Fire crews responded to a structure fire in Montebello Thursday as strong flames and smoke were coming out of the burning ...

The Westfield Culver City mall also closed early because of the fire.

The hours-long barricade began around 2:40 a.m. when police received a call about a burglary at a home in Pacoima.

Fire crews on Thursday were battling a structure fire in Montebello, authorities said. The fire was reported at 7:21 p.m. at 121 E. Whittier Blvd., according to the Verdugo fire dispatch center.

Firefighters have been called to the home twice in the last 10 days for different fires.

A fire at the Target store at Westfield Culver City Thursday evening forced the entire mall to be evacuated. The Los Angeles Fire Department dispatched 23 firefighters to join crews from the Culver ...