Police arrested an 18-year-old man.

A woman killed in a head-on collision between a semi tractor and a Toyota Corolla in Covina was publicly identified Saturday. Amelia Hemaratanatorm, 45, died from multiple blunt-force trauma, according to the Los Angeles County Office of Medical Examiner. Officers from the California Highway Patrol were called at 1:58 a.m....

Southern California’s racing community is gearing up for the Irwindale Speedway’s final lap this Saturday. The legendary track, which will soon be bulldozed for an industrial park, will host a farewell extravaganza to mark its closure. Fans can enjoy autograph signings, fireworks, demolition derbies, auto soccer games, and traditional racing to send off the last major auto racing venue in Los Angeles County, according to organizers.

Since opening in 1999, the historic venue has been home to NASCAR races, demolition derbies, street-legal drag racing and the iconic Formula Drift events along with car culture festivals.

CARSON, Calif. (KTLA) – Two people aboard a small aircraft miraculously walked away from a crash landing onto a golf course in Carson Sunday with no more than just a few scratches. Details are extremely limited and the exact cause of the crash is under investigation, but officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department […]

A mother claims her 14-year-old son was violently attacked at Verdugo Hills High School because of his race, and she's now taking legal action against the Los Angeles Unified School District. The mother, who did not want to be identified due to safety concerns, held a press conference Friday alongside her attorneys Brad Gage and Caree Harper. She said her son, a freshman at the school, was attacked twice because he's Black. "He was targeted, clearly targeted," she said. "He didn't deserve that. He was just trying to go to school, get an education like everybody else." During the...

LOS ANGELES — A Southern California man arrested Thursday on federal charges for allegedly acting on behalf of the People's Republic of China to influence a local election is engaged to an Arcadia City Councilwoman, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Times reported that the local politician listed...

The suspect was identified as Jian Hu, 35, Monterey Park, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday.

The late Altadena resident Owen Brown was famed abolitionist John Brown's son. Like his father, he also participated in the Harpers Ferry raid. Later, the younger Brown settled in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Holiday violence hits the Citadel Outlets. A full-blown brawl breaks out between a group of women outside of the shopping mall over an alleged parking dispute. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded to the call of the fight on Wednesday as at least five...

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (WKBN) — American Airlines is now adding nonstop flights from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles, according to a news release from Blue Sky News. American will begin nonstop flights between Pittsburgh International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) with daily service operating year-round starting on April 4.

A ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning was extended through Monday for a large swath of Southern California due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area, officials said. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Monday for all those in...

TSA officers at Los Angeles International Airport were shocked to discover 88 prohibited items in a woman's carry-on bag, citing that it was "extremely concerning." During routine X-ray screening at LAX's Terminal 4, TSA officers flagged the woman's carry-on for suspicious items, according to the Los Angeles Times. Further inspection...

A suspect is in custody and the search is on for another after a security guard opened fire on them while they were trying to break into a multi-million dollar home in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood of Beverly Crest. According to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson, officers responded...

On Monday, December 9, around 10 p.m., a local business owner in the area of E. Anaheim Blvd. and South St. was attacked and severely injured, according to the Anaheim Police Department. The store was likely the Liquor Mart, located at 799 Anaheim Blvd. The suspect has not yet been...

A man was fatally stabbed in Alhambra Sunday. Around 1 a.m. Sunday, police received reports of a stabbing in the 100 block of South First Street, between Main and Bay State streets, according to the Alhambra Police Department. Officers who arrived at the location found the roughly 30-year-old victim with...

Saturday afternoon update: The Coroner's Office identified the person killed in the crash as 51-year-old Shuru Zhang of La Puente, California. Saturday morning update: Around 9:05 p.m., CHP officers responded to a call of a possible wrong-way driver crash on northbound Highway 86 near 66th Avenue. After an investigation, CHP determined a white-colored Honda Civic The post Woman killed in wrong-way driver crash in Mecca identified; driver arrested for DUI appeared first on KESQ .

In its annual analysis of hate crime data last week, the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations reported hate-motivated crimes in L.A. County had drastically increased 45% to 1,350 in 2023 from 930 in 2022, marking the largest single-year increase in the report’s history. The report also identified...

Traffic investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs’ Department’s Lancaster Station are investigating the circumstances of a fatal traffic crash involving three vehicles that killed a boy in Lancaster, sheriff’s detectives said Saturday. The crash occurred at 20th Street East and Avenue K at 5:30 p.m. Friday...

Los Angeles County supervisors called Tuesday for an investigation into the death of Thyri Wood, a 1-year-old who died in July after the county’s child welfare agency left her in the care of her 11-year-old brother. The supervisors voted Tuesday to ask the county’s Office of Child Protection, considered...