Grace Toohey is a reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering breaking news for the Fast Break Desk. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, she covered criminal justice issues at the Orlando Sentinel and the Advocate in Baton Rouge. Toohey is a Maryland native and proud Terp.
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The vandalism and graffiti stretched out block after block across downtown Los Angeles: ‘Remove Trumps head!!’ was scrawled on the front facade of Los Angeles County Law Library.
An ugly night of vandalism, burglaries and clashes in downtown Los Angeles left city officials struggling to get the upper hand after three days of scattered unrest over immigration raids.
Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California’s heavily populated coastal communities.
A court decision has forced Sable Offshore Corp. to delay controversial plans to restart offshore oil operations along Santa Barbara County’s coastline.
Slain Baldwin Park Police Officer Samuel Riveros, 35, was an avid Dodgers fan and snowboarder. A second officer was injured. The suspect, accused of killing another man, is in custody.
‘It’s extremely tragic to have to deal with this,’ said Baldwin Park Police Chief Robert A. López as he fought back tears after the death of Officer Sam Riveros.
The fire is burning in the Covington Flats area of Joshua Tree National Park, an important region where experts say the trees are best suited to survive and reproduce in a warming climate.
A sinkhole near a construction site in Ventura brought down a shed and two vehicles Tuesday, as the earth collapsed several feet, rupturing the pavement.
A California court has sided with state coastal authorities and ordered Sable Offshore Corp. to abide by a preliminary injunction stopping any future work on oil and gas pipelines.
A woman was severely injured during a break-in at the Montecito home of Beanie Babies billionaire Ty Warner. Police say Warner was home at the time of the attack, but not injured.