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The suspect is on the run.

The floods have killed 579 in Nepal, the country’s disaster-management authority said Friday. Nepali police later put the number of deaths at 553. There was little information on survivors on the Chinese side, where the death toll rose to seven Friday as state media showed evacuations of villages and leaders’ efforts to direct the relief response.

Two Inland Empire teenagers, including the daughter of an Orange County firefighter, were severely burned when their ATV overturned and caught fire during a spring break trip to Zion National Park. Off-duty and retired firefighters traveling with the group used professional training and on-hand medical supplies to rescue the girls and extinguish the flames within two minutes.

A hungry black bear was caught wandering around Monrovia Friday morning looking for a snack.

A heat advisory will remain in effect until 8 p.m. Saturday for coastal and valley areas of Los Angeles County, according to the National Weather Service.

A cooldown is expected over the weekend.

The two-stall prefabricated restroom, located near the Fuller Avenue entrance to one of Los Angeles' busiest hiking destinations, was delivered and installed by crane in February after months of controversy over its nearly $1 million price tag.

Assembly Bill 2304, known as Gabriel's Law, is named for 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, whose 2013 death after months of abuse drew widespread attention to failures in the child welfare system.

The jury heard recordings of Duane Keith Davis discussing the shooting; the defense said there was no physical evidence tying him to Las Vegas the night of the crime.

Tanya Tsikanovsky is running for West Hollywood City Council. She is a self-described Republican, Zionist, and Trump supporter. She says that combination has made her a target in her own city and it was clear the night she announced a meet-and-greet at SweetWater.

A truck carrying an estimated 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer—equivalent to more than 50,000 cans—was stolen in Montclair in what may be the largest beer heist ever recorded.

The suspect led officers on a pursuit before barging into a Valley Glen home with four siblings inside.

Clean-up crews and heavy machinery worked throughout Friday on Babcock Avenue, clearing debris and trimming overgrown trees after a fire swept through a homeless encampment on an abandoned property early Thursday morning. The incident quickly drew the attention of Mayor Karen Bass and ignited a dispute over accountability between city officials.