Residents Take Shelter as Emily Approaches
- Share via
Grenadian police ordered people off the streets and businesses closed as Hurricane Emily threatened an island where Hurricane Ivan killed 39 people last year.
Shelters across the country reported people were arriving.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami reported that Emily had sustained winds of 92 mph. A warning was issued for Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
