She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region ... Three lanes of the southbound 101 Freeway near Echo Park are closed Friday for emergency repairs, Caltrans says.

Southern California is a land of freeways. We love to hate them ... “A Place to Call Home” at Southcrest Trails Neighborhood Park memorializes the community’s effort to stop the freeway.

But on average, more than 300,000 vehicles travel that stretch of freeway daily, according to the California Department ... The National Park Service has studied mountain lions and other ...