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Three people were killed and one person was hospitalized Tuesday night in a fiery helicopter crash in Chatsworth, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The crash was reported just before 7 p.m. in the 9100 block of North Mason Avenue. The LAFD said the helicopter went down between two commercial buildings. The crash resulted in

“American Idol” will move production to Georgia in a major shakeup after more than two decades in Southern California. Production and distribution company Fremantle confirmed the move in a statement to NBCLA. More details about the relocation plan for the upcoming 25th season were not immediately available. Deadline reported that the company, which produces the

As law enforcement investigates the shooting of a man near the site of an abandoned home along Mulholland Drive, neighbors say the violence adds to their mounting concerns about the troubled property. Community members who live near the iconic road have expressed fears and frustrations over dangerous activity at an abandoned home on the 7700

Donald Trump Jr. and his wife, Bettina Trump, acknowledged Monday that a Russian oligarch with ties to President Vladimir Putin paid for their lavish Caribbean island post-wedding celebration in May. ProPublica reported that Umar Kremlev paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in wedding-related expenses for the newlyweds and dozens of guests for festivities on a

Macklemore has been dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour after he says New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft organized a boycott among stadium owners over the rapper’s remarks in support of Palestinians. The “Thrift Shop” rapper posted a lengthy statement to his Instagram on Monday alleging that Sheeran was called by Kraft to inform the singer

President Donald Trump had been hearing the message loud and clear for weeks about the sweeping cryptocurrency bill being written in the Senate: to get it across the line, he would have to agree to ethics provisions that apply to him, too. First, Trump agreed to a measure that would bar him and his wife

President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics

Two people were found dead inside a McLaren that caught fire after it crashed into a tree in Irvine early Saturday morning, police said. Officers and the Orange County Fire Authority responded to the single-vehicle crash at Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue after it was reported around 12:20 a.m., according to the Irvine Police Department.

An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there. State-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming

A woman says her dog is recovering after police say it was pepper-sprayed during a home break-in Friday night in Lake Balboa. Visibly shaken, Janistie Medina says she feared the worst after her security system alerted her that a door had been opened. “I checked my cameras, and they were all disabled and turned off,”

Six people were transported to hospitals Saturday morning after a two-vehicle crash at an Encino intersection. The crash was reported at about 11:30 a.m. near Ventura Boulevard and Densmore Avenue. Details about what led to the crash and the conditions of those injured were not immediately available. Video of the scene showed what appeared to

A Compton man was sentenced Friday to three years in federal prison for throwing rocks and injuring a federal officer during a June 2025 immigration enforcement operation near a Home Depot store in Paramount. Elpidio Reyna, 42, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Fernando L. Aenlle-Rocha. Reyna pleaded guilty Feb. 17 to a single count

Southern Californians joined people across the nation Friday in remembrance of those who died a quarter-century ago in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. The attacks unfolded when 19 men hijacked four commercial planes bound for airports in California: American Airlines Flight 11, flying from Boston to Los Angeles International Airport; United Airlines Flight 175,

What to Know More than 3,000 people died on Sept. 11, 2001, when Islamic terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial planes and flew directly into the lifeblood of our nation. It was the deadliest terror attack in history. The vast majority of those victims came from lower Manhattan; nearly 2,800 people died when two jets crashed

A 47-year-old Victorville man was arrested Wednesday in connection with a federal grand jury indictment accusing him of paying people on Los Angeles’ Skid Row to sign petitions using stolen identities to qualify initiatives for California elections. James Brass, 47, and two other petition circulators — Courtney Price, 49, of Jacksonville, Florida, and Jateisha Herron,

President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party’s sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would likely cost more than $1 trillion and require congressional approval, and would further exacerbate the country’s

Firefighters responded to an apartment building fire late Wednesday morning in Beverly Hills. The fire was reported at about 10:30 a.m. in the 200 block of South Rexford Drive, where a three-story apartment building was on fire. Black smoke was rising over the neighborhood. At least one ladder truck was spraying water on the fire,

At an event ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, President Donald Trump told a story Tuesday in which he said two firefighters picked him up off the ground near the U.S. Steel Building close to ground zero “right after” the terrorist attacks and whisked him away because they thought the building was going to

A coyote known to Studio City residents as Wendy was euthanized after a veterinary examination found a severe infection had destroyed part of her upper jaw and revealed two pellets lodged in her head, the wildlife organization that captured her announced Tuesday. Wildlife Care of Southern California said diagnostic imaging showed Wendy had apparently been

Days of powerful surf, due in part to a tropical storm hundreds of miles off the California coast, caused extensive damage to beachfront homes this week in Dana Point. Video from NewsChopper4 on Tuesday morning showed damage to ocean-facing decks and other structures in the coastal Orange County neighborhood. About a dozen homes were red-tagged