VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The U.S. Air Force has successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in the latest test on the Southern California coast. The unarmed Minuteman 3 missile was launched Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was the first such test this year. The most recent was last August. A launch planned for February was postponed. The Air Force says the test was to check the readiness, effectiveness and accuracy of the weapons system. Minuteman missiles are regularly tested with launches from Vandenberg that send unarmed re-entry vehicles to a target area in the middle of the Pacific. … [Read more...] about Test missile launched from Southern California coast
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Whole Foods opens its third Southern California Market 365 in Long Beach on Wednesday
By Anne Valdespino | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: April 24, 2018 at 12:01 pm | UPDATED: April 25, 2018 at 12:24 am Media preview day at Whole Foods Market 365 which will open its first store in Long Beach and eighth store nationwide on April 25. The 28,000 square foot Long Beach store will be the third Whole Foods Market 365 location in Southern California, at 3881 N. Lakewood Blvd. in the Long Beach Exchange shopping center joining Santa Monica and Silver Lake. Long Beach April 19, 2018. Photo by Brittany Murray, OCR/SCNG Groundwork Coffee inside the Whole Foods Market 365 will allow customers to grab a cub of coffee and breakfast. Whole Foods Market 365 will open its first store in Long Beach and eighth store nationwide on April 25. The 28,000 square foot Long Beach store will be the third Whole Foods Market 365 location in Southern California, joining Santa Monica and Silver Lake. Long Beach April 19, 2018. Photo by Brittany Murray, OCR/SCNG Groundwork … [Read more...] about Whole Foods opens its third Southern California Market 365 in Long Beach on Wednesday
Southern California airport reopens after partial evacuation
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — All gates at Southern California's Ontario International Airport are open again after part of a terminal was briefly evacuated while a bomb squad investigated a suspicious device.Fire Department Battalion Chief Jim Schiller says the item found in a passenger's luggage around 5 a.m. Monday was determined to be an inert device typically used for military training.Schiller says the male passenger, a member of the military, was cooperative. He was not detained, but authorities confiscated the device.During the investigation, authorities evacuated three gates in Terminal 4 at the airport 40 miles (65 kilometers) east of Los Angeles. Travelers were let back in after about an hour and a half. … [Read more...] about Southern California airport reopens after partial evacuation
Southern California cities go car free for CicLAvia
Updated 1:44 pm, Sunday, April 22, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-3', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 3', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Chris Carlson, AP Image 1of/3 CaptionClose Image 1 of 3 FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2011, file photo, bicyclists make their way along the Fourth Street Bridge near downtown Los Angeles, as part of the CicLAvia event. It's a car-free day in cities near Los Angeles. Several miles of streets in San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona, and Claremont are closed to motor vehicles Sunday, April 22, 2018, as the latest celebration of the CicLAvia festival opens the lanes to cyclists. Thousands of people on bikes, on skateboards and on foot are expected to participate in the event, modeled on a weekly car-free tradition started in Bogota, … [Read more...] about Southern California cities go car free for CicLAvia
Woman killed, child wounded in Southern California shooting
COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a Southern California man initially thought to be a witness to a shooting that killed his girlfriend and wounded their 8-year-old daughter has been arrested for the crime.The Los Angeles County sheriff's department says 29-year-old Juan Rodriguez of Compton was arrested for investigation of murder and assault with a deadly weapon.Authorities say the woman was found shot dead in a home in the unincorporated area of Compton early Saturday. They say two small children were also at the home but were unharmed.Authorities later learned that the children's father had taken the couple's daughter to a hospital with a gunshot wound. She is in critical condition.Authorities say the shooting occurred during an argument between the couple. … [Read more...] about Woman killed, child wounded in Southern California shooting