A hiker on Mt. Wilson got more than they bargained for when trying to scare away a massive black bear standing in the middle of the trail. Harrowing cellphone video captured by Eric Chiu’s stepmother shows the moment a hiker ahead of them attempted to scare the animal off by jumping up and down and […]

A prominent Santa Monica nonprofit director of operations was found dead alongside his wife inside their Venice home this week in a case authorities say is being investigated as a murder-suicide. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department were called to the 600 block of Superba Avenue in Venice just before 11 a.m. Tuesday following […]

Video showed a woman frantically yelling for help after she was sexually assaulted by a man at a grocery store in the San Fernando Valley. The April 19 incident occurred at a Vallarta Supermarket on Vanowen and Corbin streets in the Winnetka neighborhood just before noon. Jason Parrillo was at the market when he suddenly […]

Six candidates competing to lead the country’s most populous state faced off Wednesday night in a debate hosted by Nexstar.

Watch live coverage of Wednesday night’s debate between the six leading candidates for California governor on KTLA 5 and KTLA’s streaming and social media platforms. The debate will be moderated by Inside California Politics host Nikki Laurenzo and KTLA Morning News anchor Frank Buckley. It airs from 7 to 8:30 p.m., with the final 30 […]

Seis candidatos principales para la gobernación de California participarán en un debate televisado organizado por Nexstar Media Group.

Three people have been detained so far after a robbery involving force at what authorities believe may have been a gambling operation in Encino Wednesday afternoon. The incident was reported around 1:05 p.m. near Valley Vista Boulevard and Sherman Oaks Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police said the robbery involved bodily force, […]

The Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture World Liberty Financial is being sued by one of its billionaire investors, who claims the company froze his token holdings. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Justin Sun accused World Liberty Financial of “engaging in an illegal scheme to seize property.” “They wrongfully froze all of my tokens, stripped me of […]

The official cause of death for 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has been released, months after her body was discovered in a Los Angeles tow yard. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner determined that Rivas Hernandez died from “multiple penetrating injuries caused by object(s),” and ruled the manner of death a homicide. Authorities said […]

An Aliso Viejo mother is facing multiple criminal charges after authorities say her teenage son, riding an illegal high-powered e-motorcycle, struck and critically injured an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran in Lake Forest. Prosecutors allege the 14-year-old boy was doing wheelies in the street when he hit the man near Toledo Way and Ridge Route Drive, not […]