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LAPD Cmdr. Steve Lurie, who oversaw the West Bureau by the UCLA campus, will take over UCLA’s Office of Campus Safety in February.
A small amount of rain is in the forecast for the region beginning late Friday through early Saturday, a much anticipated change of weather.
Los Angeles police arrested a man Monday on suspicion of arson after a small brush fire broke out in Griffith Park under the Observatory.
With fire containment improving and winds dying down, some residents are being allowed back into neighborhoods devastated by the Eaton and Palisades fires.
The number of people who have died in the Eaton and Palisades fires could rise. More than 30 people are still missing.
The number of confirmed deaths in the fires climbed to at least 27 after authorities said they found remains in the two major fire zones on Wednesday.
In the wake of the Palisades fire, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power employees have reported a pair of incidents that raised alarm inside the utility.
As firefighters contended with another day of dry, windy conditions, residents continued to confront their losses and the pain of not being able to return home.
Juan Manuel Sierra, 33, a.k.a. Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva, was arrested last Thursday after ‘attempting to start a fire’ with a blowtorch in a West Hills neighborhood, authorities said.
The most serious red flag fire weather warning has been issued by the NWS for swaths of L.A. and Ventura counties starting before dawn Tuesday.
