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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For the first time in over two decades, some of the highest peaks across California’s Sierra Nevada could see snow in August. The unusually strong, early season storm is bringing fall-like weather across Northern California.
Aug. 23, 2024
A 21-year-old Chilean man was arrested at LAX after officials say he met a girl playing Roblox online, groomed her and flew to the U.S. in an attempt to meet her.
Aug. 22, 2024
The current outbreak in Africa stems from a different, more dangerous mpox variant compared to the last outbreak in 2022. There are no confirmed cases of the strain in the U.S.
Aug. 22, 2024
Los Ángeles acordó gastar al menos 20,8 millones de dólares en mejoras a la planta de aguas residuales Hyperion luego de un derrame masivo de aguas residuales sin tratar en 2021.
Aug. 20, 2024
Los Angeles has agreed to spend at least $20.8 million on improvements to the Hyperion sewage plant after a massive spill of untreated wastewater in 2021.
Aug. 20, 2024
The full moon Aug. 19 will be both a supermoon and a blue moon. Aspiring astronomers can also try to spot the major lunar standstill.
Aug. 16, 2024
The climate pattern could plunge California back into aridity in the months ahead.
Aug. 16, 2024
A group of kayakers and snorkelers came across a rare deep-sea oarfish floating in the waters off San Diego.
Aug. 15, 2024
A man from San Bernardino ignored road closure signs and warnings from construction crews, choosing to illegally attempt to bike across an active Big Sur landslide that continues to bury the roadway. He fell but survived.
Aug. 13, 2024
Waymo’s robotaxis have started occupying a new San Francisco lot at night. Nearby residents are finding the self-driving cars honk, for some reason, at each other, often waking them up.
Aug. 12, 2024