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Pasadena’s fireworks task force will ramp up Fourth of July crackdown to help people celebrate America’s 250th birthday responsibly, city officials announced Friday. Each year, fireworks are responsible for an estimated 30,000 fires across the country and nearly 10,000 injurie...
A woman accused of attacking a street vendor in downtown Los Angeles in an incident that was recorded on video was arrested Thursday, police said. Harmunie Heaven Church, 19, was arrested on suspicion of felony battery near downtown, according to the Los Angeles Police Departm...
Federal authorities arrested a Palmdale man who allegedly blackmailed teenage girls and forced them to make sexual images, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced Thursday. Kenneth Mellor of Palmdale was arrested in Pennsylvania Wednesday following an eight-month i...
Los Angeles County Public Health Department officials say accidental drug overdose deaths are down for the third year in a row.
A specialized team of Los Angeles County search and rescue personnel has been activated to respond to areas of Venezuela damaged by back-to-back powerful earthquakes. The Los Angeles County Fire Department Urban Search and Rescue Team 2 was mobilizing to respond to the South A...
A horrifying mid-air emergency unfolded when a plane was diverted after the captain experienced a medical episode during the flight.
Lionel Richie’s opening night performance Wednesday in Saint Paul, Minnesota — the first stop on his joint tour with Earth, Wind & Fire — was cut short after he told the audience he was feeling dizzy, according to videos circulating on social media. In one clip posted on X, Ri...
Arbitrator finds the dismissal of the tenured professor was excessive, according to Cal State faculty union officials.
June 24, 2026 Media Relations Division 213-257-2000 media@da.lacounty.gov District Attorney Hochman Discusses Charges in Explosives Cases, Vows Aggressive Enforcement Ahead of July 4 In one case, 75 tons (150,000 pounds) of mortar-style fireworks were seized from a Gardena stor...
A federal jury in Los Angeles deliberated Wednesday in the trial of 30-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, accused of igniting the most destructive wildfire in the city's history....
A federal judge has thrown out a Trump administration policy that allowed Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to make mass arrests inside immigration courthouses....
The family of a 15‑year‑old boy shot and killed by Santa Ana police is pursuing legal action against the city, alleging officers used unjustified deadly force during what they describe as a mental health crisis....
People light fireworks in Los Angeles on July 4, 2025. Most fireworks are illegal in the state of California. (Etienne Laurent / Getty Images)The Downey City Council voted 5-0 to allow local police to use drones to patrol neighborhoods for illegal firework activity over the...
A woman who was caught on camera stealing a Knicks parade garbage can was apparently fired from her job shortly after a video surfaced and went viral.
A Bay Area pop culture writer and former curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum was arrested earlier this month after allegedly filming people inside his bathroom during a birthday party....
Olympic gold medalist skier Bode Miller has pleaded not guilty to a pair of misdemeanor drug charges after he was arrested on a charge of possessing psilocybin mushrooms....
Former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley has filed a defamation lawsuit against Mayor Karen Bass. Crowley alleges the mayor lied about her response to the Palisades Fire to shift blame and protect her own image....
About 10,000 pounds of illegal fireworks are now off the streets, and the city of Pasadena is calling it one of the largest seizures of illegal fireworks in the city's history....
A man has been charged in connection with multiple “suspicious fires” that damaged vehicles, trees and park property in Culver City, police said Wednesday. Rizwan Ahmed, 41, was taken into custody on June 12 and is facing aggravated arson, arson and felony vandalism charges, a...
The woman whose dog was shot and killed by an police officer earlier this month demanded the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) take accountability, which should include the termination of the officer and an apology, the attorney for the Canoga Park woman exclusively told NBC L...
High-severity wildfires that kill large numbers of trees are now burning far more acreage in California than they did four decades ago, according to a UCLA study....
California's Assembly Bill 1777 cracks down on driverless robotaxis by allowing police to issue traffic citations to AV manufacturers and mandating emergency geofencing rules....
There is Tesla news. Texas crash victim Martha Avila's family filed a lawsuit against the car company and driver.
The warehouse fire is complicating an otherwise jovial time in Boyle Heights, a predominantly Latino neighborhood that's gone all out for the World Cup.(Libby Rainey / LAist)A crowd clad in green jerseys took over the street in Boyle Heights last Thursday to watch Mexico battle i...
A federal jury in Los Angeles begins deliberations on Wednesday to decide if Jonathan Rinderknecht set the destructive January 2025 Palisades Fire.
Water-dropping helicopters are no longer needed to knock down flames on the roof of the cold storage facility operated by Linear, leaving crews to focus their attention on the smoldering fire inside, Los Angeles fire officials said....
Los Angeles firefighters say fire at Boyle Hei...
What to KnowA fire broke out June 17 on the rooftop of a 500,000-square-foot cold food storage building in Boyle Heights. It was knocked down as of 6 p.m. Wednesday.The building, which has a solar farm on its roof, continued to smolder for nearly a week, leading to days of air qu...
Los Angeles firefighters continue to utilize heavy equipment and exterior streams to combat a stubborn warehouse fire in Boyle Heights, aiming for full extinguishment by Friday....
Santa Monica police are searching for two suspects after an employee was shot during an armed robbery Wednesday morning at a smoke shop along Lincoln Boulevard. Officers responded at about 8:13 a.m. to Smoke World, located at 1914 Lincoln Blvd., after receiving reports of an a...
Federal housing assistance for Los Angeles wildfire survivors will continue be available after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) extended the disaster aid, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. The extension means eligible homeowners can continue to receive housi...
Breaking: New wildfire reported in Los Angeles County on June ...
Long Beach authorities Wednesday sought the public’s help to find the driver and car suspected in an injury hit-and-run from last month. The crash happened in a Naples neighborhood on Sunday, May 24 at around 11 p.m. when a dark-colored SUV struck a pedestrian who was crossing...
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Bass, who is running for reelection, said in an interview that she rarely travels and always worries about what could happen when she does — whether it's a fire or a big car accident....
What's more American than fireworks on the Fourth of July? How about protecting a beloved family of bald eagles, environmental advocates are arguing.
The fire has sent heavy smoke into neighboring communities for more than a week, disrupting life and business in Los Angeles.
Firefighters have made significant progress battling the Boyle Heights warehouse fire, but officials are now concerned about millions of pounds of food inside the facility beginning to spoil....
Santa Monica resident Rojia Shahsavani said she witnessed three boys taking selfies and sitting on the open window ledges of a white Waymo that traveled from Santa Monica into West L.A. last Friday....
The ruling blocking arrests in immigration courts nationwide stymies one of the Trump administration's strategies for carrying out mass deportations.
Jonathan Rinderknecht faces trial for arson linked to the destructive Palisades Fire, facing up to 45 years if convicted.
Another tax hike could be on the horizon for Los Angeles. The LA City Council voted 14-0 to place a measure on the November ballot that would raise the local sales tax to 10.25%....
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The trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, a 30-year-old Uber driver accused of starting the deadly Palisades Fire, came to a close Tuesday afternoon.
A drone is on display at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting earlier this year. You might spot one overhead this Fourth of July.(Martin Romero / The LA Local)There’s a new tool to fight illegal fireworks this Fourth of July: drones.“A drone’s real-time aerial view can help of...
