California

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani is day to day with left knee inflammation. Ohtani was sidelined for Friday night’s 8-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox. But manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani could play this weekend and remains in line to make his next scheduled start on the mound on Wednesday. Ohtani was lifted for a

East Los Angeles businesses impacted by the recent crude oil spill can submit compensation claims for losses they suffered when 2,400 gallons of oil spill onto streets, forcing road closures last month, LA County officials said Friday. The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity will provide direct assistance to businesses impacted by the May

The World Cup opened with jubilation in Mexico City as a packed stadium roared the hosts to victory. But the second game of the tournament saw empty seats visible throughout the stands for South Korea’s 2-1 win over the Czech Republic. The scenes in Guadalajara Thursday night follow weeks of questions around demand for the

Santa Monica police are planning to scale up their public safety presence around the city during this year’s FIFA World Cup, the department announced Thursday. Held every four years, the international soccer tournament kicked off on Thursday and runs through July 19. The U.S. is one of the host countries this year, and Los Angeles

Southern California could be in for a particularly wet winter, with forecasters saying Thursday a potentially powerful El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, possibly ranking as one of the strongest in the past 75 years. According to the National Weather Services’ Climate Prediction Center, above-average surface temperatures have been recorded in the central and eastern

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to launch major strikes on Iran and seize control of its oil and gas industries as continuing attacks between the warring countries pushed the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war. Trump said in a social media post that the U.S. would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT”

Authorities have identified the woman who died after being hit by a car that crashed into a laundromat in Manhattan Beach on Tuesday evening. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified her on Wednesday as 61-year-old Ana Amaral Moreira. According to the Manhattan Police Department, Moreira was doing her laundry when another woman drove a

The arson suspect who was accused of starting a massive fire that destroyed a 1 million-square-foot warehouse in Ontario was denied bail Wednesday. The attorney for Chamel Abdulkarim, 29, had requested that the Highland man be released on $2,000. Abdulkarim is accused of intentionally setting multiple fires inside the distribution center leased by Kimberly-Clark while

Spiking gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month, a headache for the Federal Reserve and a potential political challenge for the Trump administration as midterm elections near. Consumer prices rose 4.2% in May from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday, up from 3.8% in April and the third straight

The senior vice president of GKN Aerospace, the company at the center of last month’s chemical crisis in Garden Grove, spoke with the public directly for the first time on Tuesday in a special city council meeting. Steve Carlin addressed a crowd of Orange County residents who were impacted by last month’s evacuation orders following

A Los Angeles police officer was shot in Boyle Heights Tuesday when gunfire erupted at the end of a stolen vehicle chase, multiple law enforcement sources told NBC4 Investigates. According to preliminary information by the sources, the officer was shot in the chest at least once, but the round was stopped by the officer’s ballistic

Cristian Roldan will have a homefield advantage during the World Cup. When the U.S. midfielder steps onto the pitch for the team’s opener in Los Angeles on June 12, he’ll be playing just over 20 miles from the patch of grass where he learned to play soccer. In Pico Rivera, California – a working-class city

The U.S. national team already knew it was in for a once-in-a-lifetime experience this month as the home team in a World Cup. But when the 26 players took the field at Orange County’s Great Park on Monday to the cheers of several thousand fans who had turned out just to watch a mere practice,

Eighteen people were detained from a commercial property that was operated as an illegal gambling den, Anaheim police said Monday. The property on Dale Avenue, which was running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, had “many” gambling machines inside, police said. When investigators arrived at the location at 11 a.m. Monday, they seized

Cellphone video captured a spectacular, pre-Fourth of July display of fireworks on a Tennessee highway Saturday evening as a trailer carrying the incendiary haul erupted, authorities said. First responders racing to a reported vehicle fire on northbound Interstate 75 in the community of Ooltewah found a stopped work truck hauling a box trailer that was

“Schmigadoon!,” an adaptation of an Apple TV series that gently mocks big, brassy Broadway shows, won the best new musical Tony Award on a night when actor John Lithgow and playwright Bess Wohl made history. The musical parodies golden-age Broadway classics like “The Music Man” and “Oklahoma!” centered on a modern-day couple finding themselves in a “Brigadoon”-like fantasyland where

Dozens of people on Saturday attended the reopening of the Altadena Community Center, which was honored with an open house to showcase to residents what services will be available to them with it. Community members toured the center as organizations shared what services and resources they have to offer to the public. The center will

The body of an Auburn University student who had been missing in Japan for a week has been found in a mountainous area outside of Kyoto, according to his family. James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, was last seen at the Kyoto train station a little over a week ago. His disappearance prompted a massive search by

An attempted kidnapping suspect is in custody after a pursuit through Riverside County and Los Angeles County on Saturday night. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of an attempted kidnapping on Sweetgrass Drive in Moreno Valley a little after 8 p.m. When they arrived, they learned the suspect took off. Authorities found the

Long Beach’s new waterfront F&M Bank Amphitheater will officially open Saturday night with a concert by Snoop Dogg, launching an 11,000-seat venue city officials hope will boost tourism and generate revenue for downtown businesses. The temporary open-air amphitheater, located adjacent to the Queen Mary, was developed as part of the city’s efforts to expand entertainment