California lightning hits 14; 2 critically – Maybe the ‘Gates of Hades’ did open…

CAlightVenice beach no less. A freak storm hit this area. It only lasted about 15 minutes.

A 20-year-old man died Sunday after lightning struck or rattled 13 people at a popular Los Angeles beach and a golfer on Catalina Island during summer thunderstorms that swept through Southern California, authorities said. MORE