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A “felony stop” in front of a Los Angeles Inteational Airport terminal Sunday netted three auto theft suspects and forced the evacuation of an entire terminal as a security precaution, authorities said. People either ran or were escorted out of the terminal onto a tarmac at Terminal 3, said airport spokeswoman Mary Grady. “Some people got over-conceed and went onto the tarmac,” Grady said. She was not sure if police had directed people to the tarmac. “The situation was and is quite dynamic, and we are still putting together exact details,” she said. “The bottom line is that we evacuated the entire terminal.” Officer Rob Pedregon of the Los Angeles Airport Police Department said the incident...

SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS >> The Blue Cut fire continued to bu Sunday moing and fire officials say they’ve made progress on the blaze’s containment. The fire didn’t grow beyond 37,020 acres oveight and was 83 percent contained by 7 a.m. according a news release from the U.S. Forest Service. As of Sunday moing, officials with U.S. Forest Service say the fire has destroyed a total of 105 homes and 213 outbuildings. • Photos: Firefighters gain upper hand on Blue Cut fire moving into day 6 The only other community still under mandatory evacuation is Lytle Creek, according to the news release. The San Beardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a tweet that Lytle Creek residents would be al...

Three additional arrests were made this week in the evacuation areas of the Blue Cut fire, according to the San Beardino County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies arrested three people Thursday on suspicion of trying to steal a flatbed truck from an area evacuated. • Day 5 Coverage: Oveight progress on Blue Cut fire stops growth, increases containment Saturday moing, authorities aounced there had been other arrests. With nearly 35,000 homes evacuated due to the fire, 70 deputies, two per unit, have been assigned to patrol the areas, according to a news release Saturday moing. “Our focus is the safety of our citizens and protection of their property. We will fully investigate, pursue and arrest ...

PHELAN >> Dozens of exotic animals weathered Tuesday night’s rampaging Blue Cut fire at a family-run High Desert sanctuary. Joel and Chemaine Almquist, owners of the Forever Wild Exotic Animal Sanctuary, spent part of Tuesday afteoon putting birds and other smaller animals in crates to get them out of the smoke. But moving the dozens of animals, including more than two dozen big cats, wasn’t necessary. • Photos: The Blue Cut fire bus 30,000 acres and is still out of control “The firemen did an excellent job of detouring the fire around us,” Chemaine Almquist said Wednesday. “All of the animals are safe, all the humans safe.” Forever Wild will be closed on Wednesday and Thursday, at le...

CAJON PASS >> More than 500 firefighters are battling a 5,500-acre brush fire Tuesday that has forced evacuations in the Cajon Pass area. • LIVE UPDATES: Follow live updates from the Blue Cut fire There is an imminent threat to structures and to rail traffic in the Cajon Pass, and two firefighters received minor injuries, according to the U.S. Forest Service. “We have some structures destroyed,” U.S. Forest Service spokesman Bob Poole said Tuesday afteoon of the fast-changing developments. “I don’t have a number. I don’t know where.” • PHOTOS: Firefighters are attacking the Blue Cut fire in the Cajon Pass Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for all of the Cajon Valley west of the ...

Suspicious item spurs evacuation of cargo area at LAX By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES >> Authorities have lifted an evacuation of a cargo facility at Los Angeles Inteational Airport. Los Angeles airport police say questionable items were listed on a manifest late Friday night. Flights were not affected during the evacuation of the Mercury Cargo facility. LAX police gave no further details on what the materials might be. An LAPD bomb squad was on scene to examine the items. Advertisement Digital & Driveway Delivery - 50% Off Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Long Beach police have reopened streets near Bixby Park that officers closed Friday moing during an investigation of a suspicious device found in the area. Responders determined the device that prompted the closures and concurrent evacuation of Bixby Park was an empty one-gallon gasoline container with wire wrapped around its handle, Long Beach Police Sgt. Bradley Johnson said in an email. The discovery of the suspicious device happened about 9 a.m. Friday near the crossing of First Street and Cherry Avenue, police Sgt. Bradley Johnson said in an email. Police aounced shortly after 11:15 a.m. that officers had reopened the streets to motorists. Advertisement Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Nearly 3,000 firefighters were battling the Sand fire in the Santa Clarita and Acton areas in its fourth day in an effort to control the blaze that has scorched more than 33,100 acres, destroyed 18 homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. • COMPLETE COVERAGE: The Sand fire spreads on Day 3 About 10,000 homes remained under evacuation orders Monday moing with the fire still only 10 percent contained, said Marc Peebles, a spokesman for the Southe Califoia Incident Management Team 3 of the blaze’s unified command. • PHOTOS: Deadly Sand Fire Destroys 18 Homes in Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita area • MORE PHOTOS: Fire crews attack the Sand Fire oveight on Sunday “We ...

Nearly 3,000 firefighters were battling the Sand fire in the Santa Clarita and Acton areas in its fourth day in an effort to control the blaze that has scorched more than 33,100 acres, destroyed 18 homes and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. • COMPLETE COVERAGE: The Sand fire spreads on Day 3 About 10,000 homes remained under evacuation orders Monday moing with the fire still only 10 percent contained, said Marc Peebles, a spokesman for the Southe Califoia Incident Management Team 3 of the blaze’s unified command. • PHOTOS: Deadly Sand Fire Destroys 18 Homes in Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita area • MORE PHOTOS: Fire crews attack the Sand Fire oveight on Sunday “We ...

More than 1,600 firefighters were battling the raging Sand fire Sunday, which has scorched about 34 square miles in the Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita area, left one man dead and destroyed 18 homes, authorities said. The wildfire — which began Friday near the northbound 14 Freeway and Sand Canyon Road near Santa Clarita — prompted a mandatory evacuation order Sunday afteoon in the Acton area. The evacuation area stretched from Agua Dulce Canyon Road north to the 14 Freeway, Crown Valley Road north to the 14 Freeway and all of Soledad Canyon Road in between, Los Angeles County Fire Department Engineer Chris Reade said from the command post. • Photos: Deadly Sand Fire Destroys 18 H...

More than 1,500 homes are under evacuation orders due to the Sand fire buing in the Angeles National Forest near Santa Clarita. The fire, which began near the 14 Freeway on Friday, has bued more than 34 square miles of forest and 18 structures. One body was found in the bu area on Saturday. Evacuation orders that were supposed to be lifted by 1 p.m. Sunday remained in place after an “unexpected wind event,” according to a Twitter profile managed by Los Angeles County Fire Department public information officers. The following areas are under evacuation orders due to the Sand fire: • Acton from Agua Dulce Canyon Road north to the 14 Freeway, Crown Valley north to the 14 Freeway and all of Sol...

More than 1,600 firefighters were battling the raging Sand fire Sunday, which has scorched about 34 square miles in the Angeles National Forest and Santa Clarita area, left one man dead in its wake and destroyed 18 homes, authorities said. The wildfire — which began Friday near the northbound 14 Freeway and Sand Canyon Road near Santa Clarita — prompted evacuation orders Sunday afteoon from Agua Dulce north to Acton Conservation Camp #11, according to Justin Correll, a spokesman for Southe Califoia Interagency Team 3, part of the blaze’s unified command, and a U.S. Forest Service official. The evacuation area includes Agua Dulce Road north to the 14 Freeway, Crown Valley Road north to the 1...

The Sage fire near Santa Clarita was 20 percent contained as of 8:30 a.m. Sunday and had bued more than 1,100 acres, according to Los Angeles County fire officials. Residents who had evacuated from 700 homes in the Stevenson Ranch area were allowed to retu home Saturday night, according to L.A. County sheriff’s officials. No homes were being threatened as of Sunday moing, according to Los Angeles County fire officials said. The fire was reported at about 12:05 p.m. Saturday in the 24900 block of Old Road near Calgrove Boulevard in unincorporated Los Angeles County, said Los Angeles County Supervising Fire Dispatcher Robert Diaz. As of Saturday night, more than 1,200 persoel from various fir...

SANTA CLARITA >> Residents evacuated from 700 homes due to the 800-acre Sage Fire near Santa Clarita have been allowed to go home, authorities said. The evacuations were lifted at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, said Los Angeles County Fire Department Inspector Gustavo Medina. The cause of the blaze was under investigation. Los Angeles County firefighters were dispatched at 12:05 p.m. Saturday to the area of The Old Road and Calgrove Boulevard, according to a county fire dispatcher. Firefighters had the blaze 15 percent contained, Medina said. Backfires helped firefighters move any remaining flames away from homes. Night water drops by helicopters were cancelled. One inmate firefighter suffered a...

Duarte and Azusa residents who remain evacuated due to twin fires buing in the San Gabriel Mountains are expected to be allowed to retu to their homes by noon Friday, officials said. The San Gabriel Complex fires went unchanged oveight and feared winds did not have any impact on the twin fires, officials said Friday moing. The bued acreage between the two fires remained mostly the same through the night at a combined total of 5,267 acres, according to official estimates. The fire is now 30 percent contained. • PHOTOS: San Gabriel Complex fires Fire crews were conceed Thursday about the potential for strong winds blowing toward residential areas increasing the threat from the fire, but the w...

MAYWOOD — About half of the estimated 300 residents displaced by an explosive Maywood warehouse fire might have to remain evacuated from their homes for at least another day, authorities said today. • RELATED STORY: With magnesium gone, firefighters make rapid progress on Maywood fire • VIDEO: What’s happening with the Maywood magnesium fire? • VIDEO: See HUGE explosion at Maywood warehouse fire While half of the residents affected by the blaze have retued home, the other half remains evacuated, Lt. Alex Salinas of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s East Los Angeles Division told City News Service, as cleanup crews worked to ensure there were no lingering health risks before allow...

The Old fire in Calabasas, which bued 516 acres, threatened thousand of homes and prompted a mandatory evacuation order for 5,000 residents, was declared 80 percent contained Sunday afteoon by the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “We’re feeling better,” department Inspector Randall Wright said. “We are making progress.” All mandatory evacuations and road closures were lifted by 6 p.m. Sunday, said Deputy Fire Chief John Tripp during an afteoon press conference. •RELATED STORY: Old Fire in Calabasas bus more than 500u2009acres, threatens thousands of homes The blaze erupted about 4:15 p.m. on Saturday in the 23700 block of Mulholland Highway when a pickup knocked down a power pole and the ...