It’s Wednesday, October 28th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be sunny and pleasant, with a high of 78 and a low tonight of 56. Our top story: Southern California Edison said it is investigating whether its electrical equipment may have caused the Silverado fire in Irvine. The fire has burned more than 12,000 acres and has forced 100,000 people to evacuate.

It’s Tuesday, October 27th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be nice with plenty of sunshine, a high of 78, and a low tonight of 56. Our top story: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion today seeking options for removing Sheriff Alex Villanueva. The proposal escalates the contentious relationship between the county’s most powerful elected leaders.

It’s Monday, October 26th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be partly sunny, with a high of 73 and a low tonight of 52. Our top story: Remember D-D-T, the all-but-indestructible pesticide that first shook the public and sparked the environmental movement in the 1960s? Using deep-sea robots, a new generation of scientists recently came across barrels filled with D-D-T-laced sludge in the waters off Catalina Island.

It’s Friday, October 23rd. I’m Joseph Delaney, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly cloudy and seasonably cool, with a high of 75 and a low tonight of 61. Our top story: LA County schools will be allowed to bring students who need special services back to campus 25 percent at a time, if those services are best offered in person. That’s what county Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced Wednesday.

It’s Thursday, October 22nd. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high around 75 degrees and a low tonight of 62. Our top story: A Sacramento judge has refused to order the California Republican Party to disclose information about its ballot drop box program to state officials.

It’s Wednesday, October 21st. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with highs in the mid to low 80s and a low tonight of 62. Our top story: LA Police Chief Michel Moore has predicted that the city will see more than 300 homicides this year. He also noted that although there was a brief lull in killings early in the year that police attributed in part to COVID-19 lockdowns, homicides spiked in the summer.

It’s Tuesday, October 20th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high around 81 degrees and a low tonight of 62. Our top story: California Governor Gavin Newsom said the state will review COVID-19 vaccines that receive federal approval before distributing them to the public.

It’s Monday, October 19th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny, with a high of 82 and a low tonight of 61. Our top story: Police in California got hundreds of calls about abuse in some Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. But a Times investigation found that cases were rarely prosecuted.

It’s Friday, October 16th. I’m Mary Regalado, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny and very hot, with a high around 98 degrees and a low tonight of 65. Our top story: A record-breaking fall heat wave and gusty Santa Ana winds are heightening fire danger across a swath of Southern California. The National Weather Service has issued a fire weather watch for much of the region. And critical conditions are expected through this afternoon.

It’s Thursday, October 15th. I’m Kyle Sauerhoefer, and here’s your local news from The Los Angeles Times. Today will be mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 99 degrees and a low tonight of 66. Our top story: With election day a little more than 2 weeks away, over a million Californians have already returned their mail-in ballots. That’s according to the state. This marks the most ballots collected by mail at this point in any California election.