Southern California is marking a somber anniversary: It has been one year since the deadly Eaton and Palisades wildfires tore through Altadena and Pacific Palisades, leaving widespread destruction in their wake. The fires erupted Jan. 7, 2025, as a severe windstorm battered the Los Angeles area. City and county firefighting resources were stretched thin as […]

During his 2024 election campaign, President Trump exhorted oil and gas executives to contribute a billion dollars in exchange for creating a windfall for their industry. The industry responded with more than $450 million to influence the 2024 elections, and the federal government, in turn, went after clean energy with a wrecking ball in 2025 — a shortsighted move that spells trouble for electricity bills, clean air, and America’s technological competitiveness.

Last week, US forces entered Venezuela, capturing President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in a nighttime raid. On Monday, they were arraigned in US federal court, pleading not guilty to narcoterrorism charges. The military action followed a monthslong pressure campaign that included a number of deadly strikes on boats off the Venezuelan coast […]

A woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her baby, officials with the Santa Monica Police Department confirmed to KTLA Tuesday. Details are limited as the investigation is ongoing, but authorities said just before 12 p.m. on Jan. 6 campus police at the University of California, Los Angeles that an adult female had been detained after […]

Firefighters rescued two men and a dog from the fast-moving Fork Mojave River Monday night after the men became stranded while trying to reach a dog trapped along the riverbank, authorities said. According to San Bernardino County Fire, crews responded to a swift-water rescue call after nightfall and found two adult men in wet clothing […]

Michael Reagan, the son of President Ronald Reagan, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 80 years old. The younger Reagan was the adopted son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman. In recent years, he’d worked as a columnist for the conservative media outlet Newsmax. In a statement from the Reagan family, […]

It’s tough sometimes, when you’re a modestly sized, nonprofit newsroom, to look at the big dogs in journalism—the New York Times or CNN, with their thousands of journalists, or storied magazines like the New Yorker and the Atlantic—and not feel hopelessly outgunned. They can swarm dozens of journalists on a single story, or pay some […]

Editor’s note: The above video aired on KTLA on Aug. 6, 2025. The glory days of the futuristic Tesla Diner in Hollywood could already be in the past, just six months after a much-hyped opening. As detailed by Marnus Moolman of Autoblog, “the crowds have disappeared, the novelty has worn off, and what was framed […]

Since the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and the ensuing claim by US leaders that “we’re in charge” of a sovereign nation, President Trump and his allies have gloated. “Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall,” Trump told reporters, implying that the island country was next on his takeover list as he flew back […]

A former California Highway Patrol captain was sentenced Monday for abusive sexual contact and exposure aboard a JetBlue flight from Florida to Los Angeles last spring, federal prosecutors said. Dennis Wally Woodbury, 50, of Azusa, pleaded guilty in October to one count of abusive sexual contact within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the […]