{"id":386779,"date":"2026-07-05T07:18:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T07:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386779\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T07:18:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T07:18:35","slug":"brush-fire-burns-in-west-covina-on-fourth-of-july-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386779\/","title":{"rendered":"Brush fire burns in West Covina on Fourth of July \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A brush fire broke out in West Covina on Saturday night, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Crews responded to the &#8220;Hooper Fire&#8221; near Hooper Drive and Hillside Drive at around 9:40 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<\/p>\n<p>The 3-acre blaze appeared to be burning in a remote part of a neighborhood that&#8217;s built onto a hill. Officials say the fire had a potential for 10 acres and could possibly threaten structures.<\/p>\n<p>Video from NewsChopper4 showed firefighters on the ground and water drops being made.<\/p>\n<p>NBCLA meteorologist Stephanie Olmo said weather conditions were favorable to crews, with calm winds and elevated humidity values in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story that will be updated as more information arrives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A brush fire broke out in West Covina on Saturday night, officials said. Crews responded to the &#8220;Hooper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49,41395],"class_list":["post-386779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-west-covina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}