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Southern Californias tight-knit aviation community is mourning the loss of three people killed when a television news helicopter crashed in Chatsworth on Tuesday evening, including a veteran reporter and pilot. The helicopter, NewsChopper4, was providing coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 when it went down in a parking lot near the scene of an earlier [...]

A pedestrian was killed after being struck by three vehicles in Long Beach. On Sept. 13, Long Beach police responded to Pacific Avenue, just north of Pacific Coast Highway, around 7:24 p.m. Arriving officers found the victim, an adult male, lying on the roadway. He was taken to the hospital where he died from his [...]

A former Los Angeles police detective and convicted rapist who was released decades before completing a 102-year prison sentence has pleaded not guilty in a nearly 32-year-old Ventura County kidnapping and robbery case. Michael Douglas Brambles, 77, of Santa Maria, entered the plea Sept. 11 to a charge of kidnapping to commit robbery while personally [...]

Two people were killed and a 7-year-old girl was hospitalized after a wrong-way crash in Orange County. On Sept. 11, California Highway Patrol officers responded to the crash on the 241 Toll Road in Lake Forest around 10:35 p.m. A woman driving a Honda SUV was traveling the wrong way, going northbound in the southbound [...]

Family members of the 22-year-old woman killed alongside a well-known Southern California car influencer in a fiery McLaren crash in Irvine are speaking out and raising funds to return her remains to Florida, where she lived. Alexis Lexi Kramer was in the McLaren with James Wehr, 27, co-founder of South OC Cars & Coffee, an [...]

An investigation is underway after a mans decomposing body was found in a South El Monte channel. On Sept. 14, Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department deputies were called to the Rio Hondo Channel near Loma Avenue and Rush Street at around 1:30 p.m. The body showed signs of the beginning stages of decomposition, authorities said. [...]

Four LAPD officers were evaluated after coming into contact with an unknown white powder-like substance in Van Nuys Wednesday morning. L.A. City Fire and hazmat crews responded to the scene near Van Nuys Blvd. and Ventura Blvd. around 10:02 a.m. Officials said four officers were evaluated then released at the scene. Hazmat teams later determined [...]

A Baldwin Park man pleaded guilty Wednesday to robbing two U.S. Postal Service mail carriers, stealing their keys and later using them to access apartment complexes and steal mail, federal prosecutors announced. Ruben Baca Lopez, 34, also known as Monster and Loony, pleaded guilty to two counts of robbery of U.S. mail, money or other [...]

Chilling security camera footage obtained by KTLA shows the driver of a speeding SUV slamming into the side of a Los Angeles Metro bus Tuesday, killing two passengers and injuring several others. The crash occurred at about 5 p.m. at the busy intersection of Nordhoff Street and De Soto Avenue in the Chatsworth neighborhood of [...]

SpaceX is set to launch a classified mission for the U.S. Space Force Wednesday night. Liftoff of the USSF-259 mission is scheduled for 6:07:56 p.m. PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The Falcon 9 rocket will fly on a southerly trajectory upon leaving Space Launch Complex 4E, according to SpaceX. The [...]

Police are warning Southern California residents to check around their homes after detectives discovered a concealed camera hidden in landscaping across the street from a recently burglarized property. The Whittier Police Department said Tuesday that detectives found the camera tucked inside a bush while investigating the burglary. A photo released by the ...

Award-winning actress Nia Long received the 2,857th star on the illustrious Hollywood Walk of Fame on Wednesday afternoon. Her decades-long career stretches across film and television. Angelique Johnson of Variety served as the emcee for the event on Hollywood Boulevard with guest speakers being Snoop Dogg and "Michael" producer Graham King. She burst onto ...

Guests can officially get behind the wheel of Universal Studios Hollywood's newest attraction, Fast & Furious: Hollywood Drift. The new roller coaster opened to the public on Wednesday. The coaster, which reaches speeds of up to 72 mph, features fully rotating ride vehicles designed to simulate the Fast & Furious franchise's signature drifting action. I, ...

Managing an In-N-Out Burger restaurant not only gets you free Double-Doubles, it's also very lucrative. The popular Southern California-based fast food chain told Inc. that store managers earn an average of $200,000 a year. That number has increased from the $163,000 annual salary the average manager was making there in 2018, according to Forbes. Our [...]

Police are searching for two thieves accused of cutting down and stealing a $50,000 bronze statue of Jesus from a Catholic church in Orange County. The theft occurred around 2 a.m. Aug. 30 at Christ Our Savior Catholic Church, located at 2000 W. Alton Ave. in Santa Ana, according to the Santa Ana Police Department. [...]

We're learning more Wednesday about the victims who were on board a local news helicopter that went down in Chatsworth Tuesday night. The news helicopter was providing live aerial coverage of a fatal collision involving an SUV and a Metro bus for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 when it fell from the sky just before 7 [...]

Steve Hilton, who is vying to become Californias first Republican governor in 25 years, and Nithya Raman, who is seeking to unseat Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, shared their views on the seemingly intractable issue of homelessness at a forum Wednesday morning. The event was hosted by the nonprofit Hope the Mission and KTLA and [...]

Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are holding a press conference regarding the helicopter crash that took place Tuesday evening which killed a local news reporter, a pilot and a bystander on the ground. It was around 7 p.m. when the chopper, piloted by George Marciniw with reporter Eliana Moreno, crashed while [...]

A major pest control company has agreed to a $3.15 million settlement over allegations that pesticides, hazardous waste and customers private records were improperly disposed of at facilities across California. Terminix International Inc. and Rentokil North America Inc., collectively referred to as Terminix in the settlement, reached the agreement as part ...

A transient woman from Los Angeles was arrested after allegedly assaulting a middle school student while causing a disturbance on a Ventura school campus, police said Wednesday. Officers were called to Cabrillo Middle School on Santa Clara Street on Tuesday after receiving a report of a transient woman yelling at students in the school's parking [...]

Three people died when a local television news helicopter crashed Tuesday night in Los Angeles' Chatsworth neighborhood while covering a Metro bus crash that claimed the lives of two bus passengers in the same area. As the NTSB begins its investigation into the chopper crash, reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw are being mourned [...]

Federal officials gave an update Wednesday morning on arrests, cases and other developments regarding a large homeless services fraud and corruption investigation in Los Angeles. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the arrest of two people employed at Los Angeles-area homeless nonprofits on federal charges alleging misuse of millions of taxpayer ...

More classic cars will be exempt from smog checks in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Jay Lenos Law and other bills supporting vintage and lowrider car enthusiasts in the Golden State. Senate Bill 1392, also known as Jay Lenos Law, allows a smog-check exemption for qualifying collector cars from the 1976 through 1985 model [...]

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