A wildfire scorched more than 10,000 acres on Santa Rosa Island in Channel Islands National Park over the weekend, prompting the island to be closed to the public until further notice. The Santa Rosa Island Fire, which had burned 10,029 acres as of 11 p.m. Sunday, began around 5 a.m. Friday on the southeastern end […]

A deadly crash left all southbound lanes of the 101 Freeway closed through Studio City early Monday morning. The crash was reported just after 2:30 a.m. when a vehicle crashed into the center just west of the 170 Freeway, where the 101’s southbound lanes travel in an eastbound direction through Studio City. Emergency crews arrived […]

Arab officials worry Trump will leave them in a lurch with Iran.

A Southern California woman who was nearly paralyzed in a fall while vacationing in Mexico is asking for help to pay for her overwhelming medical expenses. Nina Bakhshi told KTLA that she remains hospitalized in Mexico after the life-changing fall. The accident happened while she was riding an ATV during a birthday getaway in Cancun. […]

A California State University, Dominguez Hills graduate student who once battled homelessness and addiction celebrated a major milestone this weekend with family, friends and supporters at his Long Beach home after earning his master’s degree. J.D. Elson, who was recently honored with the 2025 CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, shared his story with KTLA […]

Donald Trump’s MAGA-style celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence ramped up Sunday with a federally funded prayer service that organizers said would “rededicate America as One Nation Under God.” “Rededicate 250,” is one of a series of events that the Trump administration is holding to mark the country’s semiquincentennial on July 4. A […]

A GOP bill aiming to use $1 billion of taxpayer money to finance required security for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom was denied in a Saturday night ruling on technical grounds. Senate Republicans attempted to include the ballroom project in a budget reconciliation bill—which also includes roughly $38 billion for ICE and $26 billion […]

A 47-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 42-year-old woman in Tustin after investigators say he fled across the U.S.-Mexico border following the killing. The Tustin Police Department announced Sunday that Juan Marquez of Hawthorne was taken into custody May 16 in the death of Sandra Fernandez, who was […]

Sen. Bill Cassidy may remember coming in third place, but the American people will be left with his legacy of playing a role in degrading the nation’s health care system.  On Saturday, Cassidy won only roughly 25 percent of the vote for Louisiana’s Republican Senate primary—in a group of candidates led by President Donald Trump’s […]