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“The Last Repair Shop,” a film following a team of four people who repair and maintain instruments used by students in Los Angeles Unified School District music classes, won the Oscar for best documentary short tonight, and the filmmakers hailed it as a victory in support of music education. And they also announced a fund-raising

A San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 15-year-old boy over the weekend after he charged at law enforcement with a bladed garden tool, according to the department. The shooting happened shortly before 5 p.m. Saturday after the Apple Valley Police Department responded to a call at a home on the 13400 block

A National Guard soldier from New York who was seriously injured in the crash of a helicopter flying over the U.S.-Mexico border remained hospitalized Sunday while authorities released the names of the two National Guard soldiers and a Border Patrol agent who were killed. The three killed Friday in the crash near Rio Grande City

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter conducted a flyover of the Huntington Beach coast Saturday after a roughly 2.5-mile-long oil sheen was spotted in the ocean water, with officials saying they did not observe any remaining recoverable sheen. Tar balls were observed along the shoreline, however, and onshore recovery teams were assessing the shoreline and will remove them

A community in Rancho Cucamonga is in mourning following the deaths of two teenagers who were killed in a car crash on Friday. Dozens of candles, flowers and balloons with loving messages on them were placed at the site of the crash where 17-year-old Elias and 14-year-old Sarah Cruz were killed. The siblings were traveling

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. The legislation’s success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The measure contains six annual spending bills and had already passed

Community members in Acton who volunteered to clean up illegally dumped trash have made grim discoveries along a stretch of highway when they found dead puppies discarded in bags, buckets and even buckets. Volunteers with the Acton Illegal Dumping Task Force are an edge after they’ve made several discoveries of the deceased dogs. According to

The Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The measure contains six annual spending bills and has

State officials are investigating an oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach Friday morning.  Investigators from the California Governor’s Office Emergency Services filed a hazardous materials spill report, detailing an overflow of petroleum coming from an offshore platform belonging to Beta Offshore. Beta Offshore operates three oil platforms in federal waters off the coast

The driver of a box truck who attempted to stop another box truck driver during a wild pursuit in Los Angeles earlier this week said he unknowingly joined the chase and was just trying to stop the man who struck his vehicle. Roy Perdomo was driving a box truck on Wednesday in Thousand Oaks when

Police were chasing a vehicle in the Sherman Oaks area on Thursday. Details on what prompted the pursuit were not immediately available. This is a developing story, please check back for updates. Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC LA newsletters. Read original source here.

One woman is in custody after allegedly assaulting another with a knife at a bus stop in South Los Angeles Thursday, police said. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the call came in at 7:40 a.m. of a woman assaulting a victim at a bus stop at Figueroa Street and Slauson Avenue. LAPD said

In nearly every corner of Los Angeles, residents have complained about RVs that park on their streets, giving shelter to the homeless, so last year Mayor Karen Bass promised to take action and start dismantling some of the encampments. But three months later, some of those promises remain unfulfilled, and thousands of homeless RVs still

Mayor Karen Bass will lead a delegation of city leaders to Paris Wednesday to prepare Los Angeles to host the Olympic Games in 2028. The delegation will include City Council President Paul Krekorian, council members Traci Park, and Katy Yaroslavsky—all three of whom sit on the city’s Ad Hoc Committee for the 2028 Olympic and

Another round of storm is expected to sweep through Southern California Wednesday, bringing moderate to heavy rain, snow and a chance of thunderstorms. When will we see the most rain? Wednesday will begin with cloudy skies then by the afternoon, some areas will start seeing the effects of the incoming weather system. “It probably won’t

A plurality of Republican primary voters in California said the economy was the most important issue to their vote, an NBC News exit poll found. The survey found 43% of GOP primary voters ranked the economy as their most important issue, followed by immigration at 39%, foreign policy at 9% and abortion at 8%. Among

Shohei Ohtani is expected to face the Angels on Tuesday for the first time since leaving the team he spent his first six seasons in the major leagues with to sign with the Dodgers for the largest contract in professional sports history. After not playing in the first four spring training games — including a Feb. 24 game against

LaTanya Sheffield is no stranger to the track. The head coach of track and field at Cal State Long Beach will add another title to her resume at the 2024 Paris Olympics as the head coach of Team USA Women’s Track and Field. Sheffield is a former Olympian who competed in the 400-meter hurdles at

District Attorney George Gascón will face 11 challengers in Tuesday’s primary election, featuring a mix of prosecutors and candidates who say they can offer a more moderate approach to criminal justice reform. Gascón was elected in 2020 over incumbent Jackie Lacey as he promised a wave of progressive changes. But he has been under fire since

The first over-the-counter birth control pill will be available in U.S. stores later this month, allowing American women and teens to purchase contraceptive medication as easily as they buy aspirin. Manufacturer Perrigo said Monday it has begun shipping the medication, Opill, to major retailers and pharmacies. A one-month supply will cost $19.99 and a three-month supply will