A man who set up a large encampment on a private property – and then started a fire on the same property – was arrested almost a week after the fact, police say. According to the La Verne Police Department, a resident reported seeing smoke along a hillside off San Dimas Canyon Road on Sept. [...]

Residents tried to save a Long Beach man’s life after he crashed while possibly driving under the influence on Saturday night, officials said, ultimately leading to his death. It happened before 10:50 p.m., according to the Long Beach Police Department, when officers responded to reports of a single-vehicle crash in the area of Willow Street [...]

A raging house fire killed one person and destroyed a two-story home, devastating a Mission Viejo family early Sunday morning, officials say. The Orange County Fire Authority dispatched crews at 2:32 a.m. for reports of a house fire on Athena Street. Firefighters arrived to find what was described as a well-involved fire that had already [...]

The oldest serving president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell M. Nelson, died on Saturday night in his Salt Lake City home at age 101, church officials announced. In a statement announcing his death, the church said Nelson is survived by his wife, Wendy, eight of his 10 children, 57 grandchildren [...]

A multi-vehicle crash injured seven people, four of whom were left in critical condition, on the 10 Freeway in Monterey Park on Sunday morning. The California Highway Patrol said it happened around 5:50 a.m. in the eastbound lanes at S. Garfield Avenue. Officers arrived to find that at least two cars, a grey Kia and [...]

A resident of Rancho Palos Verdes – a community which has long dealt with mudslides and land movement – called authorities to report a significant shift in their backyard. According to a Los Angeles County Fire Department official, authorities received reports of land movement from a resident on Marguerite Drive around 8 p.m. Saturday. [...]

A Ferris wheel malfunctioned at a local school event on Friday night. The ride had been set up during the “Electric Illusion Nocturnal Jungle” event hosted by Bishop Conaty Our Lady of the Loretto High School, which is located in L.A.’s Harvard Heights neighborhood, and was operating around 9 p.m. when the incident occurred.   [...]

Eighteen dogs were removed from a single property in Coachella this week and taken to a San Diego rescue group as Riverside County’s animal shelters grapple with what officials describe as a critical and worsening overcrowding crisis. The Riverside County Department of Animal Services said its field services team responded Wednesday after a property owner [...]

A family in Venice is pleading for answers after 25-year-old Neo Moroke, a recent Cal State Northridge graduate, was killed in a hit-and-run collision just days before his birthday. The Los Angeles Police Department said officers responded around 2 a.m. on Sept. 20 to the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Lincoln Boulevard, where Moroke had [...]

A 39-year-old former DACA recipient, Ismael Ayala-Uribe, died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody at the Victor Valley Global Medical Center in Victorville, prompting scrutiny of conditions at the Adelanto detention center and the federal immigration system. Ayala-Uribe was pronounced dead at 2:32 a.m. on Sept. 22. He had been referred to [...]

Officials have issued a flash flood warning Saturday for portions of Los Angeles and Riverside counties, including areas impacted by the Bridge Fire burn scar. The National Weather Service is urging residents to take precautions as heavy rain and flash flooding are expected through 8 p.m. The flash flood warning covers areas including Falling Springs, [...]

Selena Gomez is officially a married woman. The multi-hyphenate singer, actress, and beauty mogul tied the knot with producer-songwriter Benny Blanco in a private ceremony on September 27, 2025, and shared the first breathtaking photos from their wedding day on Instagram. In the images, Gomez radiates old Hollywood glamour in an elegant high-neck gown, a [...]

Copper thieves have struck again in the South Bay region of Los Angeles, leaving behind extensive damage to power poles and businesses. The latest incident happened Friday night outside a business in the Broadway corridor of East Gardena, according to David Matthews, president of the Harbor Gateway Chamber of Commerce. In an email to KTLA, [...]

Eight months after the devastating Eaton Fire tore through Altadena, victims returned Saturday to the site of their former homes to celebrate a new beginning. More than 100 friends, family members and community leaders gathered for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of rebuilding efforts in the foothill neighborhood. Jonathan Weedman and Raymundo Baltazar, who [...]

Amelia Dimoldenberg, known for hosting the “Chicken Shop Date” miniseries, had an event celebrating the 10th anniversary of her YouTube show disrupted by a person dressed as a giant chicken. Dimoldenberg’s “Chicken Shop Date” show entails the British media personality interviewing guests in various fried chicken establishments across the U.K. in the form of a [...]

A suspect was detained after allegedly beating a man to death with a large stick, authorities say. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department stated that, around 4 a.m. Saturday, deputies from the Walnut station were dispatched to the 18000 block of Colima Road in Rowland Heights on a report of an assault with a deadly [...]