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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Driver killed after car plunges roughly 50 feet from Los Angeles overpass

A man in his 30s died early Friday morning in downtown Los Angeles after his car veered off Upper Grand Avenue and fell about 50 feet to the street below, and police still don't know what caused him to leave the road. The single-vehicle crash happened around 2:30 a.m. as the driver headed northbound on […] The post Driver killed after car plunges roughly 50 feet from Los Angeles overpass appeared first on American Almanac .

A man in his 30s died early Friday morning in downtown Los Angeles after his car veered off Upper Grand Avenue and fell about 50 feet to the street below, and police still don't know what caused him to leave the road. The single-vehicle crash happened around 2:30 a.m. as the driver headed northbound on Upper Grand Avenue, a stretch of roadway elevated high above Lower Grand Avenue in the heart of downtown LA. The car left the roadway, dropped an estimated 40 to 50 feet, and overturned on the street below, the New York Post reported . The driver, a Black male in his 30s, according to the Los Angeles Police Department, was the only person in the vehicle. No other cars were involved. Officials pronounced him dead at the scene. A witness…Open

NYTIMES (Maia Spoto and Vik Jolly) - Mistrial for Man Accused of Starting One of California’s Worst Fires

Jonathan Rinderknecht was accused of setting a brush fire that later became the deadly Palisades fire. The jury could not reach a verdict on the three arson-related charges.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Taylor Delandro) - Ex-fire chief sues LA Mayor Karen Bass over Palisades Fire claims

The Palisades Fire burned more than 23,000 acres, destroyed nearly 7,000 structures and killed 12 people.

REDSTATE (Bob Hoge) - Former LAFD Chief Hits Karen Bass With Blistering Defamation Suit Alleging Mayor Lied Through Her Teeth

AMERICANTHINKER - Learning nothing: L.A. can't put out a warehouse fire even as city gets covered in smoke

With election fraud keeping them in power, why do they need to clean up their act?

YOUTUBE (The Hill) - WATCH: Boyle Heights MASSIVE warehouse fire stil ablaze days later, blanketing Los Angeles in smoke

Firefighters have been battling a fire at a cold storage facility in Boyle Heights for days, and as the flames are extinguished, the building’s structural integrity is becoming more and more of a concern. The Los Angeles Fire Department said Saturday night that crews utilized a “large amount of water” on Saturday night after a day of both ground and aerial fire suppression efforts. With the fire having started Wednesday afternoon, Sunday morning marked the fifth straight day of drenching the burning 500,000-square-foot facility with solar panels on its roof in the 1400 block of South Los Palos Street.

JUSTTHENEWS (Lane Smith) - As LA Mayor Bass seeks reelection, brother sues over Palisades fires hurting her reelection bid

Bass initially faced criticism about her having gone on an official trip to Ghana as Los Angeles-area residents were being warned about winds that could spark wildfires, then late over the city fire department's preparedness and response.