Good evening! We’re wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know and your weather outlook.
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After a couple of days of unsettled and muggy weather, the weekend looks dry with seasonal temperatures.
Marine layer clouds will fill into the coast and basins and may sneak into the valleys briefly Saturday morning.
By noon, the marine layer clouds will pull back to the coast for a mostly sunny afternoon.
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Today’s Big Stories
1. Metro celebrates grand opening of A Line extension project
Metro celebrated the grand opening of its A (Gold) Line Extension Project Friday, bringing new local rail service to the San Gabriel Valley cities of Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne and Pomona.
Metro hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony featuring confetti cannons at the new Pomona North Station, located at 241 Santa Fe St. Metro Board Chair and Whittier City Councilman Fernando Dutra provided remarks alongside Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins and Metro Board member and Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval.
The $1.5 billion light rail project adds another 9.1 miles to the 48.5-mile Metro A Line.
Travelers will be able to access regional destinations by rail such as major colleges and universities, parks, historic downtown, museums, hospitals, medical centers, retail and entertainment venues.
Riders will also be able to connect to the Pomona Fairplex, where cricket sporting events will make their official return to the 2028 Olympic Games for the first time since 1900.
2. Sudden heavy rain in Southern California unleash mudslides, while 2-year-old drowns in floodwaters
Sudden heavy rain east of Los Angeles unleashed mudslides that plowed into homes and trapped drivers for hours on roadways while authorities say floodwaters swept away a vehicle carrying a father who was later rescued and his 2-year-old son who drowned.
Authorities say the mudslides affected Forest Falls, Oak Glen and Potato Canyon in San Bernardino County on Thursday. A group of about 10 people traveling in at least six vehicles was stranded on state Route 38 near the San Bernardino National Forest.
The group was stuck for about 10 hours. No one was hurt or needed medical attention. The route was still closed as of Friday. The mudslides happened after heavy rain.
Workers clean up the damage caused by mudslides after storms in Yucaipa, Calif. on Friday. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
3. Dodgers great Clayton Kershaw to pitch his last regular-season home game
Clayton Kershaw pitches the final regular-season home game of his 18-year career with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday in what figures to be an emotional night after announcing his decision to retire at season’s end.
The 37-year-old pitcher will be surrounded by his teammates, his wife and four children and fans who’ve watched him work his way through the Dodgers’ farm system to reach the majors at age 20 and go on to win three Cy Young Awards as well as two World Series championships.
Along the way, he reached 3,000 career strikeouts in July.
“Everybody who is just a fan is going to wrap their arms around Clayton Kershaw,” teammate Freddie Freeman said. “He deserves everything he’s going to get from the fans. It’s Clayton Kershaw’s night and I can’t wait to be a part of it.”
4. Report: D4vd cancels Greek Theatre show amid probe of teen girl’s death
Singer D4vd, who has been on a concert tour as police investigate how a 15-year-old girl ended up dead and inside his car, has canceled Friday evening’s show in San Francisco and Saturday’s gig at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, it was reported Friday.
A cause of death remains pending for the girl, identified by the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner as Celeste Rivas, who was 13 when she went missing in Lake Elsinore last year before her decomposed body was found a day after her 15th birthday in Hollywood in the trunk of an impounded Tesla registered in Texas to D4vd.
A bulletin issued by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department when her mother reported the girl missing lists her date of birth as Sept. 7, 2010, and refers to her as Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
Her remains were discovered Sept. 8 in the Tesla, which had been towed to a city police yard in the 1000 block of North Mansfield Avenue. The car was registered to singer-songwriter David Anthony Burke, 20, known as D4vd, who has been on his U.S. “Withered” tour.
5. Sacramento ABC 10’s building struck by gunfire
Police are continuing their investigation after a vehicle drove by and fired shots at ABC 10’s building in Sacramento on Friday afternoon.
The incident was reported at 1:30 p.m. on the 400 block of Broadway.
No one was injured, and the motive is unknown at this time, authorities said. Police said they were not aware of any ongoing threat.
Video from the scene shows bullet holes in a window of the building.
In a statement, police said in part:
“Responding officers observed at least three gunshots into a window of the building. The building was occupied and fortunately, nobody was injured.”
There is no information on a suspect or suspects. Police also said that they, at this time, do not know if the act was random or targeted.
Your Notes for this Weekend
- DC Comics celebrates Batman Day on Saturday
- National Dance Day is Saturday
- NHL preseason begins Saturday
- Saturday is World Cleanup Day, which sees volunteers cleaning up local parks, waterways, and forests to restore and protect nature.
- On Sunday, President Trump delivers remarks at memorial service for Charlie Kirk in Arizona
- Sunday is World Alzheimer’s Day, part of World Alzheimer’s Month
- On Monday, Kamala Harris sits down with Rachel Maddow for first news interview since leaving office
- Monday is Fall Equinox, the first day of fall in the Northern Hemisphere, with day and night at almost equal length. Comes three weeks after the first day of the meteorological fall
- World Economic Forum Sustainable Development Impact Meetings takes place Monday
- The Senate and the House break for recess on Monday
In Case You Missed It
(Spectrum News/Sarah Pilla)
Getting under a home in the crawl space is where Ken Compton — vice president of Seismic Safety — is showing one of his earthquake retrofit projects.
This 100-year-old home in Eagle Rock is being secured to its foundation by today’s standards.
Without retrofitting, older homes often sit on short cripple walls that aren’t braced — leaving them at risk of sliding or even toppling off their foundation in a major earthquake.
CalTech’s Dr. Thomas Heaton said earthquakes can shift the ground several feet in seconds, causing homes to slide right off their foundations. When that happens, families can be displaced, and the financial toll can be devastating.
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