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The fire is spreading to the SW and East. The map updates if you refresh, and can be zoomed in and out. Many areas have been evacuated and others are under Evacuation Warnings. Many areas are in power outages and planed outage areas. https://sonomacounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=2cb4401e1fc0494dbf9d9e22aa794617

A raging wildfire in Southern California has forced the evacuation of 10,000 businesses and homes, including one belonging to Sen. Kamala Harris.

SEPULVEDA PASS, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A fire erupted on a hillside along the 405 Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass area early Monday morning. The fire broke out on a hill around 1:30 a.m. close to the southbound side of the 405 Freeway at Getty Center Drive near the Getty Center museum. It quickly burned 75 acres and jumped the freeway. The California Highway Patrol said homes in the area were being threatened and all offramps on the southbound side from Sepulveda to Sunset Boulevard were shut down. Mandatory evacuations were issued for the MountainGate and Mandeville Canyon communities as...

Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz said the plane had crashed and two people in their early 60s were hospitalized with traumatic injuries. Both patients “had vitals” when they were removed from the plane, he said. It’s not clear what caused the plane to crash, he said. “As far as exactly what occurred to the aircraft, that’s up to the FAA for investigation,” Kurtz said. The plane’s wreckage was on the southbound freeway near the MacArthur Boulevard exit, on the path that aircraft use when landing at John Wayne Airport. The Cessna 310 aircraft “landed” on the freeway short...

Black Lives Matter spread its Christmas cheer in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon–one of the busiest travel days of the year-with what it dubbed a "Black XMas" by briefly shutting down the southbound 405 Freeway in Westchester. The move was part of what activists called "a national day of action" and a national effort to shut down business as usual across America, from shopping malls to airports. "The message continues to be: There will not be business as usual as long as black lives continue to not matter," Activist Pete White told the Los Angeles Times. The southbound freeway lanes...

WEST LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Seven people were cited on Sunday for allegedly entering closed portions of the 405 Freeway. Amy Johnson, reporting for CBS2 and KCAL9, said they consisted of four rollerbladers, a newlywed couple and one pedestrian. Earlier Sunday, KNX 1070 NEWSRADIO reported via Twitter that the newlyweds were cited on the Sunset Boulevard on-ramp of the southbound 405 Freeway. The couple was spotted about 3:40 a.m., said California Highway Patrol officer Charmaine Fajardo. Officials urged motorists and residents to steer clear of the closed freeway. Johnson also said a tourist couple from Europe was not cited as...

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CBS) LOS ANGELES Drums containing acetone and rubbing alcohol fell from a truck that overturned Wednesday on the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway, resulting in a precautionary shutdown that caused a traffic nightmare the day before Thanksgiving. With all southbound lanes closed, holiday traffic en route to Los Angeles International Airport backed up quickly, and motorists were urged to allow extra time and to try alternate routes. The accident occurred shortly before 10 a.m. north of Rosecrans Avenue, according to German Aguilera of the county fire department. The 55-gallon drums contained acetone and rubbing alcohol, described as "corrosive and flammable,"...