Iris Kwok is a reporting fellow at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered the environment at Berkeleyside as a Report for America corps member. She studied political science and music at UC Berkeley and got her start in journalism at the Daily Californian. A lifelong cellist, she has written about classical music for the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Classical Voice, San Francisco Examiner and KQED. She grew up in the Bay Area and the Sacramento region.
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Record-shattering, triple-digit temperatures baked Southern California on Wednesday, from Woodland Hills’ 111 degrees to downtown L.A.’s 98, as the region endured one of summer’s most intense heat waves.
Two explosive devices were recovered from an Orcutt boy’s home Saturday, and officials said a “potential school threat” had been thwarted.
A San Diego County man who allegedly drove around with a guillotine in the back of his truck was arrested near the U.S. Supreme Court building, authorities say.
Evacuation orders and warnings were downgraded or lifted in Riverside County on Tuesday evening as crews made progress battling the 60-acre Wood fire burning in brush west of Perris.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department said in a statement Monday that the county was “augmenting staffing and pre-positioning personnel and resources” to ensure a rapid response to wildfires.
Three people were critically injured in a rollover crash in Whittier on Sunday night, Fire Department says.
The 12,700-square-foot mansion in Fair Oaks — an unincorporated community in Sacramento County bordering the American River — has been listed for $7.5 million.
Stone Brewing and Bumble Bee Foods announce layoffs.
G3 Enterprises, which makes wine corks and bottles, announced plans to lay off 66 workers, in yet another hit to California’s wine industry