Joseph Serna is a deputy editor on the Fast Break team at the Los Angeles Times and helps oversee daily breaking news coverage. He was previously a deputy editor for culture and talent where he helped manage the company’s internship, fellowship and training programs. Prior to that, he covered wildfires, emergency preparation and response for Metro, which took him to some of the worst fire disasters in the world from Australia to Northern California. He was part of the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack. He attended Orange Coast Community College, San Francisco State University and graduated from Cal State Long Beach.
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An extreme heat warning for Southern California could pose a health risks for vulnerable residents as temperatures climb into the triple digits in some inland areas.
Elevated temperatures are expected to last into next week across the Southland, bringing critical fire weather conditions to the region, forecasters said.
Four people were wounded by gunfire in East L.A. during post-game partying on Whittier Boulevard after the England-Mexico soccer match
One person is confirmed dead and two others critically injured in a house fire early Thursday in Montebello that police are now investigating for “suspicious circumstances.”
Damian Denzell Robinson, 29, was taken into custody Wednesday night and booked into jail Thursday, records show.
Rising heat and sinking cold air mixed Tuesday for three separate tornados across California, the National Weather Service said.
Authorities say a man who burned down an Ontario warehouse was sending a message against the country’s larger economic system.
An employee at an Ontario warehouse has been arrested and charged with arson after flames at the facility early Tuesday forced fire crews to temporarily retreat.
Robert Carradine, best known for the 1980s “Nerds” movies, struggled with bipolar disorder for years, his family said in a statement.