https://www.latimes.com/people/javier-panzar Content published by Javier Panzar. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:32:46 GMT https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2024-03-07/amtrack-train-california-zephyr-emeryville-truckee For Californians, crossing the fabled Donner Pass and descending to Lake Tahoe is one of those essential rites of passage. But forget doing it in a car. Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:32:46 GMT https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2024-03-07/amtrack-train-california-zephyr-emeryville-truckee https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-10-18/california-heat-wave-2023-when-will-it-end Temperatures will be up to 15 degrees above normal this week, peaking Wednesday and Thursday, with a heat advisory for the Bay Area before a cool trend Friday. Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:42:04 GMT https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-10-18/california-heat-wave-2023-when-will-it-end https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-19/readers-remember-and-mourn-p-22-mountain-lion Our readers mourn P-22 and reflect on the famous mountain lion's impact and what we can do now for his threatened species. Mon, 19 Dec 2022 20:59:49 GMT https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-19/readers-remember-and-mourn-p-22-mountain-lion https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-09/sylmar-earthquake-1971-memories-los-angeles The Sylmar quake was one of the worst in modern Los Angeles history, killing 64 people, injuring 2,543 and causing $553 million in damage. Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:00:18 GMT https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-09/sylmar-earthquake-1971-memories-los-angeles https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-18/a-look-back-at-janet-napolitanos-time-at-the-helm-of-the-uc-system University of California President Janet Napolitano announced she will resign. Here's a look back at her tenure Thu, 19 Sep 2019 02:46:38 GMT https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-18/a-look-back-at-janet-napolitanos-time-at-the-helm-of-the-uc-system https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hermosa-beach-arson-20190614-story.html Hermosa Beach police have cleared a man they arrested Thursday on suspicion of arson and arrested a new suspect in connection with a blaze that destroyed a beachfront house and damaged four others. Sat, 15 Jun 2019 03:58:36 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hermosa-beach-arson-20190614-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-after-school-molestation-20190614-story.html A supervisor at a Los Angeles Unified School District after-school program pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he sexually assaulted four boys at a Gardena elementary school over the last year, prosecutors said. Fri, 14 Jun 2019 18:39:58 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-after-school-molestation-20190614-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-irvine-darknet-drugs-20190611-story.html A 29-year-old Irvine man was sentenced this week to 10 years in federal prison for selling narcotics on a darkweb marketplace where he was listed as a top vendor, federal prosecutors said. Tue, 11 Jun 2019 23:40:54 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-irvine-darknet-drugs-20190611-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sexual-assault-sentenced-20190606-story.html A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to 32 years to life in state prison for sexually attacking four women across the Westside in 2016, including two attacks near the beach in Santa Monica, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said Thursday. Fri, 07 Jun 2019 02:34:23 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sexual-assault-sentenced-20190606-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-heat-car-death-arrest-20190606-story.html A 25-year-old West Covina man was charged with involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in the death of a 51-year-old man with an intellectual disability who was left inside a car last summer, according to court records. Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:24:11 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-heat-car-death-arrest-20190606-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fatal-wrong-way-oc-crash-investigation-20190606-story.html Authorities are investigating whether a 23-year-old man involved in a violent head-on crash that killed another driver had intentionally sped onto the 73 Freeway in Newport Beach going the wrong way, California Highway Patrol officials said Thursday. Thu, 06 Jun 2019 18:59:30 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fatal-wrong-way-oc-crash-investigation-20190606-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fatal-wrong-way-oc-crash-20190605-story.html A 65-year-old Corona del Mar woman was killed Wednesday morning after a Mercedes speeding the wrong way on the 73 Freeway at more than 100 mph crashed head-on into her BMW in Newport Beach, authorities said. Wed, 05 Jun 2019 17:46:50 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fatal-wrong-way-oc-crash-20190605-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-camp-fire-victim-identification-20190604-story.html Butte County officials have released the names of two additional victims from last year’s deadly Camp fire — a 68-year-old grandmother and her adult granddaughter — bringing the number of those identified as having died in the massive blaze to 77. Tue, 04 Jun 2019 18:42:53 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-camp-fire-victim-identification-20190604-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hot-dog-battery-20190603-story.html A 30-year-old Sylmar man who was caught on video punching two women in the face at a downtown Los Angeles hot dog stand has pleaded guilty to two counts of battery. Tue, 04 Jun 2019 01:56:07 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-hot-dog-battery-20190603-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cal-fire-burn-permit-20190603-story.html With fire season approaching, authorities on Monday suspended permits for outdoor residential burning in areas of Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego and Imperial counties where the state provides fire services. Mon, 03 Jun 2019 23:17:50 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-cal-fire-burn-permit-20190603-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-mountain-lion-attack-20190531-story.html State officials on Friday confirmed that a mountain lion killed by wildlife officers earlier this week in San Diego was the same one that had attacked a 4-year-old boy. Fri, 31 May 2019 18:17:44 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-mountain-lion-attack-20190531-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-grand-theft-20190529-story.html An LAPD officer accused of falsely reporting more than $8,000 worth of work on her time sheets pleaded not guilty to a single charge of grand theft Tuesday, authorities said. Wed, 29 May 2019 22:47:28 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-grand-theft-20190529-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-barricade-homicide-suspect-20190528-story.html A homicide suspect led police on an early morning pursuit from downtown Los Angeles to the Del Rey neighborhood in the Westside, where he crashed into a parked car, broke into a house and barricaded himself before surrendering to SWAT officers Tuesday morning, police said. Tue, 28 May 2019 15:47:35 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-barricade-homicide-suspect-20190528-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tahoe-water-clarity-20190525-story.html The clarity of Lake Tahoe’s cobalt blue water improved dramatically in 2018, a year after the combined forces of historic drought and record-breaking rain resulted in the lake’s lowest visibility levels since record-keeping began in 1968. Sat, 25 May 2019 14:00:05 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tahoe-water-clarity-20190525-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bicyclist-hit-run-lapd-reward-westlake-20190522-story.html The Los Angeles Police Department released a video Wednesday of a violent hit-and-run collision in the Westlake neighborhood that left a bicyclist with a broken leg and announced a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest of the driver of the SUV. Wed, 22 May 2019 23:31:35 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-bicyclist-hit-run-lapd-reward-westlake-20190522-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-stolen-police-suv-montebello-20190522-story.html The Montebello Police Department is investigating a vehicle theft that hits rather close to home. Wed, 22 May 2019 22:00:10 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-stolen-police-suv-montebello-20190522-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-stolen-rv-chase-dogs-stable-20190522-story.html Two dogs that were inside a stolen RV during a wild police chase Tuesday night suffered only minor injuries after one jumped from the moving vehicle and the other survived several collisions, authorities said Wednesday. Wed, 22 May 2019 18:35:50 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-stolen-rv-chase-dogs-stable-20190522-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-meth-seizure-20190520-story.html A joint two-month investigation into the Sinaloa drug cartel led to the arrest of two men and the seizure of 500 pounds of methamphetamine, 40 grams of fentanyl, six handguns and five rifles, authorities said. Mon, 20 May 2019 21:23:06 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-meth-seizure-20190520-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-south-la-attempted-kidnapping-20190517-story.html LAPD detectives are looking for a woman suspected in the attempted kidnapping of a 4-year-old boy in South Los Angeles after a similar brazen child abduction was tried the day before. Fri, 17 May 2019 20:23:04 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-south-la-attempted-kidnapping-20190517-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-berkeley-student-sex-assault-charge-20190516-story.html A 20-year-old UC Berkeley student was charged with multiple felony crimes, including rape, Thursday after authorities said he sexually assaulted two women. Thu, 16 May 2019 21:33:55 GMT https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-berkeley-student-sex-assault-charge-20190516-story.html