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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An early season atmospheric river storm is expected to hit California’s North Coast late Sunday, bringing heavy rains that will aid in multiple ongoing wildfire fights.
Sept. 22, 2023
Google announced plans to allow Chromebooks to be used up to 10 years, expanding the lifespan of the devices that have become ubiquitous in American classrooms.
Sept. 22, 2023
California Highway Patrol officers fired multiple shots at a vehicle they attempted pull over in a traffic stop late Monday. Officers said the car started to advance toward them.
Sept. 19, 2023
Watches worth about $250,000 were stolen last week at a Newport Beach jeweler, in a type of theft that state officials are hoping to better combat with new law enforcement funding.
Sept. 18, 2023
A 29-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy after a massive manhunt.
Sept. 18, 2023
Watches worth about $250,000 were stolen last week at a Newport Beach jeweler, in a type of theft that state officials are hoping to better combat with new law enforcement funding.
Sept. 15, 2023
Wildfires knocked out power to an entire California county. The unprecedented fight to bring it back
With power lines threatened for weeks by fires on the North Coast, officials formed what appears to be California’s largest and longest-running microgrid powered by generators.
Sept. 14, 2023
Southern California can expect cooler weather over the next few days, with a deep marine layer pattern bringing low clouds and fog similar to May and June.
Sept. 13, 2023
Over a 72-hour period, Los Angeles firefighters had put out 14 suspicious fires in Reseda, which investigators say are probably connected. A suspect has not been identified.
Sept. 12, 2023
‘Beaver believers’ are celebrating the appearance of a young kit along a Palo Alto creek, saying it bodes well for the species’ resurgence in California.
Sept. 11, 2023