An Amber Alert was issued early Monday morning for help finding two children believed to have been abducted by a woman in California’s Tulare County.

Gage Morrellie, 5, and Paizlee Morrelli, 6, were taken from South Front Street and Avenue 48 in the city of Earlimart around 12:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol posted on X.

Authorities are searching for 29-year-old suspect Makenzie Morrelli in connection with the abduction. The CHP did not specify her relationship to the children.

Makenzie Morrelli was last seen driving a dark blue Scion tC with California plate 6SQA269.

Makenzie Morrelli was described as standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black hoodie and jeans.

Gage Morrelli is 3 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 45 pounds with blonde hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a red, tan and black flannel shirt and blue jeans.

Paizlee Morrelli is 3 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 50 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and tan pants with black hearts.

The Amber Alert was initially issued for Tulare Kern, Kings and Fresno Counties. Anyone who may see the vehicle or know the whereabouts of the woman and children was asked to dial 911.

Deputies and loved ones are asking for the community’s help in searching for an at-risk man who was last seen on Dec. 13 in El Monte.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department describes Derek Ceasar Elizondo as a 35-year-old Hispanic male who stands 5 feet and 8 inches tall and weighs about 175 lbs.

According to LASD, Elizondo, who is a resident of Los Angeles County, was last seen around 1:30 p.m. on Friday near the 10000 block of Railroad Street, wearing a black jacket, brown shirt, black pants and black shoes.

Other visual descriptions of the missing person included that he has black hair and brown eyes.

Elizondo’s family members are worried for his well-being, sharing that he suffers from what was only described as “a mental disorder,” and that he requires daily medication.

Officials encourage anyone with information about this incident to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Missing Persons Unit at 323-890-5500.  

To provide information anonymously, call “Crime Stoppers” by dialing 800-222-TIPS (8477), or use the website http://lacrimestoppers.org.

Firefighters have tough jobs, but a swarm of bees made their job even harder while fighting a structure fire that broke out Sunday morning. 

Los Angeles Fire Department officials confirmed that the blaze started just before 11 a.m. in the 1600 block of New Jersey Street in L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood. 

“The seat of the fire appeared to be in the crawl space of a living space added on to the back of a house,” LAFD stated. “The fire extended up the wall to the garage of the primary structure.” 

Two garages and a one-story apartment building were also exposed to the flames, LAFD elaborated. Video posted to the Citizen App shows smoke billowing into the clear morning sky.

Eventually, just over half an hour after the fire broke out, 54 firefighters were able to extinguish the flames with no injuries reported. 

“While conducting overhaul operations, firefighters [worked] diligently to protect vehicles in the garage while safely managing a bee swarm on the exterior of the building,” officials said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.