LAPD HQ: Partnerships matter—they make a difference. LAPD Chief Michel Moore joined City Attorney LA and Paul Krekorian to make it clear that “Ghost Guns” have no place in our communities. With gun crime seeing a disturbing increase, this is the time, more than ever, to work together. This is one of our Department’s Core Values, “Commitment to Leadership”.

National Forecast. It's going to take a few days to get temperatures to rebound after back to back storms and arctic air has settled in across the South. Meanwhile, snow, rain and ice will move into the MidAtlantic and Northeast thru Friday. Severe storms are also possible across the Southeast.

Austin, Texas — A water main break was reported in Downtown Austin on Lavaca Street between Eighth and 15th streets. The area is closed until further notice. A supermarket in South Austin, Texas, the only store that was opened in the area, saw empty shelves and long lines as shoppers stocked up amid historic cold weather and power outages.

Today, NASA's Perseverance rover will reach Mars going nearly 12,500 mph, then seek the surface in a nerve-wracking descent dubbed “seven minutes of terror.” It takes 11 minutes for radio signals to reach Earth, so the rover will have to do it on its own.
Perseverance will start its mission on the Jezero Crater floor, move across its delta and then up the crater rim. NASA estimates the vehicle will travel about 10 miles, operating over a period of 687 Earth days, the equivalent of one year on Mars. The rover will begin collecting and storing rock samples about two months after landing. It will search for ancient microbial life by drilling into rocks formed by water, extracting core samples, and storing 30 of them for retrieval by a future mission.