Salvador Hernandez is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. Before joining the newsroom in 2022, he was a senior reporter for BuzzFeed News, where he covered criminal justice issues, the growing militia movement and breaking news. He also covered crime as a reporter at the Orange County Register. He is a Los Angeles native.
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The possibility that an idle, unconnected transmission line somehow reengerized on Jan. 7 is now “a leading hypothesis” for what started the destructive Eaton fire.
Southern California Edison has announced that it will bury more than 150 miles of power lines in in Altadena and Malibu following January’s firestorms.
Southern California Edison changed how crews ground idle transmission towers just days after the Eaton fire, but they won’t say what was changed.
Experts say tariffs will affect everyday purchases, but as negotiations continue, exact price increases remain unclear.
Federal prosecutors have filed additional counts of sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution against music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs.
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Southern California Edison has been inspecting electrical equipment in Altadena as part of the ongoing investigation into what sparked the deadly Eaton fire.
Some In-N-Out customers were discreetly using a hack to get a discount on one of the chain’s secret menu items, known as the “Flying Dutchman.”