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Convenience stores to thank First Responders with drinks, snacks on 24/7 Day

Convenience stores nationwide are celebrating the people who never clock out. On July 24, thousands of convenience stores across the country will participate in 24/7 Day , an annual event recognizing first responders, emergency dispatchers, medical personnel and American Red Cros...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 23, 2026

LAPD criminalist testifies at preliminary hearing in Celeste Rivas Hernandez murder

What to Know Singer D4vd has been charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas , who was reported missing in the spring of 2025. The Lake Elsinore girl’s decomposed body was found Sept. 8 in the front trunk of a Tesla impounded at a ...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 23, 2026

20-year-old shot in police standoff

A 20-year-old suffering an apparent mental health episode while carrying a knife was shot by police during a standoff.

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 23, 2026

Man arrested after driving stolen LAPD police car to San Juan Capistrano

California Highway Patrol officers arrested a man driving a stolen Los Angeles Police Department car on Interstate 5 in San Juan Capistrano late Wednesday, officials said. LAPD officers initially responded to 38th and Figueroa streets, near BMO Stadium, after receiving reports th...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 23, 2026

Thieves steal One Piece, Pokémon cards from Upland card shop

Police are investigating whether a burglary at an Upland card shop may be connected to recent break-ins at other similar stores. The Gameology card shop in Upland was burglarized Tuesday morning, police said. Surveillance footage captured four masked and hooded thieves entering t...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 22, 2026

UCI Medical Center on lockdown

Police have shot and wounded a suspect near UC Irvine Medical Center in Los Alamitos.

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 22, 2026

Police activity reported near UCI Medical Center

Public safety officials advise avoiding the area around UCI Medical Center during an active police response involving Los Alamitos and Long Beach agencies....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 22, 2026

16-year-old on homemade e-bike dies in crash with SUV in Van Nuys

A 16-year-old boy died on Wednesday after crashing into an SUV while traveling on a makeshift e-bike in Van Nuys, according to police. The crash was reported sometime around 10:30 a.m. near the intersection of Roscoe Boulevard and Noble Avenue. There, the teenager was traveling o...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 22, 2026

Man charged in murder of 15-year-old boy stabbed in El Monte

A man has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of a teenage boy in El Monte, police said Wednesday. Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) identified Jonathan Castelan, 18, of South El Monte as the suspect in the fatal stab...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 22, 2026

UCI Health in Los Alamitos on lockdown

The UCI hospital in Los Alamitos were placed on lockdown, forcing officers from two police departments to respond to the area, authorities announced Wednesday. The Los Alamitos Police Department said it was assisting the Long Beach Police Department near the UCI Medical Center on...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 22, 2026

Los Alamitos officers shoot machete-wielding man after pursuit

The UCI Medical Center in Los Alamitos was placed on lockdown Wednesday after a pursuit suspect with a machete was shot by police officers following a pursuit. The chase initially began at around 10: 30 a.m. in Long Beach after officers noticed a driver with a machete driving err...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 22, 2026

Police seek suspected Tesla vandal in Irvine

Irvine police Wednesday requested the community’s support in identifying a man who they believe vandalized multiple Tesla vehicles. The man caught on video entered a parking garage near Michelson Drive and Carlson Avenue at around 10:30 p.m. Friday and spray-painted some of the T...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 22, 2026

Preliminary hearing to resume for singer D4vd in murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

What to Know Singer D4vd has been charged with first-degree murder and other crimes in the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas , who was reported missing in the spring of 2025. The Lake Elsinore girl’s decomposed body was found Sept. 8 in the front trunk of a Tesla impounded at a ...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 22, 2026

Crash involving pickup truck, police motorcycle

SkyFOX was over a heavy police presence over an active police investigation in Simi Valley. A pickup truck and a police motorcycle appear totaled, possibly from a crash, at the scene....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 21, 2026

Irvine police fatally shoot man armed with knife

Police officers in Irvine shot and killed a man who they said charged at them with a knife while experiencing a mental health crisis. The department received a call around 11:45 a.m. Tuesday from a man who said he was experiencing a mental health crisis and was armed with a knife...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 21, 2026

LA County approves soil remediation for Altadena houses that survived the fires

The program will focus on homes that survived the Eaton Fire. (Mario Tama / Getty Images) Topline: Altadena residents with homes that survived the Eaton Fire will soon have a chance at getting their soil cleaned up. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday t...

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

Wildfire survivors angered as utility-funded group claims to represent them

A group claiming to represent California fire survivors began paying for social media ads this spring, calling on lawmakers to take action to reduce the rising cost of wildfires. The group was created by utilities that have ignited six of the state's most destructive fires....

Los Angeles Times - CaliforniaJul 21, 2026

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