Category Archives: Accidents/Fires

Red flag warnings of critical fire danger will take effect at 4 a.m. Tuesday and remain in place through 6 p.m. Thursday, for the Malibu coast, the Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area and other south land areas. By 4 p.m....

The Franklin Fire, which started as a 10-acre fire around 10:50 p.m. on December 9, near South Malibu Canyon Road and Station Boundary, exploded with the Santa Ana winds. Pepperdine students were sheltered-in-place at the Tyler Campus Center or Payson...

A five-acre brush fire was reported in the Palisades Highlands near the Santa Ynez Reservoir and adjacent to Topanga State Park at 9:50 a.m. on November 13. According to LAFD this is “slow moving in heavy brush. It is topography...

BROAD FIRE: A fire broke out on five acres near Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Bluffs Park, around 9 a.m. Santa Ana winds rapidly expanded the fire to about 50 acres near Pepperdine University. Dubbed the Broad Fire the fire...

(Editor’s note: This story ran earlier on CTN, and when a reader asked a question about helicopters and airlifts, it seemed appropriate to remind people of the process.) By SARAH STOCKMAN Staff Writer Have you ever gone hiking or mountain...

  Local activist Krishna Thangavelu sent a letter to Commander Jonathan Tom, the Assistant Commanding Officer for Operations West Bureau, detailing safety concerns in Pacific Palisades. She wrote: “We had 10 minutes of fireworks go off on October 18, at...

This editor referees youth soccer on the weekends. Working at West Torrance High School on October 19, about 27 minutes into the first half of a U12 Boys game, there was a loud crash. A blue car flew over an...

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded at 6:13 a.m. September 23, to a fire reported at a vacant and boarded 53,500 square foot two-story commercial building at 2050 S Bundy Dr. Five hours later, LAFD reported “Well coordinated and methodical efforts continue...