BREAKING: A car fire on the 5 Freeway sparked a brush fire in Castaic around noon Tuesday, authorities confirmed. Crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the blaze, named the Townsend Fire, around noon. It's not yet clear what started the car fire or if any injuries were reported. Officials said motorists should expect delays in the area as crews work to knock down the blaze: https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/car-fire-sparks-townsend-fire-near-5-freeway-in-castaic/ |

Pope Leo XIV prayed publicly on Sunday for the victims of the shooting at a Catholic school in Minnesota and called for an end to the "pandemic of arms, large and small." The U.S.-born pope spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the "logic of weapons" fueling wars around the world, during his Sunday noon blessing from his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square in Rome. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-denounces-pandemic-arms-minnesota-school-shooting/ | CBS News