A security guard was arrested in connection with a man found stabbed to death in a Santa Monica alleyway. The suspect was identified as Sebastian Emil Gaston, 36, the Santa Monica Police Department confirmed on Nov. 19. On Sept. 6, police responded to reports of a person online on the ground in the 1100 Block [...]

One week away from Thanksgiving and the holiday season looming, police are warning residents eager to check items off their shopping lists to remain vigilant for possible scams, especially those buying and selling items in e-commerce exchanges. The giving season, according to law enforcement officials, is also the time of year that many sophisticated [...]

Loved ones and authorities are searching for two Southern California teenagers who have been missing for nearly a month. Mileena Agustin, 13, and her friend, Jose Sanchez, 14, were reported missing on Oct. 27, according to the Pomona Police Department. Although their cases were reported separately, it is believed they are together, authorities said in [...]

A 46-year-old Riverside County man ambushed by vigilante teens after he allegedly provided a girl with nude photos of himself and tried to arrange a sexual encounter with her is, so far, not facing charges. Prosecutors with the Riverside County District Attorneys Office said they would not be filing charges against William Vandenbush, a [...]

Family members are disturbed after they say mice have been repeatedly spotted inside a San Fernando Valley nursing home. Cell phone video captured a mouse running inside a bedroom and darting behind furniture at the Sherman Village Healthcare Center in Valley Village. On Sunday night, family members claimed they spotted at least four mice inside [...]

Police in Santa Ana are asking for the publics help in identifying and locating three suspects involved in an armed robbery at a local gas station late last week, officials announced. Its unclear exactly which convenient store and gas station the robbery occurred, but in a post to social media, officials at the Santa [...]

Barring a cataclysmic event or major economic turmoil, the median home price in Los Angeles County will likely cross the $1,000,000 mark in 2025. Data released this week by the California Association of Realtors shows a median, detached single-family home in L.A. County costs $956,210, seven percent more than a year ago. Statewide, the median [...]

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiners Office, along with investigators at the Palos Verdes Estates Police Department are working to identify human skeletal remains found on a local beach over the weekend, officials announced. Details are limited, but in a news release, authorities with the police department said that a person at Rat Beach, [...]

Southern California is home to a vibrant culinary scene, and shawarma is no exception. Shawarma is a popular Middle Eastern dish made from lamb, chicken, beef, or turkey, seasoned with spices like cumin, turmeric, paprika, and garlic, and cooked on a vertical rotisserie. It is typically served in a wrap or pita bread with vegetables, [...]

A South Pasadena woman whose body discovered by her grandchildren in June had been fatally stabbed by another of her grandkids, police said. Susan Miller, 75, was stabbed to death on June 4 in the 800 block of Brent Avenue, and it was her adult grandchildren who found her while conducting a wellness check, authorities [...]

San Bernardino County Fire Department crews rescued a woman who fell 15 to 20 feet into a manhole at the former site of the Carousel Mall on Wednesday morning. Firefighters were dispatched to the area around 11 a.m. after a passerby reported hearing screams for help from the manhole. Upon arrival, they discovered an adult [...]

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has unveiled its highly anticipated 2025 lineup, with Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone headlining across the festivals two weekends next April. Lady Gaga will headline night one, April 11 and 18, alongside Missy Elliott, Benson Boone, Three 6 Mafia, and Miike Snow. The "Bad Romance" singer [...]

Americans who are unhappy with the 2024 election results and have fantasized about leaving the country could turn that dream into a reality thanks to a recent offer from an Italian village. Ollolai, a pretty mountain village on the island of Sardinia, offers Americans the chance to buy a house for as little as 1 [...]

At least one person was hospitalized Wednesday after a vehicle collided with an LA Metro train in South Los Angeles. The collision happened in the Florence-Graham neighborhood near the intersection of Nadeau Street and Graham Avenue on the Metro A Linethat segment of railway is not separated from street traffic. Video from Sky5 showed a [...]

An employee of the Orange County Sheriffs Department has pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of identity theft after she forged checks and fraudulently used credit cards in her grandmothers name. A release from the U.S. Department of Justice indicates that Roxana C. Laub admitted to forging her grandmothers signature [...]

It's been nearly 30 years since James Cameron's film "Titanic," was released and we will "never let go," of Jack Dawson and Rose Dewitt Bukater's love story. So naturally our nostalgic hearts skipped a beat when Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunited this week in Los Angeles for a screening of Winslet's new movie "Lee." [...]

Residents of Hacienda Heights are pleading for help after copper wire theft has left them without phone and internet service for months. The wire thefts have left some customers without service for seven months, according to the Hacienda Heights Improvement Association. As KTLA's Kimberly Cheng reports, the area already has spotty cell phone service, making ...

Thanksgiving may be another rainy day for Californians. We will see a big energy and moisture move into the entire state of California, so it does look like we will have a pretty wet Thanksgiving holiday, KTLA meteorologist Kai Goldberg said Wednesday. The skies over Southern California are expected to remain dry until early Saturday [...]

A Westminster man was stabbed multiple times while defending his daughter from a woman with a switchblade who attacked them in a courtyard over the weekend, police said Tuesday. The incident took place Sunday around 4:45 p.m. on the 8200 block of Westminster Boulevard in the Civic Center area. Arriving officers found a man bleeding [...]

More than 80 firefighters extinguished a fire in an office building that may have started when sparks from an elevator shaft fell into a basement containing rubbish, fire officials say. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the fire was reported just after 8:45 a.m. in the basement of a 12-story building under renovation located [...]

Jay Leno is on the mend after suffering from a bad fall. On Monday night, the former "Tonight Show" host was seen wearing an eye patch over a black eye and bruised face while attending the Comedy for Koby event in Beverly Hills. He also had a bandaged wrist. Leno told "Inside Edition" that he [...]

Californias first wireless charging roadway is coming to UCLA thanks to a state grant that will help support electric transit projects at the university. The $19.85 million grant, awarded to UCLAs Events and Transportation program, will support the installation of inductive charging coils below the road along transit routes on Charles E. Young Drive, ...

With the holiday shopping season upon us, the California Lottery is reminding players that lottery tickets are not suitable gifts for kids. Our holiday-themed Scratchers are designed to add fun to the season for sure, but they are not appropriate or legal for kids, said Carolyn Becker, California Lottery spokesperson. Scratchers do not [...]

A rape and murder in Riverside County from almost 50 years ago has been solved using DNA technology, revealing that investigators had their man early on in the investigation, but he was cleared after he passed a polygraph test. Esther Gonzalez, 17, was found "dumped in a snowpack" alongside Highway 243 south of Poppet Flat [...]

A powerful storm described as a "bomb cyclone" will be intensified by an atmospheric river over the Pacific Ocean when it hits California this weekend. "We talk about atmospheric rivers from time to time. About a third of our storms in California have an atmospheric river component. Thats when we tap into that warm, moist [...]