The woman who was struck and killed by a Los Angeles Police Department squad car over the weekend has been identified by family members. Per a verified GoFundMe, the victim is 32-year-old Kristine Poulos. The fundraiser was set up by Poulos daughter, who says Poulos was crossing the street when she was hit by [...]

A Florida man was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for his participation in a scheme where he and others would fraudulently manipulate airline bookings, including ones at Hollywood Burbank Airport, the FBI says. Federal officials made the announcement Tuesday. According to a media release, Chaculvin Hayes was one of [...]

Two people were trapped when a trash truck overturned after colliding with a big rig in Los Angeles' West Whittier-Los Nietos area Monday morning. The crash was reported just before 6:30 a.m. at Slauson and Alburtis avenues. First responders found two people trapped inside the truck, which remained on its side as Sky5 was overhead [...]

A Tesla in self-driving mode lost control and crashed into a hydrant in Los Angeles County early Tuesday morning, authorities confirmed to KTLA. Deputies with the L.A. County Sheriffs Department were called to the intersection of Santa Anita and Central avenues in South El Monte at 4:17 a.m. According to a deputy at the scene, [...]

An investigation is underway after a 40-year-old man was dropped off with a gunshot wound at an Antelope Valley fire station Monday night. Deputies responded to Fire Station 92 in the unincorporated Littlerock area for an assault with a deadly weapon call shortly after 8:30 p.m., a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesperson said. Upon [...]

The stakes in Tuesday's election which party will control Congress are crystal clear. But when that will be known is impossible to say.

Voters across California are heading to the polls Tuesday to choose the state's next governor, decide the closely watched Los Angeles mayoral race and weigh in on 14 ballot propositions. Voting centers across L.A. County, which are expected to be busy all day, will open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. If you [...]

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after three months drifting at sea in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. Another four remained missing. Villagers rescued the group Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, after they ...

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Northern California that left a pregnant woman dead and six other people injured, authorities announced Monday. The suspect was arrested Nov. 2 at a home in Suisun City, three days after the deadly shooting at the Solano [...]

A man was arrested and a loaded handgun was seized on Oct. 29 after he allegedly brandished the gun at another driver during an act of road rage in the Inland Empire. The moment of road rage happened in July while the suspect was driving on the 10 Freeway in Ontario, according to the California [...]

More than 14 years after a 15-year-old Northern California girl vanished on her way to school, the man previously convicted of kidnapping and murdering her is back on trial after an appeals court overturned his conviction earlier this year. Antolin Garcia-Torres, 35, appeared in a Santa Clara County courtroom Monday for the start of his [...]

A 9-year-old girl was killed and two others were injured in a violent two-vehicle crash in San Bernardino County Monday morning, authorities confirmed. San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies responded around 7 a.m. to the intersection of Escondido Avenue and Palm Street in Hesperia following reports of a traffic collision. Footage of the aftermath ...

Five people were arrested during a human trafficking operation in Ventura on Oct. 29. Detectives made the arrests after setting up a sting operation at a local motel. The suspects were arrested for arriving at the motel or attempting to solicit prostitution, according to the Ventura Police Department. Police partially identified the five suspects and [...]

A California woman pleaded guilty Monday to stealing nearly $18 million from her employer, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced. The woman, 47-year-old Lizbeth Guadalupe Sherman of El Dorado Hills, worked as an executive assistant for a retired Bay Area venture capitalist. As part of her job, Sherman was tasked with paying her employers credit card [...]

A fugitive captured in Mexico 25 years after a deadly shooting in Ventura has been sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison, authorities announced Monday. Manuel Alejandro Vasquez, 48, was one of three men involved in the 1998 murder of 35-year-old restaurant owner Felipe Arambula, according to the Ventura County District Attorney's Office. [...]

Theres a slight chance that an atmospheric river could bring heavy rainfall to Southern California next week, the National Weather Service announced Tuesday. The atmospheric river has roughly a 60% chance of taking aim at the Pacific Northwest and Northern California between Nov. 10 and 12, according to the NWS. However, theres also a 20 [...]

Two Los Angeles residents arrested in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of Christina Downer, the sister of "Saturday Night Live" writer Jimmy Fowlie, have been formally charged, including her boyfriend, who prosecutors allege killed the 38-year-old woman more than a year ago. Downer was reported missing on Dec. 18, 2025, after her ...

Los Angeles Rams star defensive end Myles Garrett is set to return to practice this week, head coach Sean McVay announced Monday. Garrett has been on injured reserve since having arthroscopic knee surgery in mid-September. He played in the Rams season opener in Australia but said after the game that he was not 100% healthy, [...]

We're learning new details about the nine people who died when a business jet bound for the Bahamas crashed in Florida on Sunday. The aircraft was caught on video nosediving onto a busy roadway in Palm Beach County at 12:50 p.m. local time, colliding with the ground at high speeds and causing a massive fireball [...]

A U.S. citizen from Los Angeles was detained and fined $5,000 after authorities said he entered the United States illegally from Mexico. He was later booked on an unrelated felony warrant. U.S. Border Patrol agents encountered the man near Mine Canyon, about 11 miles east of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, at about 2 [...]

Two California college students who were studying abroad were injured in a high-speed train crash in central Spain last week that left at least 69 people dead. A spokesperson for California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Matt Lazier, said in a statement that two students were receiving medical care and the university has [...]

It was an electrifying game on the field and on the sidelines on Saturday afternoon. On Halloween, UCLA Bruins defeated the Nevada Wolf Pack 27-0, keeping their undefeated streak alive. The football team is 9-0 for the first time since 1998, making for a scary good record. Spotted on the sidelines was Dwayne "The Rock" [...]

Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing another major expansion of the state's film and television tax credit program, seeking to increase annual funding from $750 million to at least $1 billion and extend the incentive through 2040. The proposal would also include credits for above-the-line talent, $100 million for independent productions and rewards for companies ...

Flight tracking animation shows the path of the doomed business jet that crashed in Florida on Sunday, killing nine people. Radar shows powerful storms were affecting much of South Florida as the Learjet 60 made its way across the state, having departed Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for North Eleuthera Airport in the Bahamas. Tracking data [...]

Matt Wright, one of the executive producers for the "Ellen DeGeneres Show," has passed away. He was 52 years old. Wright passed away on Oct. 30 "in an unfathomable tragedy," according to a GoFundMe set up to help his husband and family during this difficult time. The post explained that Wright was working remotely in [...]