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A Larchmont family who lost their home to a fire that began at a vacant property next door earlier this year says they’re now dealing with squatters who have taken over the site of where their house o
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One person died, three people were missing and 16 were rescued from the waters off San Francisco after a pontoon boat sank Tuesday afternoon while carrying mostly family members as part of a memorial service, authorities said.
A former foster parent says she was devastated to learn of the death of a 2-year-old Antelope Valley boy she helped raise for nine months.
El accidente mortal se cobró la vida de los dos padres y dejó gravemente herida a la hija de uno de ellos, según la familia.
Hundreds of residents packed a city meeting, demanding answers after the July 4th chaos -- which police say drew mostly non-locals -- led to 439 arrests.
A proposed $2 billion affordable housing project in Woodland Hills would bring nearly 3,500 units, primarily for low-income seniors, across four high-rise towers.
The City Council held a meeting to address the July 4 Newport Beach takeover that led to 400 people getting arrested.
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Poland's top diplomat told Eyewitness News that his country is spending nearly 5% of its GDP on defense to avoid becoming "a Russian colony."
Extreme heat sticks around in Southern California on Wednesday before relief arrives by the end of the week.
The 12th annual award ceremony celebrated athletes, teams, leagues and members of the sports industry who use the power of the sport to make a positive impact on society and communities.
An ICE agent was caught on video pepper spraying the car of VC Defensa community activists who were tracking his movements in Ventura.
The owner of the Langham Hotel in Pasadena will pay $320,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleges it price gouged victims following the 2025 January wildfires.
A woman whose husband was nearly sucked out of a Ryanair flight says she and others tried to hold on to him while half of his body was outside the window.
Singh, who was 21 at the time of the crash, was sentenced after pleading guilty in June to three counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Search and rescue teams are looking for Julie Elizabeth Goforth, an at-risk 63-year-old Long Beach resident missing after a dirt bike trip at El Mirage Dry Lake in Adelanto.
S&K Towing agreed to pay $160,000 to service members harmed by the company's practices.
Long Beach resident Julie Elizabeth Goforth went missing while dirt biking with a friend at El Mirage Dry Lake.
The completion of the automated people mover train at LAX, also known as Skylink, has been delayed for years. In a lawsuit, the developer blames the city of the setbacks.
Argentina's Lionel Messi during the quarterfinal World Cup match between Argentina and Switzerland.(Carl Recine / Getty Images)If you're online, anywhere adjacent to the World Cup, you'll see that the Argentina team, which will play England in the semifinals Wednesday, is attracting a lot of crit...
Kolby Lee, who served as director of communications since February, resigned from Bass' office Monday.
A McDonald's drive-thru worker hands an order to a customer in San Francisco.(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)ToplineThe City Council in Culver City voted 4-0 to extend a moratorium on approving building permits for new drive-thrus. The vote, which took place Monday night, will keep the ban in pla...
The LAPD halted its relationship with Flock Safety last week over concerns about how the company stores and shares data collected from automated license plate readers, but officials said Tuesday they are negotiating a new deal with more safeguards in place.
Despite the surge elsewhere, California is not among the states currently experiencing an increase in cyclosporiasis cases, health officials say.
The project, a 2.25-mile-long elevated train designed to transport riders between airport terminals and local transit, is currently undergoing testing.(Kavish Harjai / LAist)The contractor building the long-awaited LAX People Mover project has filed a lawsuit alleging the city of L.A. breached i...
Search and rescue teams continued to scour the inky seas of the San Francisco Bay on Tuesday night for three people who remained missing after a recreational boat carrying 20 people capsized that afternoon, killing one person, authorities said.
A semitruck driver was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison for a crash that killed three people on the 10 Freeway in Ontario last year.
Supervisors cited The Allcove Beach Cities mental health center in Redondo Beach as one successful third space serving young adults. (Courtesy Beach Cities Health District )Topline:L.A. County Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to start planning to build a network of "third spaces" for LGBTQ+ ...
A Larchmont family who lost their home to a fire that began at a vacant property next door earlier this year says they’re now dealing with squatters who have taken over the site of where their house once stood. The Galicia family’s house was destroyed in a fire that claimed the lives of their ...
High tides and a small swell overtop a berm built to protect a boardwalk and homes on the Long Beach peninsula.(Erin Stone / LAist)The highest tides of the year typically hit in summer and winter — around each solstice. That’s tracking so far this year, but a combination of natural phenomena and...
The owner of a luxury hotel in Pasadena has agreed to pay Los Angeles County $320,000 and issue refunds to some Eaton Fire survivors after being accused of price gouging during the devastating wildfire, LA officials announced this week. The LA County District Attorney’s Office had sued Langham...
E. Jean Carroll has been paid more than $5 million in damages, three years after a jury found President Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation of the writer. Here, Carroll departs Manhattan federal appeals court following arguments in an appeal brought by Trump in New York City in Se...
The Senate passed a bill four years ago to make daylight saving time permanent, but it stalled in the House.
Neighbors were passionate at Monday's city council meeting. Culver City leaders are moving forward with a major Overland Avenue traffic project and extended a temporary ban on new drive-thrus.
The UC regents chair set a firm and fast deadline for a faculty recommendation on the use of SAT scores in admissions. Professors, advocates and the Trump administration are watching the high-stakes study.
Officials also said they anticipate cases of cyclosporiasis to continue increasing in the U.S., possibly through the end of August.
Olympian Suni Lee is officially returning to competitive gymnastics ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The U.S. House has passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow states to enact Daylight Saving Time year-round — with an option to opt out. The legislation now heads to the Senate, which will need to approve it for it to become law.
Demonstrators took to the streets of Los Angeles Tuesday to express outrage and call for consequences in two recent deadly shootings at the hands of immigration officers in the U.S. – both of which happened within less than a week of each other. On July 7, an Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...
Nearly 300,000 students in California were identified as experiencing homelessness in 2024-25, according to state data.(Laure Andrillon / CalMatters)California’s latest budget includes $116 million over three years to help schools identify and support students experiencing homelessness — the fi...
A man running from an encounter with immigration and other federal agents in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor trailer on Tuesday, authorities said.
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