A small plane crashed in Sherman Oaks Thursday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The aircraft, reported to be a Cessna, landed upside down on a flat dirt area near the Sepulveda basin. The crash happened on the 15000 block of Burbank Boulevard. Two people, a man and a woman, were rescued from
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The husband of actress Chanel Banks has confirmed his wife’s well-being after Los Angeles police announced she was found following her reported disappearance days ago. In a phone interview with NBCLA, Carlos Jimenez declared that the police’s findings were accurate in that his wife was found safe. The confirmation comes after Banks’ cousin and mother
Four people from Los Angeles County are facing insurance fraud and conspiracy charges after staging fake bear attacks with a bear costume, the Department of Insurance announced Wednesday. Initially the suspects — Ruben Tamrazian, 26, of Glendale, Ararat Chirkinian, 39, of Glendale, Vahe Muradkhanyan, 32, of Glendale, and Alfiya Zuckerman, 39, of Valley Village —
One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting at a Ralphs supermarket in Sun Valley where one person was killed and another was wounded. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to 8325 Laurel Canyon Blvd. south of Roscoe Boulevard at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call. When officers
What to Know Kuanlun Wang, 37, was shot and killed in a desert on Oct. 12. His body was then placed into his own Tesla and driven back to his home in Brea. Jing Li, 37, was attacked with a hammer, taken to a desert and then fatally shot. The suspect, 30-year-old Huangtin Gong, was
President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has chosen Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary. Hegseth deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Minnesota in 2012 before joining Fox News. “With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice — Our Military
All that’s left is for President-elect Donald Trump to put his name on it — if he wants. Trump won the White House in large part because of voters’ frustration with high prices and a sense that the United States needs major changes. But when he enters office in January, Trump will inherit an economy
A racist text message was sent to thousands of Black individuals nationwide the day after the election. While federal authorities are investigating the source of the disturbing message, Southern California families and school districts are reeling from the experience since residents in the Southland were also affected. Among those who were targeted by the text
Long-time USC football and NFL coach John Robinson, who led the Trojans to a national title in 1978 and ranks among the most successful coaches in school history, has died at age 89. In a news release, USC said the revered College Football Hall of Fame member died Monday due to complications from pneumonia in
Veterans Day will be recognized with parades, flyovers, a tribute during Monday night’s NFL game at SoFi Stadium and more in Los Angeles County. Scroll to see what is happening around Southern California. Pasadena tribute Pasadena will honor a Marine Corps reserve battalion headquartered in the city. The 2nd Battalion, 23d Marine Regiment has been
President-elect Donald Trump says that Tom Homan, his former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, will serve as “border czar” in his incoming administration. I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation’s Borders,” he wrote
A man was arrested on suspicion of murder for allegedly killing a relative at her home in Westminster, authorities said. Officers were dispatched at 9:45 p.m Friday to the woman’s home in the 8200 block of 19th Street to conduct a welfare check because she had not been heard from in several days, according to
A man was arrested for allegedly stealing an electric bike from a Mountain Fire evacuee, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department. The victim was visiting his home Friday to survey the damage after being under an evacuation order due to the Mountain Fire. After doing a walk-through of his property, the victim’s bike had
“Saturday Night Live” decided to find the humor in the situation. In the show’s first cold open since the election of former President Donald Trump for the second time, the cast joined to share a clear message to America’s president for the next four years. Cast members Bowen Yang, Kenan Thompson, Ego Nwodim and Heidi
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Albert Carvalho on Saturday condemned racist text messages being sent to Black Americans across the country and said some of the messages were sent to students in the district. “We are aware of racist and incendiary texts that are being sent nationwide, including to some of our students,” Carvalho
Authorities said the voter registration offices of Orange and Riverside counties were evacuated Friday after each received a bomb threat. According to Elizabeth Florer, public information for the Riverside County Registrar of Voters, both offices were evacuated, and law enforcement was immediately notified. Florer said that the ballot processing will resume on Saturday. In Orange
Police arrested a naked man in the crawlspace underneath the El Sereno home of a 93-year-old woman Friday morning. Los Angeles police said they spent hours trying to get the man out before having to resort to tear gas, causing a huge commotion in the neighborhood and forcing the people living inside the home to have
Three days after the historic election, the results of only a couple of state ballot measures were out as of Friday. The California Secretary of State’s Office said, after processing 10.7 million ballots, election workers still have some 5.4 million ballots to count. Los Angeles County still has more than 900,000 uncounted ballots while Orange
A 43-year-old teacher suspected of child molestation was arrested in Valley Village. Colleen Jo Matarico was booked Thursday on suspicion of lewd acts with a minor and was being held on $1.3 million bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Matarico allegedly groomed and sexually assaulted a 13-year-old child in her classroom before persuading
President-elect Donald Trump has carried Nevada over Vice President Kamala Harris in the presidential race, NBC News projects. Trump lost the state’s six electoral votes in both of his previous runs for the White House. But those defeats against Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden were both by less than 2.5 percentage points, and Trump and