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LA Funeral Home Owner Charged For Leaving Remains to Decay, Mummify
The remains of 11 people, including infants, were not properly taken care of, according to the LA City Attorney, and left to ‘rot.’
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Porsche, Bentley, Aston Martin And More Seized in $2.3M Auto Theft Bust
More than $2.3 million worth of cars, including Porsche, Aston Martin, BMW and Bentley models, were recovered in a two-month investigation by the California Highway Patrol.
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San Fernando Teacher's Plea for Blankets for Shivering Students Turns Into Holiday Miracle
A San Fernando Elementary school teacher noticed her students needed a lot more than just stocking stuffers this holiday season, so when she put out a plea on the internet for people to donate, she had no idea the donations would come in twofold.
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Latina Entrepreneur Overcomes All Odds, Reaches Success, Then Pays It Forward
In our coverage of Hispanic Heritage Month, we profile Maria Gomez whose curiosity and hunger for knowledge turned into good business, and now she’s also paying it forward.
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Police Chase of Suspected Stolen SUV Ends With Driver Running Into LA River
Police chase in San Fernando Valley ends with suspect jumping into LA River.
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Man Who Assaulted MAGA Hat Wearer to Attend Anger Management, AA Sessions
A suspect who allegedly pummeled another man in a Hermosa Beach restaurant bathroom after learning the victim’s red hat had “Make America Great Again” written on it in Russian was arrested Tuesday at his home in the San Fernando Valley.
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Rapper YG Arrested at His San Fernando Valley Home
Rapper YG was arrested as deputies served a warrant before dawn Friday at his San Fernando Valley home.
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Skateboards and Sharp Objects Wielded as Weapons in Melee Near Middle School
A teen boy was hospitalized with stab wounds after a chaotic confrontation Thursday with other students near a Southern California middle school. Video of the fight near Mulholland Middle School in Lake Balboa shows a group surrounding a holding what appears to be a sharp object, possibly a pair of scissors. A witness told NBC4 he saw the group chasing…
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From the Archives: The November 1961 Bel Air Fire Disaster
In November 1961, a disastrous brush fire destroyed nearly 500 homes when it roared over a mountain ridge and swept through canyons in Los Angeles’ Bel Air area, a grim illustration of the potential for wildfire devastation at this time of year in Southern California.
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Veteran Park Ranger Captain Dies After Patrolling Parks Impacted by Wildfire
The nearly 8,000-acre Saddleridge Fire that has damaged or destroyed 40 buildings in the San Fernando Valley indirectly claimed another victim in veteran L.A. Park Ranger Capt. Alberto Torres, who suffered a massive fatal heart attack after patrolling the parks impacted by the fire, authorities said Sunday.
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San Diego Woman Fears Worst for Mother Caught in Path of Sandalwood Fire
A San Diego woman was waiting anxiously Friday behind evacuation lines set for the 800-plus-acre fire burning in Calimesa to hear from officials what she can already feel in her heart: That her 89-year-old mother perished alone in the flames.
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Multi-Day Cleanup Begins at Sepulveda Basin Homeless Encampment
A cleanup that might continue for three days was underway Monday at a homeless encampment in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, where a brush fire broke out over the summer and more than 140 tons of trash were collected during a previous cleanup.
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Suspect in Custody After Shooting Rampage That Left 4 Dead in San Fernando Valley
A man accused of fatally shooting his father, brother and two other people in a crime rampage across Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley was captured Thursday afternoon after more than 13 hours on the run.
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California Legislator Fights for More Seismic Retrofitting
With recent quakes rattling Southern California, thousands of buildings are still being retrofitted to improve how they will withstand the next “Big One.” But some say more needs to be done as we look at future construction.
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Police Ram Pickup in Chase on San Fernando Valley Streets
Officers pursued a pickup Monday morning on streets in the San Fernando Valley before the driver surrendered in a residential area.
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Suspect Sought for Allegedly Stopping Church Service With Nazi Salutes
Authorities are circulating images of a suspect sought for allegedly stopping a religious service at a church in the San Fernando Valley on June 9 by pacing and performing Nazi salutes.
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Woman Who Led Bizarre Chase in RV Charged With 9 Felonies, Including Animal Cruelty
A woman accused of leading law enforcement on a bizarre chase in a motorhome from the Santa Clarita area to Tarzana — with two dogs inside the RV — was charged Thursday with nine felonies, including animal cruelty.
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Motorhome in Pursuit Rampage Was Bought With Identity Theft Victim's Stolen Driver's License
The motor home involved in a police pursuit Tuesday in the San Fernando Valley that left at least three people hospitalized was purchased using a stolen driver’s license.
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Homeless Encampment Cleanups: Are Millions of Tax Dollars Being Wasted?
There’s a stretch of sidewalk tucked under the 405 Freeway in the shadow of the West Los Angeles skyline that about 40 people call home. At least once per week, police order them out of the area and block of the area so city sanitation workers can get to work. It’s the start of a seemingly endless cycle that consumes...
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Burned Puppy With Part of Her Tail Cut Off Found in a Coachella Trash Bin
A San Fernando Valley animal rescue agency is offering a $10,000 reward in the case of a severely abused puppy found in a Riverside County trash bin.