Sources: NBC
A van crashes into a ravine and catches fire in Nuevo León, Mexico, killing twelve people and injuring four others. The vehicle fire also sparked a small wildfire in the surrounding forest. 2025-03-23
Nine firefighters are injured when a truck fuel tank explodes in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. 2024-02-15
The Biden administration bans the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from attending this year's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announces that he will personally boycott the meeting in response to the ban, sending Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to represent him at the summit. 2022-06-6
A large wildfire breaks out on the Hymettus mountain range near Athens, Greece. A number of homes are damaged in the fire. 2022-06-5
Los Angeles issues a safer-at-home order as an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. 2020-12-2
A wildfire destroys 25 homes, displaces 100,000 people and burns over 7,500 acres of forest in and around Los Angeles. 2019-10-11
Two 15-year-old students are seriously wounded and three other people injured in a shooting at Sal Castro Middle School in Los Angeles, California. A 12-year-old female student is taken into custody. 2018-02-1
More than 60 wildfires start in the Canadian province of British Columbia over the weekend leading to several communities declaring a state of emergency. 2015-07-5
Ammar Harris, a suspect wanted in connection with a shooting and following car crash that killed three people and wounded five others on the Las Vegas Strip, is detained in Los Angeles, California. 2013-02-28
The 85th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in the Los Angeles district of Hollywood. 2013-02-24