LOS ANGELES — In Southern California, where police pursuits are common, this was one for the books.

A suspect in an allegedly stolen minivan led authorities on a two-hour, 170-mile (274-kilometer) chase through four counties Monday that ended with her escaping into Mexico, officials said.

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The driver was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers when she reentered the country the next day. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office was due to take her into custody, and charges were pending.

It began around 11 a.m. when deputies responded to reports of a Toyota Sienna taken from outside a sober living home in Thousand Oaks, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.

The deputies chased the vehicle at speeds reaching 90 mph (145 kph). The California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit as the minivan headed south on Interstate 405 into Los Angeles County.

TV news helicopters followed as the minivan swerved to avoid a spike strip that the CHP placed in its path. A second spike strip attempt also failed, and by noon the suspect had sped into Orange County on Interstate 5.

After the chase reached San Diego County, the CHP notified Customs and Border Protection just after 1 p.m. that the vehicle was nearing the border.

CHP units were called off from the pursuit on State Route 905 around 1:20 p.m. because of public safety concerns, a common practice for chases near the border to protect officers and motorists.

“We don’t want this car forcing its way through the entry, hurting other people,” CHP Sgt. Esteban Hernandez told the Los Angeles Times.

Shortly before 1:30 p.m., CHP officers were notified that the minivan had made its way through the San Ysidro crossing into Mexico, Hernandez said. She reentered through the same crossing Tuesday, the highway patrol said in a statement.

Officials at Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to a request for additional details.

The suspect was identified as a 29-year-old woman who lived at the sober living facility.

MONTREAL — Say what you want about their performance on home ice this season, the Kings are having little trouble winning on the road.

Quinton Byfield and defenseman Joel Edmundson each collected a goal and an assist, and the Kings scored three quick goals in the second period to beat the Montreal Canadiens, 5-1, on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

Kevin Fiala and former Canadien Joel Armia also scored and Warren Foegele added an empty-net goal for the Kings, who won their fourth straight away from home and extended their road point streak to eight games (6-0-2). Darcy Kuemper made 21 saves as the Kings (8-5-4 overall, 7-1-2 on the road) beat the Canadiens for the ninth consecutive time, their longest active run against another team.

Josh Anderson scored a goal late in the first period for Montreal (10-4-2 overall) and defenseman Lane Hutson, last season’s NHL Rookie of the Year, notched an assist while playing in his 100th career NHL game.

Sam Montembeault made 21 saves for the Canadiens, who dropped to 5-2-1 at home and saw their six-game point streak come to a halt (4-0-2).

Trailing 1-0 after Anderson’s one-timer with 46 seconds left in the first period, the Kings scored three goals in a span of 4:05 in the second, beginning with Edmundson’s first of the season.

Edmundson, who played for Montreal from 2020-23, fired a slap shot from the point 1:17 into the period – the hardest shot in the league this season at 96.75 mph, according to the NHL – past Montembeault.

Then, with a delayed penalty, Byfield finished off a lengthy 6-on-5 sequence by gathering a rebound and shoveling the puck into the top of the net exactly three minutes later.

Montembeault paid dearly for his decision against freezing the puck just over one minute later. The goalie instead tapped the puck along to the side of the net, pushing it directly on to Fiala’s stick near the crease, and Fiala sent it home for a 3-1 lead at 5:22 of the middle frame.

Armia, who played the previous seven seasons with Montreal, chased down Hutson and stripped him of the puck before moving in and slotting a shot past Montembeault on his glove side for a three-goal lead with 8:52 left in the third period.

The game got off to a promising start for Montreal. Jake Evans collected the puck behind his own blue line and skated into the offensive zone before feeding Hutson in the high slot. Hutson deftly slid the puck to Anderson, who one-timed a shot from the left circle that sailed over the glove of Kuemper to open the scoring with 43 seconds remaining in the first period.

Outside of Anderson’s blistering shot, the Canadiens couldn’t solve Kuemper. He stopped Cole Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky’s slot shots in the third period and showed stellar rebound control.

WELCOME BACK

Armia returned to a loud ovation during a first-period video tribute. Armia, Edmundson, Corey Perry and Phillip Danault of the Kings all played for the Canadiens during their run to the 2021 Stanley Cup final.

UP NEXT

The Kings visit the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday at 4 p.m. PT, their third stop on a six-game trip.

Phones across Los Angeles County and elsewhere rang out Tuesday night, Nov. 11, when a test alert mistakenly was sent by South Pasadena officials to a much larger geographic area than they intended.

“This is a test of the South Pasadena WEA (Weather Emergency Alert) system,” the alert, which was sent around 5:50 p.m., read. “There is no emergency.”

Public safety officials sent the alert, which appeared to have pinged most cellphones in Los Angeles County, said Jennifer Colby, a spokesperson for the City of South Pasadena. On Reddit, some users said they received the alert as far away as Orange and San Luis Obispo counties.

The city’s public safety officials are looking into the issue and determining why the alert was sent to a far wider region than intended, Colby said.

In January, the Los Angeles County Fire Department sent multiple false alerts to cellphones across the county as the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires raged.

A report released in May by U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Long Beach, found that a software error caused one of the alerts, which warned of evacuations amid the Kenneth fire and was mistakenly sent to millions of residents across Los Angeles County.

State legislators expressed concern over the faulty alert system and the possibility it could create alert fatigue among residents, causing them to ignore emergency alerts in the future. They also considered the possibility of a state-run emergency alert system.

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TUESDAY’S SCORES

BOYS WATER POLO

CIF-SS PLAYOFFS

Semifinals

DIVISION 2

Capistrano Valley 10, Redondo Union 9

DIVISION 4

Charter Oak 11, Buena Park 10

Liberty 13, Culver City 11

DIVISION 5

Fontana 20, Westminster 8

Baldwin Park 12, Montebello 7

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOUTH REGIONAL

Round I

DIVISION I

Santa Margarita def. San Marcos/San Marcos, 23-25, 25-15, 28-26, 25-15

DIVISION II

Cypress def. Venice, 25-15, 25-15, 25-22

DIVISION V

Morro Bay def. Anaheim, 25-6, 25-10, 25-11

Southern California will trade a so-far balmy fall season for cooler temperatures and rain this weekend as a storm moves in and is expected to hit most areas Thursday or the morning of Friday, Nov. 14.

“This storm system that is coming in, will push inland by Saturday and when all is said and done some of these valley areas could see more than an inch total,” Adam Roser, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said.

Rain is expected in San Bernardino and Riverside counties on Thursday afternoon at the earliest and is expected to be in full force by Thursday night and early Friday morning.

The Inland Empire will see some winds start to increase on Thursday, 30-45 mph in most areas, but up to 50 mph in the mountains. Warm fall temperatures in the low 80s Wednesday will dip to cooler temperatures in the mid 70s and then low 60s as the rain moves in Thursday and Friday. Two to four inches of rain are expected in the San Bernardino mountain areas. There is a risk of localized flash flooding and increased risk of flooding in recent burn scars, Roser said.

Above 7,000 feet elevation will see snowfall. There may be a light accumulation around Big Bear, under an inch of rain or snow. In mountain areas, temperatures are expected to drop from around 60 degrees on Wednesday into the 40s as the storm moves into the weekend.

“Friday and Saturday will see temperatures, from the Inland Empire to the coast, much cooler than it has been,” he said.

Forest Falls resident Garth McGlasson, who has lived in areas of the San Bernardino Mountains including Running Springs and Big Bear for years, said he and his community are preparing for winter rains and snow, this weekend and always.

“We spend our existence up here gathering firewood, gathering sticks, gathering food.. We get our shovels out, because we know the county will take their time getting plows up,” he said.

Expecting rain later this week, the Forest Falls community is preparing for the possibility of mudslides and rock slides, which are common after precipitation. In October, a rainstorm and flash flooding triggered a mudslide that caused damage in Forest Falls and Oak Glen.

“It was insane. Upper canyon, I don’t think they suffered as much. Lower canyon got hit very hard, the county taking days to clear mud,” he said. “It was absolutely terrifying.”

Since the El Dorado fire in 2020, McGlasson says there has been a lack of vegetation in the area, resulting in nothing holding the ground together, resulting in rain impacting the area intensely.

At the Elkhorn General Store, where McGlasson has worked for the past four years, canned and frozen food and firewood are items they focus on keeping stocked well as inclement winter weather looms, from this week’s rainstorm to later in the season snow.

“Mountain people take care of each other,” he said.

In Orange County, inland areas will be hit with rain Thursday afternoon at the earliest. By Thursday night and early Friday morning the storm will have arrived and temperatures will drop from the low 70s on Wednesday and Thursday to the mid 60s on Friday and Saturday.

Coastal Orange County can expect breezy and rainy weather, with a particular potential for wind on Thursday night into Friday. Temperatures are expected to go from the high 60s to the low 60s and high 50s in coastal areas.

While the chance of rain decreases Sunday, the possibility for more showers is back in Southern California next Monday through Wednesday.

“It’s November, we’re starting to get into the rainy season, this looks like one of the first bigger winter storms of the season,” Roser said.

In Los Angeles, rain is expected to hit late Thursday into Friday morning, when the storm will peak, said Carol Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Mountain areas and the San Fernando Valley and foothill areas can expect the most rain, with two to four inches predicted. In the Valley, temperatures will drop from the mid 80s and 70s seen at the start of the week to the mid to high 60s as the storm makes its way to the area. Downtown, temperatures will drop from the low 70s to low 60s moving into Thursday and Friday. The coastal areas will shift from high to mid 60s to temperatures in the low 60s.

Through Sunday there is a low chance of thunderstorms, which bring heavier rain where they may hit.

Travel delays may happen with slick roads. Mudslides and rumbling rocks are a risk with the incoming wetter weather, especially in areas like Kanan Road and Malibu Canyon and flash flooding debris flow may happen in burn areas, Smith said.

Winds of 20-35 mph will blow through Los Angeles on Thursday and Friday. Mountainous areas of the county and the I-5 corridor may see speeds of 35-50 mph, Smith said.

The impending rain, especially in Los Angeles County, could extend into Saturday, with a possibility of showers continuing through Sunday and Monday.

“This season, we haven’t had much rain. This is a bigger storm,” Smith said. “It could be an extended period of rain. We had one storm earlier this season. This will be probably a little more rain than the last one, a little more impactful than the last one.”

If there is a lot of rain, particularly heavy rain or thunderstorms, it could affect any burn scar in the Southern California area.

This storm system has been difficult to forecast, but by Wednesday there may be higher confidence in data about the storm system, especially for Saturday and beyond,  Lisa Phillips, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said.

“In general, we’re looking for higher rainfall rates and that is something that is possible with this storm,” Phillips said. “It’s a little harder to say whether we are going to hit those rates or not for LA County.”

But with chances of thunderstorms there is a possibility that burn scars, such as the Eaton and Palisades fire burn zones, will be affected.

“You can have problems with just general rain as well but I think in this case there is higher potential with the thunderstorms,” she said.

Edgar McGregor, a meteorologist and community activist in Altadena who warned residents to evacuate early as the Eaton fire burned through the area in January, is not concerned about this weekend’s storm impacting the Eaton burn zone, due to the lack of rain breaks expected with this system. A rain break is defined as heavy rain that stops for five or 10 minutes and then resumes again.

“From a meteorological perspective, I’m not really concerned about this storm at all,” he said.

Rain breaks that would concern him are not coming in, in fact a previous storm on Oct. 14 was more conducive to rain breaks and did not result in any major debris flow or mudslides in the area, McGregor said.

“We’ll probably see a little mud get down onto the streets in a few neighborhoods, maybe those folks right up against the mountains may see a bit of mud in their yards,” he said.

Many community members worry about rain and other weather hitting the area, or even another (unlikely, he says) wildfire, after the Eaton fire, but this storm at least, should not be dwelled on.

“This one is going to be a little longer lasting than other storms we’ve had. It’s always difficult to tell people not to worry because then they are not prepared..” he said.

If there is a storm of concern to the Eaton burn zone, McGregor says he will certainly warn the community.

“Don’t let your guard down, but at the same time, this is not a storm I would be fearful of,” he said.