Christian Martinez is a Metro reporter covering breaking news at the Los Angeles Times. He previously wrote for the USA Today network of newspapers including the Ventura County Star, where he covered the Thomas and Woolsey wildfires and the Borderline mass shooting, the Spectrum & Daily News in Utah and the Lansing State Journal in Michigan. He was born and raised in Southern California and attended Saint Mary’s College of California.
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By late Saturday the fire had grown to more than 100 acres and an evacuation warning was in effect in the Riverside County community.
A man was transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
About 1,000 people at the Hansen Dam Aquatic Center, which holds a city pool and recreational lake, were evacuated as the fire grew to about 12 acres.
The man, who was not immediately identified, was pronounced dead at the scene, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Paul Pelosi was arrested and administered a blood test that showed an 0.082% blood alcohol content, the Napa County district attorney’s office said in a news release.
As U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez performed at the world championships, her coach noticed something was wrong: Alvarez was at the bottom of the pool.
The blaze was contained after burning for about 90 minutes.
As U.S. artistic swimmer Anita Alvarez performed at the world championships, her coach noticed something was wrong: Alvarez was at the bottom of the pool.
LAX officials said police had cleared the vehicle after traffic was diverted for over an hour.
Terry Carter was killed in 2015 when rap impresario Marion “Suge” Knight struck him with a pickup truck in the parking lot of Tam’s Burgers in Compton.