Half Million Jam Southland Strand
An estimated half million Southlanders visited beaches from Long Beach to Laguna on Sunday amid patchy clouds. The day ended pleasant with mild temperatures and no serious incidents, though lifeguards reported riptides and several rescues at Newport and Huntington Beaches. Crowd counts ranged from Long Beach to Los Angeles County beaches, with temperatures from 60 to 78 degrees and water at 60 to 68 degrees.
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Strands
Long Beach
Laguna
Newport Beach
Javier Alarcon
Placentia
Newport Pier
Newport
Huntington Beach
Los Angeles County
Cabrillo
Laguna Beach
Seal Beach
Cabrillo Beach
Woman and poodle die in La Habra fire
A 32-year-old La Habra woman and her poodle perished when a Sunday blaze destroyed her wood frame home. Firefighters contained the fire quickly after a patrolman saw flames lighting the predawn sky. The coroner named Frankie Sue Thomas, the cause under investigation.
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la Habra
Orange County
Frankie Sue Thomas
Highlander Ave
Verl Griffin
Miss Thomas
Frank Ballak
Don Skidmore
Crippled Santa Adela Towed Back to Los Angeles Harbor
The 10,000 ton freighter Santa Adela was crippled by a boiler room fire off the coast. Tugs towed the ship to Todd Shipyard in San Pedro with no injuries among 46 crew. The blaze was contained to the boiler and stack and ship returned to harbor 20 hours after departure.
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Los Angeles Harbor
Canal Zone
Grace Lines
Marine Exchange
Coast
Wilmington Transportation Co
Todd Shipyard
San Pedro
Carson Man Burned In Trailer Fire In Los Angeles Area
A Carson man named Paul Brashear, 25, suffered first and second degree burns in a trailer fire on Sunday at 18616 S Figueroa Street. Fire units contained the blaze, caused by food on the stove bursting into flames, with the trailer valued at about 1400 dollars.
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Carson
Paul Brashear
S. Figueroa St
Brush Fire in Sequoia Controlled
A new brush and timber fire flared Sunday in Sequoia National Forest at Cannell Meadow west of a 910 acre blaze that was controlled Saturday. Light rain gave rangers hope for total control by Monday morning as 550 acres burned. Forest Service crews, including 435 firefighters, five helicopters, six air tankers, four trucks and a bulldozer, battled the blaze about 10 miles north of Kernville.
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Porterville
Sequoia National Forest
Cannell Meadow
The
Forest Service
Kernville
Variable cloudiness and sun across coastal days
The forecast calls for variable clouds and bright intervals with a high near 82 in Long Beach and a low around 65 overnight. In Los Angeles the Air Pollution Control District expects light smog in the Basin today.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Air Pollution Control District
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Southland
Pet
Kenneth Huck
Union City
Huck
Alameda County
Sausalito
Buffums
Lakewood
Palos Verdes Hawthorne At
Silver Spur Rd
Lakewood del Amo
Graywood
Marina
Pacific Coast Hwy
Newport Center
Fashion Island
Fashion Square
Sequoia
Hoover
Santa Ana
Pomona
Broadway
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