiles
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Authorities say 251 dogs found at Linda Blair’s Acton rescue site
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Trump visit: Downey man arrested, weapons found after ‘suspicious’ behavior at RPV golf course
Rose Bowl Aquatics Center to temporarily move programs next spring to prep for 2028 Summer Olympics
Rose Bowl Aquatics Center to temporarily move programs next spring to prep for 2028 Summer Olympics
AMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona show
AMP 97.1 FM making a ‘Morning Mess’ by airing LA version of Arizona show
LA man gets 3 years for pouring lighter fluid onto CHP vehicle, helping toss scooter onto freeway
LA man gets 3 years for pouring lighter fluid onto CHP vehicle, helping toss scooter onto freeway

Depleted Dodgers done in by 5-run 7th inning in loss to Red Sox

Shohei Ohtani gets two more extra-base hits – including a go-ahead homer – but Cole Irvin is asked to absorb six innings on a night when the Dodgers go with a bullpen game in a 9-4 defeat against red-hot Boston.
Hurricane swell brings wild waves, challenging conditions for US Open of Surfing
Pasadena vigil shines renewed light on deaths of immigrants amid ICE campaign
Miami Mayhem close perfect AVP League weekend in Long Beach
England hands Mexico its first World Cup loss at Estadio Azteca, winning 3-2 to reach quarterfinals
Canada leaves fans thrilled with late goal to beat South Africa in World Cup elimination game
Fans give United States a cheerful sendoff to the World Cup knockout round

wildfires

Firefighters battle winds and flames as multiple beachfront homes go up in flames along Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in the Palisades Fire on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

19 months after wildfires, USC researchers find elevated lead levels in some areas

Most fire-related chemicals detected in coastal waters returned to typical levels within months, the research...

Sports

Angels starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez throws to the plate during the first inning of a game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night in Baltimore. Rodriguez allowed two runs in seven innings in his best start of the season in a 3-1 loss. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Angels waste strong start from Grayson Rodriguez against his former team

A lack of clutch hits dooms the Angels to a 3-1 loss to the Orioles,...

Things To Do

Concept art for the Killer Klowns from Outer Space haunted house during Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood. (Courtesy of Universal)

Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights brings back Killer Klowns from Outer Space

Halloween Horror Nights runs on select nights from Sept. 3 through Nov. 1 at Universal...

2026 Elections

FILE – The Maryland State House in Annapolis, Md., June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon, File)

Maryland lawmakers get closer to asking voters to clear the way for redistricting helping Democrats

If voters approve, a redrawn map could kick in for 2028.

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