Tag: Los Angeles

Over 6,000 firefighters battling southern California blaze

by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Thousands of firefighters were battling one of the most destructive wildfires in California’s history Monday as it crept relentlessly up the Pacific coast and forced new evacuations. As a wildfire near Los Angeles was brought under control, fire crews were being redeployed to battle the Thomas Fire northwest of America’s second-largest city. Fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters were assisting nearly 6,400 firefighters trying to […]

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Winds whip California fires as they spread south

by Veronique DUPONT / Robyn Beck Agence France-Presse BONSALL, United States (AFP) — Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires in California on Saturday that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee the Los Angeles area, as well as outbreaks closer to San Diego. Nearly 700 structures including multi-million dollar mansions have been destroyed by wildfires raging on six different fronts, but despite the intensity of the blazes, authorities have reported only one fatality. […]

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Wildfires scorch homes of the rich and famous in Los Angeles

by Veronique Dupont Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Replica Tuscan castles, minimalist mansions and country cottages in the rarefied Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles could soon be reduced to ashes, their owners’ fame and wealth providing little immunity against California’s latest raging wildfires. “We’re evacuating the street you must leave!” a police officer barked into a bullhorn, amid the din of helicopters and airplanes dropping fire retardants. “The fire is at […]

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New blaze ignites near LA as fierce California wildfires rage

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — An inferno engulfed the Los Angeles region Wednesday, forcing more than 200,000 people to evacuate and threatening thousands of homes, including the luxe Bel-Air neighborhood dotted with mansions. The flames have swallowed some 80,000 acres (32,000 hectares) in just over a day since the “Thomas” fire, currently the state’s largest, broke out, leaving at least one dead in an area about 45 minutes from downtown LA. High winds caused another wave […]

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NBA: Warriors outlast Lakers in overtime; Rockets and Spurs win

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Stephen Curry scored 13 of his 28 points in overtime as the NBA champion Golden State Warriors edged the Lakers 127-123 in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Curry struggled from three-point range for much of the night, going one-of-seven from beyond the arc before starting overtime with back-to-back three-pointers. That put the Warriors up 115-109, and two days after their shock defeat by the Sacramento Kings, they held on for […]

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Lady Gaga, Diana Ross and Bruno Mars win at the AMAs

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Pink, Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera led female artists of pop music dominating the American Music Awards stage on Sunday (November 19) with powerful performances, despite being edged out by male artists in most award categories this year. Bruno Mars won Artist of the Year, former One Direction member Niall Horan won New Artist of the Year and Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, Justin Bieber and Daddy Yankee won Collaboration […]

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Marvel’s Runaways leap from comic book to television

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — When Brian K. Vaughan was approached by Marvel Comics to write a comic book to bring in new readers, he hit on the idea of “Runaways” about a diverse group of teenage family friends whose bond grows stronger when they make a gruesome discovery. Launched in 2003, the comic book soon became a fan favorite and now streaming service Hulu has turned the series into a television show, under the […]

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Tesla unveils electric big-rig truck

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Tesla Inc on Thursday (November 16) unveiled a prototype electric big-rig truck, throwing itself into a new market even as it struggles to roll out an affordable sedan on which the company’s future depends. Chief Executive Elon Musk unveiled the big rig, dubbed the Tesla Semi, by riding the truck into an airport hangar near Los Angeles in front of an invited crowd of what Tesla said were potential truck […]

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United launches longest flight to or from US

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — United Airlines on Friday was set to launch the longest non-stop flight to or from the United States, an 8,700-mile (14,001-kilometer) journey connecting Los Angeles and Singapore. The nearly 18-hour flight will depart Los Angeles at 9:25 pm local time and will land on Sunday in Singapore at 6:20 am local time. United officials said the daily service will be the longest non-stop flight from the US to anywhere […]

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Las Vegas killer’s brother arrested for child porn

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP)  – The brother of the man behind the worst mass shooting in modern US history has been arrested on suspicion of having child pornography, police said on Wednesday. Bruce Paddock — one of Stephen Paddock’s three brothers — was arrested early Wednesday in Los Angeles, officer Norma Eisenman told AFP. She said Paddock, 59, is facing child pornography charges in relation to a probe that began before the shooting in Las Vegas that left 58 […]

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Robert Guillaume, star of TV’s ‘Benson,’ dies at age 89

LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Robert Guillaume, who became one of the most prominent black actors on U.S. television playing the cantankerous title character in the hit 1980s series “Benson,” died of complications from prostate cancer on Tuesday (October 24), his wife said. He was 89. The gravelly voiced Guillaume, who thrived in Broadway musicals before starring on the TV series “Soap” and its spinoff “Benson,” died at his Los […]

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Los Angeles sizzles under October heatwave

LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — People in downtown Los Angeles suffered through a record-setting heat wave on Tuesday (Oct. 24) as dry desert winds gusted through southern California raising the risk of wildfires similar to those that ravaged the northern part of the state earlier in the month. At its most intense, temperatures in the city climbed to 104 degrees (40 C) smashing a record of 99 degrees set back in 1909. The heat […]

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