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Originally appeared on E! Online King Charles III is speaking out for the first time since it was revealed he is battling cancer. On Feb. 10, five days after Buckingham Palace announced the monarch’s diagnosis, the 75-year-old released a personal letter to the public. “I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the

Six people were onboard a helicopter when it crashed Friday night near the California and Nevada border in eastern San Bernardino County. No survivors were located, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The Eurocopter EC 130 crashed near Nipton on the edge of the Mojave Desert Preserve at about 10 p.m., according to

With the lunar calendar signaling the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, Orange County is abuzz with excitement as residents prepare for cultural festivities marking the Lunar New Year. Little Saigon kicked off a weekend of events with a celebration known as Tet, people feasted on traditional Vietnamese food and showed off colorful cultural

A magnitude-4.6 earthquake northwest of Malibu caused widespread shaking that was felt early Friday afternoon from the coast to inland areas of Southern California. The quake was reported just before 2 p.m. about 7 miles northwest of Malibu in the Santa Monica Mountains. More than a dozen aftershocks, the largest of magnitudes 3.0 and 2.7,

The phone call struck Maddie Musselman at her very center, confirming the worst fear for the U.S. water polo star and her soon-to-be husband, Pat Woepse. Pat’s nagging cough, the one that chased him around for weeks, including on a swim across the English Channel on his 30th birthday, was a symptom of an aggressive

A new tiny house village was unveiled Thursday in Boyle Heights to offer shelter to unhoused residents and mariachi performers experiencing homelessness. Nestled on the 800 block of North Mission Road, the new Boyle Heights Tiny Home Village (BHTH) is comprised of 72 tiny homes, restroom facilities, laundry amenities and access to services managed by

The long wait for the statue to commemorate the late Lakers’ legend Kobe Bryant is finally over. The first of three Bryant statues was unveiled on Thursday afternoon outside Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles. Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, unveiled the statue and announced that the Lakers would complete a total of three statues for the

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring four-time Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo. Laura Dern and actor Tim McNeil are set to join Ruffalo in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony in front of the Stella Adler Academy of Acting where he studied. Ruffalo and Dern portrayed a married couple

Christian Bale broke ground Wednesday on a project he’s been pursuing for 16 years — the building of a dozen homes and a community center in Los Angeles County intended to keep siblings in foster care together. The Oscar winner stood with a grin and a shovel full of dirt alongside local politicians and donors in

No winner has claimed the SuperLotto Plus Lottery ticket sold at a Los Angeles store worth $20 million, the California Lottery said Wednesday. The ticket matched all six numbers from Saturday night’s drawing. According to the California Lottery office, the ticket was sold at the Y & Y Market store located on West 39th Street

Flood watches remain in effect Wednesday for parts of Southern California after days of rain that shattered long-standing records and led to hundreds of slides in Los Angeles. Rain began to diminish late Tuesday after the storm that arrived Sunday afternoon delivered 7.03 inches of rain Sunday and Monday for downtown LA’s highest two-day rainfall

At least three people were taken into custody today for allegedly trespassing at an under-construction downtown Los Angeles high-rise that was recently tagged with graffiti on nearly every floor. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to the building at 12th and South Flower streets Tuesday around 1 p.m. “LAPD Metropolitan Division officers

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is poised to lay off 530 employees along with 40 contractors as the federally funded research and development center has yet to secure funding for the 2024 fiscal year, according to an internal memo. “While we still do not have an FY24 appropriation or the final word from Congress on our

All beaches in Long Beach and Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro are closed to swimmers and surfers Tuesday due to sewage spills that may have poured millions of gallons of contaminated material in the ocean. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Monday afternoon that about 1 million gallons of sewage had discharged

Two men suspected of selling cocaine at a homeless encampment in the Westlake district were arrested, the Los Angeles Police Department announced Monday. Rampart Area Narcotics Enforcement Detail investigators and members of the Rampart Area Gang Impact Team served a search warrant in the 1400 block of North Sierra Bonita Avenue, between Sunset Boulevard and

Prince Harry will travel to the U.K. after it was announced Feb. 5 that King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer, a source close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told NBC News. Harry spoke with his father about the diagnosis and will travel to the U.K. in the coming days, the source said. Buckingham Palace

Women took center stage the 2024 Grammy Awards, sweeping the major categories and making history on music’s biggest night. Taylor Swift set a music industry record on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for album of the year “Midnights,” for an unprecedented fourth time. “I would love to tell you this is the best moment of

A storm fueled by an atmospheric river is battering Southern California, bringing with it measurable rain that has prompted several evacuation warnings and orders across the region. According to the National Weather Service, Sunday surpassed the daily rainfall record for Feb. 4 in Los Angeles, with a rainfall total of 3.89 inches. It marked the

Los Angeles Unified School District schools will remain open Monday as a powerful storm system moves through the region, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said Sunday. “Considering the fact that our students depend on nutrition at school, we have made the decision at this point to maintain our schools open going  into tomorrow,” Carvalho said at a