LOS ANGELES—A woman and her two dogs were fatally struck by lightning in Pico Rivera on June 22 as a storm front pushed across the Southland and led to power outages and beach closures.
The lightning strike in Pico Rivera occurred around 8:50 a.m. when the woman was walking along the San Gabriel River, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The woman and her dogs both died at the scene.
