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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is issuing a Smoke Advisory for portions of Los Angeles County due to smoke from the Summit Fire near Phelan. The advisory is in effect through 5:00 p.m. Saturday, July 11. According to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), the Summit Fire had burned approximately 2,271 acres as of 6:30 p.m. Friday. Smoke from the fire is currently at high altitude and is being pushed south over portions of the San Gabriel M

Lake Los Angeles – Stephen Sorensen Community Regional Park - The first movie night of the 2026 season, drew over 200 LLA residents. There were 200 goodie bags and hot dogs, etc., passed out and they went like hot cakes before everyone had arrived at the park. The movie shown was Lilo & Stitch. As described by Disney fans, Lilo, a lonely Hawaiian girl, who adopts Stitch, a mischievous alien experiment posing as a dog. As chaos follows, they form an unlikely bond that transfo

LLANO, Calif. — Firefighters are battling the Summit Fire, a fast-moving brush fire that broke out Friday afternoon near the Antelope Valley community of Llano as temperatures climbed into the mid-90s. The fire was reported at approximately 12:50 p.m. near Jesus Canyon Road and East Avenue Z, close to the Los Angeles-San Bernardino county line. Fueled by hot, dry conditions and rugged terrain, the wildfire quickly spread, scorching more than 650 acres. The Los Angeles County

Lancaster, CA.- Homeowners in Lancaster now have a new way to simplify the process of building an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), commonly known as a granny flat, guest house or backyard home. The City of Lancaster has announced the availability of Pre-approved ADU Plans, a program designed to reduce the time, cost and complexity of obtaining permits for qualifying ADU projects. The plans, available through the City’s Building & Safety Division, have already been reviewed to m

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom announced he has signed legislation to implement long-standing recommendations to strengthen California’s education governance system to better support its nearly 10,000 schools and approximately six million students. The legislation — Assembly Bill 181 by Assemblymember David Alvarez (D-San Diego) and Assemblymember Darshana Patel (D-Poway) — enacts the proposal made by the Governor in his State of the State address to improve support and

CALIFORNIA — The results are in from the California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) statewide Independence Day Holiday Enforcement Period, and officers were busy working to keep California’s roadways safe during the extended Fourth of July weekend. According to the CHP, during the enforcement period from July 2 through July 5, officers made tens of thousands of enforcement contacts and issued thousands of citations targeting dangerous driving behaviors. Holiday Enforcement Results 22,