2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (229+ words) Whittier Daily News Los Angeles County is the focus of an extreme heat warning issued at 10 a.m. on Thursday by the National Weather Service. The warning is in effect until 8 p.m. “Temperatures of 88 to 108 degrees expected,” the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (254+ words) Whittier Daily News Los Angeles County is the focus of an extreme heat warning released at 10:49 a.m. on Tuesday by the National Weather Service. The warning is valid from Wednesday 8 a.m. until Thursday Sept. 10, at 8 p.m. “Temperatures of 88 to 108 degrees expected,” the NWS…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (143+ words) Whittier Daily News LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF. — A 3.2 magnitude quake rattled close to Compton, about 6.1 miles north of Long Beach, at midnight on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A tremor struck the region at 12:13 a.m. The earthquake’s epicenter was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (132+ words) One person was killed in a collision in Norwalk early Tuesday, Sept. 1, with 15 vehicles getting struck. Two vehicles were traveling eastbound on Rosecrans Avenue around 12:50 a.m. when one rear-ended the other, causing both to roll over several times, Los Angeles County…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Southern California Edison customers could be receiving a combined $72 credit on their summer electricity bills during August and September, the utility announced last week. According to SCE, millions of customers will be receiving the credit and no action is required…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (530+ words) This would be the first time that any state in the United States has levied a tax on unrealized assets like ownership in a business, securities, collectibles, and art. Last week, members of the editorial board and I spoke with…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (510+ words) This year’s California county voter information guides will once again display a serious inequity. Arguments in favor of bond and tax measures will usually be well written and signed by several local luminaries. Arguments against will often be less professionally…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (298+ words) The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday detailed measures launched to combat the wave of street takeovers and associated crimes that have plagued the county recently. In the wake of a couple of such takeovers last weekend, the department…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (154+ words) Whittier Daily News Catalina/Santa Barbara Islands, Malibu, Los Angeles County Beaches and Ventura County Beaches are the focus of a beach hazards statement issued at 12:25 p.m. on Tuesday by the National Weather Service. The statement is valid from Wednesday 5 a.m. until…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (329+ words) The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the city of Pico Rivera will give the public a firsthand look at Whittier Narrows Dam on Saturday, Aug, 29. The free event, set from 9 a.m. to noon, begins at the Pico Rivera Golf Club,…...