Freeway Shooting Spree, Pregnant Teen Slain, Baby Critical, K-9 Finds Cocaine: SoCal Weekend Roundup

As Southern California heads into a new week, residents can expect warm and dry conditions before a cooling trend arrives Friday, according to the National Weather Service. However, the weekend brought a wave of violent incidents and significant drug busts across the region.

In a tragic case, a pregnant teenager was fatally shot, and her baby remains in critical condition after an emergency cesarean section. The boyfriend has been arrested in connection with the shooting.

Separately, a 15-year-old has been arrested in a fatal shooting in Long Beach.

Authorities intercepted 122 pounds of cocaine on Interstate 5 near San Clemente after a K-9 alerted them to the vehicle. The U.S. Border Patrol announced the seizure.

In other incidents, a man was arrested after multiple car-to-car shootings on the 405 Freeway in South Los Angeles. Martin Moreno-Pacheco is linked to three such shootings over the past week.

A man's body was found on the shoulder of a 110 Freeway off-ramp in South LA, and a man was fatally struck by a vehicle while running across a freeway in Riverside.

A Coachella man was arrested on suspicion of narcotics sales after officers found over one pound of heroin, two unregistered handguns, and approximately $64,000. In Oceanside, crews stopped a vegetation fire that spread to three acres, and firefighters doused an electrical vault fire at a downtown LA parking garage.

A man was killed in a shooting near Universal Studios, with the suspect still at large, and a woman was identified as the killer in a Los Angeles murder-suicide that left four dead. A woman suspected in a DUI crash in San Diego was arrested, leaving her and three others injured.

A beach attack by a mob of e-bike teens in Huntington Beach is the latest in a disturbing trend of teen takeovers.

Statewide, California registered voters broke a record days before the primary election, and high grocery prices continue to squeeze families. A new law would make Daylight Saving Time permanent in California, and norovirus is hitting a popular attraction hard.

Forecasters warn of a 'rare' monster El Niño that could shatter records and arrive in weeks.