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As officials try to determine the cause of a fire that burned an estimated 7,000 structures in and around Altadena, investigators keep returning to one place: an electrical transmission tower in Eaton Canyon. Read the full story: www.latimes.com/california/s...

Their flippers were paralyzed, they couldn’t come up for air, and their heartbeats were barely perceptible. But most of these 1,200 sea turtles were lucky. The currents carried their bodies ashore, where they could be saved — among Florida’s largest cold-water turtle rescues in the last 15 years.

Interstate 5 is being closed in both directions along its Grapevine section due to the Hughes fire north of Castaic. The 45-mile section of roadway connects Los Angeles County with the San Joaquin Valley.