Michael Angel Alvarez, 41, was arrested by the FBI on May 29 on allegations he was in possession of body armor after a violent felony conviction during a previous arrest by LAPD.Topline:A man federal prosecutors say was an active gang leader while working as a city contractor pleaded not guilty T...
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A person wears a hat for shade under the morning sun while walking along the Strand in Redondo Beach during a heat wave in March. Another stretch of heat is settling in in Southern California this week.(Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images)Sweltering summer days have arrived in Southern California, w...
A brush fire scorched a few acres near the Encino Reservoir and Sepulveda Basin, briefly prompting evacuation warnings for some residents.
Firefighters are battling a brush fire near Murrieta that has prompted evacuation orders.
An apartment building rises above the streets of L.A. (Daniel Hanscom / Getty Images)In what they described as an effort to prevent more corporate landlords from displacing Los Angeles renters, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday to move forward with plans to require a new step i...
Attorneys told a judge they are ready to go forward with a hearing for singer D4vd, who is charged with murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
The fire started around noon near the 4500 block of North Encino Avenue, the L.A. City Fire Department said. It quickly grew from half an acre to five acres.
County officials reestablish reward for a man accused of crashing into a Long Beach apartment and killing a father and daughter.
An investigator says the man charged with killing Charlie Kirk strolled Utah Valley University in shorts and a T-shirt and bought a meal at Chick-fil-A on the morning of the conservative activist's assassination.
Battery storage hubs are used to stabilize the energy grid but have led to lithium battery fires in some cities.(Sandy Huffaker / Getty Images)The Covina City Council is set to vote Tuesday night on whether to allow construction of a battery energy storage facility that’s faced backlash from com...
Waymo called San Mateo, California police on teens for drinking and shooting toy guns from a driverless vehicle.
A man was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston on Tuesday morning, officials confirm.
A brush fire scorched a few acres near the Encino Reservoir and Sepulveda Basin on Tuesday afternoon, prompting evacuation warnings for some residents.
Officers say the workers spotted structural support columns beginning to buckle on the 21st floor and self-evacuated.
'Star Wars: The Experience' will make its world debut in February, 2027 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia as part of the Star Wars 50th anniversary celebration.
Michael Angel Alvarez, 41, was arrested by the FBI on May 29 on allegations he was in possession of body armor after a violent felony conviction during a previous arrest by LAPD.Topline:A man federal prosecutors say was an active gang leader while working as a city contractor pleaded not guilty T...
Jeff van Hoy and his son outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood during U.S.A.'s opening match against Paraguay. (Courtesy Jeff van Hoy)L.A. resident Jeff van Hoy is setting aside his jerseys and hanging up his scarves after Team USA's brutal 4-1 loss to Belgium last night."It feels like Halloween is o...
The lawsuit claims that California's air regulator rushed changes to its signature cap-and-invest program without proper environmental review.
U.S. forces are carrying out "powerful" airstrikes against Iran in response to earlier Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said.
In the wake of the report, a number of Democrats across the country called for Platner to get out of the race.
President Donald Trump, during the first day of the NATO Summit in Ankara on Tuesday, said he will consider allowing Turkey to buy American F-35 fighter jets.
Attempted murder charges were dismissed for a Southern California doctor who was accused of driving his family off a cliff at Devil's Slide near Pacifica in 2023.
This year's World Cup, hosted across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, is the hottest played since the tournament began in 1930. If venues are air conditioned, are FIFA's hydration breaks necessary?
2 children were found living with dead animals in a squalid Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home.
The oldest standing church in New York State has witnessed the rise of colonial New York, the American Revolution and the history of the nation.
An estimated 13,000 families with children in Los Angeles Unified schools live near the site of the Boyle Heights warehouse fire.(Mario Tama / Getty Images)Boyle Heights families of school age children impacted by the warehouse fire have until Wednesday afternoon to apply for $250 cash assistance...
Aides to McConnell have declined to release any information about his condition, fueling speculation about his prognosis.
Fiesta Village Fun Park, an amusement park in Colton, is closing. After over 50 years serving the Inland Empire, the park will host a final celebration this weekend.
Brittany Armstrong was charged with involuntary manslaughter after illegal fireworks started a fire that killed Cashmere Elijah Parker in Dunn, North Carolina.
Trailing 2-0 against Egypt with 11 minutes of regulation time to play on Tuesday, the defending champions rallied for an improbable 3-2 victory.
A pregnant woman escaped injury when a metal bar slammed through the windshield of the van she was driving on the 15 Freeway in Temecula.
What began with just nine Los Angeles students has grown into an orchestra preparing for its biggest move yet - a nationwide tour!
The purchase comes as the Department of Homeland Security has moved to scale up its capacity to detain immigrants without relying as heavily on private prison corporations.
Ventura County Sheriff's deputies last week arrested two men on suspicion of stealing several high-end luxury vehicles in Southern California. Authorities seized vehicles worth a combined $1.3 million.
Missing 55-year-old Loretta Pilitsis was found dead near her Piñon Hills home a month after vanishing, prompting a sheriff's investigation.
More than three years after a radiologist was accused of intentionally driving his family off of Devil's Slide, a judge dismissed the criminal charges against him.
A former Bucknell strength and conditioning coach was charged Monday with felony aggravated hazing following the 2024 death of a freshman football player who collapsed during his first workout with the team, according to a statement from the Pennsylvania attorney general and court documents.
Several people have been arrested, including a Metro worker, as part of an operation targeting a transnational organized crime ring, federal officials announced.
Business owners told Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass they felt abandoned by the city as a fire tore through a cold storage facility in Boyle Heights last month, forcing storefronts to close, driving potential customers away and leaving many unsure of what was in the air they were breathing.(Isaac Ce...
Operation Hard Ball has led to federal charges against 37 operatives of India-based organized crime syndicates for racketeering, extortion, and international drug trafficking.
U.S. and Canadian officials emphasized that the sweeping operation underscores an unprecedented level of international collaboration against cross-border violence.
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