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Warehouse owner Chill Build breaks silence one month after Lineage fire in Boyle Heights

Recovery efforts continue at the Boyle Heights warehouse owned by Chill Build and leased by Lineage. (Steve Saldivar / The LA Local) This story first appeared on The LA Local . For weeks, the Boyle Heights cold-storage warehouse fire has been known simply as the Lineage fire. It’...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 21, 2026

Driver sought after fatal hit-and-run kills teen riding e-scooter in Hawthorne

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in identifying the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that killed a teenager near Hawthorne over the weekend. According to the sheriff’s department, deputies responded at about 10:17 p.m. t...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 21, 2026

Wrong-way crash in Hawthorne under investigation

A wrong-way driver traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of the 405 Freeway in Hawthorne caused a multi-vehicle crash early Tuesday, killing one person....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 21, 2026

Child actor Kaylee Hottle killed in car crash

Kaylee Hottle, the child actor most well known for her role in two “Godzilla” movies, died in a car accident Tuesday in Frederick, Maryland. She was 18 years old. “It is with profound sadness that we share the heartbreaking news that one of our TSD seniors, Kaylee Hottle, tragica...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 21, 2026

Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor found 74 years after plane crash that killed 52 people

An aviation search team has found the wreckage of a plane that crashed in the Atlantic Ocean more than seven decades ago, the Discovery Channel announced in a TODAY exclusive. The team, whose efforts are chronicled in an upcoming episode of Discovery Channel’s “Expedition Unknown...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 21, 2026

Residents threatened by vacant building fires

Neighbors and business owners on a downtown Los Angeles block say they're living with a dangerous cycle of fires at vacant buildings.

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 21, 2026

Suspect dies, townhome burns down in Woodland Hills standoff

Around 3:15 p.m. Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call on the 5700 block of Owensmouth Avenue near Burbank Boulevard for domestic violence, officials said....

Los Angeles Times - CaliforniaJul 20, 2026

'45 days is too long,' Bass says about cleanup pace at Boyle Heights warehouse

With the deadline to clean up the warehouse in Boyle Heights inundated with spoiling food just weeks away, NBC Los Angeles spoke with Mayor Karen Bass about the current pace and if anything can be done to accelerate it. Since the fire in June, people living near the cold storage ...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 20, 2026

About 60 people displaced as firefighters battle structure fire in Baldwin Park

A residential structure fire broke out in Baldwin Park on Sunday night, leaving about 60 people displaced, officials said. Firefighters responded to the fire in the 12800 block of East Ramona Boulevard a little after 8 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department....

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 19, 2026

Another San Fernando Valley home broken into: LAPD

A trio of trespassers broke into a San Fernando Valley home overnight while a resident was inside, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The break-in was reported just after 1 a.m. Sunday at a home on the 4500 block of Dempsey Avenue. There, three masked individuals dressed ...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 19, 2026