Grace Toohey is a reporter at the Los Angeles Times covering breaking news for the Fast Break Desk. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, she covered criminal justice issues at the Orlando Sentinel and the Advocate in Baton Rouge. Toohey is a Maryland native and proud Terp.
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‘Mini heatwave’ bringing record-high temperatures across Southern California, concerns for Coachella
Temperatures in the Coachella Valley are forecast to hit 103 degrees by Friday, potentially setting a record high for this time of year and coinciding with the start of the area’s mega-popular music festival.
Temperatures in Indio are expected to reach triple digits Friday, when the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival starts. Across Southern California, highs will be 10 to 15 degrees above average.
A Houston-based oil company has rebuffed the authority of the California Coastal Commission in a bid to revive drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara.
The funds had been distributed to support a wide range of programs across California’s libraries, including story times for low-income families, summer reading initiatives, workforce-readiness skills for at-risk youth and opportunities to earn online high school diplomas.
Gov. Newsom waived CEQA and the California Coastal Act for utilities working to rebuild, and move infrastructure underground, in the Palisades and Eaton fire areas.
Temperatures are expected to remain in the 60s, and there’s a chance of rain for several days, beginning Sunday.
The brothers were linked to the drug dealing scheme when a child was hospitalized after taking an illegal psychedelic, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
Temperatures are forecast to remain warm but drop a few degrees Tuesday, before plummeting Wednesday as a cooling pattern spreads across the region.
Friday will kick off several days of above-average temperatures in Southern California, with highs reaching into the 90s in some places on Monday.