NBCLA in the Community

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, targeting one in eight women over a lifetime. According to NBC4 community partner American Cancer Society, it is expected there are nearly 270,000 new breast cancer cases in the country in 2020.  Early detection is key for combating breast cancer.  The American Cancer Society’s recommendat...

COVID-19 has halted many events, but it has not stopped Manhattan Beach native Kelsey Brandin, founder of Volley4Sound, from thinking outside the box. Every October, Brandin organizes the Volley4Sound charity beach volleyball tournament in Hermosa Beach, California, where all participants wear earplugs while playing to help raise awareness of the c...

On Oct. 1, NBC4 Anchor Colleen Williams hosted NBC4’s virtual community forum to discuss the voting process for this year’s general election on November 3, 2020. The discussion covered important dates and deadlines to be aware of; details on how, when and where to vote; and viewers had the opportunity to ask questions during the livestr...

The Rose Bowl Institute will host its second annual Women’s Empowerment Symposium on September 16, 17 and 18 on the Institute’s virtual platform. On the event’s third and final day, NBC4 Anchor Colleen Williams will moderate the Financial Literacy panel discussion and NBC4 Reporter Beverly White will moderate the Women in Politics discussion....

Media partners NBC4 and Telemundo 52 are supporting the City of Los Angeles and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez for the first-ever virtual ¡El Grito! 2020 event on September 15 at 7 pm, serving as the official kickoff celebration for Latino Heritage Month. The event will be co-hosted by NBC4 meteorologist Belen De Leon and Telemundo 52’s Elva S...

NBC4/KNBC is pleased to celebrate legendary sports anchor Fred Roggin on his 40th year with the station. His anniversary coincides with the new season premiere of his popular live post-game football show, “The Challenge,” on Sunday, September 13 following Sunday Night Football. With four decades of local and national sports coverage, countless memo...

UPDATE: NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Clear the Shelters was a big success with nearly 12,000 pets adopted locally in the Southland and more than 130,000 adoptions nationally. The campaign also raised more than $35,000 to support local animal shelters and more than $1.185 million coast to coast. Visit nbcla.com/cleartheshelters year around for animal stori...

Join NBC4 and Sports Anchor and Reporter Mario Solis to support the CASA of Los Angeles Justice Jog: Virtual 5K/10K QuaRUNtine Fitness Challenge taking place August 29 through September 26, 2020. The virtual challenge allows participants to complete the 5K or 10K distance at their own pace by running, walking, biking, swimming or choosing other fit...

NBC4 announced today the retirement of its legendary weatherman, Fritz Coleman.  After 39 years of delivering forecasts on the NBC4 News to viewers across Southern California, his retirement marks the end of an era in local television news.  Coleman enjoyed many years of success as part of one of the longest-running news anchor teams in t...

Every year NBC4 awards a deserving Cal State Fullerton student studying journalism and communications the Vikki Vargas/NBC4 Broadcast Journalism Scholarship, named for the station’s esteemed Orange County Bureau Chief and CSU Fullerton alumnus. Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipient Samantha Aguilar, a senior studying comm...

Join NBC4 Investigative Reporter Lolita Lopez as she moderates a panel discussion on “Building the New SoFi Stadium” just in time as both local NFL teams prepare for football season. Lopez will have an in-depth conversation with Jeanne Bonk, COO of the Los Angeles Chargers and Kevin Demoff, COO of the Los Angeles Rams. The event, organi...

Funds raised by the partnership between NBC4, Ralph’s and Food4Less have aided over 30 nonprofits during the pandemic.

A first-of-its-kind in Los Angeles, the First Annual Juneteenth Parade, took place on June 19, 2020 with NBC4 Anchor Michael Brownlee participating, riding along in a vintage convertible. Inglewood resident Tylynn Burns with friends Ricole Carillo and Aliyah Thomas wanted to find a creative way to bring the Los Angeles community together to celebra...