A shallow magnitude 3.0 earthquake was reported Saturday afternoon 17 miles from San Luis Obispo, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:40 p.m. Pacific time at a depth of 2.5 miles.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was 8 miles from Los Osos, Calif.
In the last 10 days, there has been one earthquake of magnitude 3.0 or greater centered nearby.
This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service, and this post was created by an algorithm written by the author.
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A federal judge has ruled that hundreds of immigrant women and children held in holding facilities should be released, finding their detention “deplorable” and in grave violation of an earlier court settlement.
U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee said federal authorities had violated key provisions of an 18-year-old court settlement that put restrictions on the detention of migrant children.
The ruling, released late Friday, is another blow to President Obama’s immigration policies and leaves questions about what the U.S. will do with the large number...
Tens of thousands turned out Saturday for the opening ceremony of the 2015 Special Olympics World Games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The event got underway about 6:30 p.m. at the stadium near the USC campus south of downtown, with stilt walkers and tumblers leading the parade of athletes into the noisy Coliseum. The delegation from Greece arrived first, as is traditionally the case in the regular Olympic Games.
President Obama, via video, welcomed the participants and their fans. When Eunice Shriver started a camp in her back yard 50 years...
Good news from the San Diego Zoo Safari Park: Nola, the northern white rhinoceros, appears to be cancer free and continues to rebound from an apparent infection.
For months, keepers have been concerned about Nola, who at 41 is one of only five northern white rhinos left in the world after decades of poaching in their native Africa.
Until recently, the Safari Park had two northern white rhinos but Angalifu, 44, a male, died in December. Like Angalifu, Nola is considered geriatric and has been treated for arthritis.
In December, Nola was placed under...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered in Fontana was reported Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:54 a.m. The quake's magnitude was initially reported as 4.3.
The quake was felt over a wide area of the Inland Empire, Orange County and eastern Los Angeles County, according to the USGS. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury.
According to the USGS, the epicenter was located under a stretch of Merrill Avenue that connects Sierra and Fontana avenues. It was followed by two small aftershocks.
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A 31-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with the slaying of a woman who was walking with her boyfriend in Hollywood earlier this month when a gunman walked up behind them, aimed a shotgun at her head and pulled the trigger.
Ezeoma Obioha, 31, was arrested at 7:15 p.m. on suspicion of murder in the death of Carrie Jean Melvin, said Lt. John Radke of the Los Angeles Police Department. Obioha remains in custody and is being held on $1 million bail.
"We have been working hard around the clock on this and we didn't want to draw attention...
A vehicle carrying six disabled adults and two caretakers flipped onto its side Friday night on the northbound 405 Freeway in Mission Hills, but no one was seriously injured, authorities said.
The eight people were taken to local hospitals and were found to be in good condition, said Margaret Steward, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
No other vehicles were involved in the accident, which was reported about 6:40 p.m. near the 118 Freeway interchange.
Investigators are looking into whether the driver may have lost control. Several...
Dozens of activists in Los Angeles held a protest rally Friday evening in response to a fatal stabbing in Fresno of a victim they described as a transgender woman.
Fresno police are investigating the fatal stabbing of K.C. Haggard, 66, but said they had no proof so far that the slaying was a hate crime, as some activists have alleged.
Surveillance cameras captured the moment when Haggard was attacked about 2 a.m. Thursday. The videotape shows Haggard beckoned by someone in a sport utility vehicle and then stabbed in the neck through the vehicle’s...
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