Rosanna Xia

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Rosanna Xia |Colleen Shalby

After a brief but record-breaking heat wave over the weekend, a heavy marine layer is expected to move in, bringing much cooler temperatures — and even some light rain — to Southern California. Temperatures will drop more than 20 degrees by Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Highs along the beaches will be mild — hovering in the mid-60s — and the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys will see highs around 70 degrees.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Rosanna Xia

Five suspects broke into a home in West Los Angeles, tied up the people inside and kidnapped a man, later releasing him near a gas station in Glendale, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, police were alerted to a home invasion in the 9800 block of Vicar Street in the Cheviot Hills neighborhood.

3 weeks ago | latimes.com | Rosanna Xia

One person died and 32 were hospitalized on Mother’s Day morning after a fiery crash between a tour bus and an SUV on the 60 Freeway. Authorities were dispatched to Hacienda Heights at 5:07 a.m. When they got to the scene, the SUV was already engulfed in flames, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Flames did not spread to the bus, officials said. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and 32 people were transported to the hospital, with at least two in critical condition.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Rosanna Xia |Jaclyn Cosgrove

For the record:10:47 a.m. May 12, 2025: An earlier version of this article said the bus was traveling from the Morongo Casino to Koreatown. It was traveling from the Indio area. One person died and 32 were injured on Mother’s Day morning in a fiery crash after a tour bus slammed into an SUV that was stopped on the 60 Freeway in Hacienda Heights, according to preliminary reports. Authorities responded to the crash at 5:03 a.m. Sunday.

Feb 2, 2025 | seattletimes.com | Rosanna Xia |Corinne Purtill

LOS ANGELES — The Reuben Lasker was about 4 miles off the coast of Manhattan Beach when ash began to rain upon the sea — first in delicate flurries, then in noxious clouds. The fisheries research vessel had set sail days earlier for a coastal survey. It was supposed to be a routine voyage, the kind that the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, or CalCOFI, program embarks upon four times a year as part of the world’s longest-running marine ecosystem monitoring effort.