Fedor Zarkhin is a breaking news reporter at the Los Angeles Times. He joined its Fast Break team after 11 years as a data, watchdog, healthcare, narrative storytelling and breaking news reporter at the Oregonian, in Portland, Ore., and about two years as an investigative data reporter at the Palm Beach Post in South Florida.
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A mix of astronomical and tidal events are converging with unusually warm waters off Southern California’s coast to push the tides higher than ever before, sending surges of water into beach cities like Newport Beach and Redondo Beach.
Según los documentos judiciales, al registrar el teléfono de la conductora se descubrió que había accedido a una página web pornográfica minutos antes de provocar un accidente mortal.
A search of the driver’s phone revealed she had opened a pornographic website minutes before she caused a deadly crash, according to court documents.
A resident who allegedly fed a coyote in Atwater Village for months may now face a criminal charge after a toddler was bitten in the neighborhood.
Long Beach’s breakwater protects the shore from waves from the west, but allows waves from the south to hit a narrow stretch of the peninsula that’s been badly damaged this year.
A coyote captured and euthanized by state wildlife officials in Atwater Village was confirmed to be the one responsible for a recent attack on a 16-month-old child, after months of residents seeing it in the neighborhood, officials said.
A weekend of high surf and stormy weather has battered the Southern California coastline. This week, a crack appeared below Pacific Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, prompting a partial closure.
Disneyland security alerted the Anaheim Police Department on Monday night to two bags someone had left near a roundabout, including one with marbles inside and wires sticking out of it and another with duct tape on top and sharp instruments sticking out of it.
In the last few months, sea creatures such as whale and hammerhead sharks, devil rays, wahoos and other fish species have been seen by beachgoers and amateur anglers from Orange County to Malibu.
Remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel brought heavy rain and flooding to the Southwest, though Southern California coastal damage was less than feared.