Los Angeles County has a long history of wildfires. These have been the biggest and most destructive. One ranks among the deadliest in U.S. history.
* Unusually high temperature, but reported by NOAA Climate Data Center.
See: Record Temperatures at Select Los Angeles County Locations
Weekly new COVID case numbers in the last six weeks in Los Angeles County.
L.A County hasn't seen this much COVID in the community since early in the year.
Photo from the California Historical Society Collection at USC Library.
Circa 1880. A Latino family poses in front of their home in California. Unfortunately, the identity and specific location of the family has been lost. The image of the family, however, is a reflection of California's early roots as a Spanish colony and, later, as a province of Mexico, until the American military takeover in 1847. When California became a state in 1850, much of the population only spoke Spanish. The first state constitution was written in both Spanish and English. Even Los Angeles County's first elected judge, Agustin Olvera (namesake of Olvera Street), was a native Spanish-speaker with only limited command of English. When English was required in his courtroom, Judge Olvera brought in multi-lingual Sheriff George Burrill to interpret.
What is behind the landslides happening in the Palos Verdes Peninsula?
