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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Forecasters are warning of a major heat wave next week that will bring triple-digit temperatures to most of inland California.
June 28, 2024
A man was fatally stabbed after exiting a Metro bus in South Los Angeles, according to the LAPD. Metro continues to work to improve safety.
June 27, 2024
Montise Bulley claims the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services failed to protect his 1-year-old son, who died of fentanyl earlier this year. Bulley plans to sue the agency and wants to see reform.
June 26, 2024
Remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto produced hundreds of dry lightning strikes across California’s Central Valley on Monday, sparking several wildfires in the area.
June 25, 2024
Lukas McClish perdió 30 libras en 10 días antes de ser rescatado del Parque Estatal Big Basin Redwoods en el condado de Santa Cruz.
June 24, 2024
A firefighter suffered significant head trauma in an explosion of unknown origin while battling a brush fire near a homeless encampment at the Sepulveda Basin.
June 24, 2024
Lukas McClish lost 30 pounds in 10 days before he was rescued from Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Santa Cruz County.
June 24, 2024
California wildfires burned almost 90,000 acres already this year, an amount more than five times the average of pre-summer blazes from the last few years.
June 22, 2024
Una gran cresta de alta presión traerá temperaturas de tres dígitos al interior de California este fin de semana, aumentando el peligro de incendios forestales.
June 19, 2024
A large ridge of high pressure will bring triple-digit temperatures to California’s interior this weekend, raising the wildfire danger.
June 19, 2024