Investigations

Many southern California gyms remain open in defiance of state and county orders to close. And the NBC4 I-Team has found some of those gyms are incorrectly telling customers they are exempt from closure orders. “That’s not true. We don’t have any exemptions like that as far as I know of, even in the state,” said LA County Pu...

A smoke shop fire prompted inspections that ticketed other businesses. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, July 31, 2020.

Businesses are suing the state to reopen during the pandemic. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, July 31, 2020.

Los Angeles County election officials posted how-to videos, making sure voters know what to expect this election Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, July 30, 2020. State voting information Orange County voting information Los Angeles County voting information...

The rooftop pool at the W Hotel in Hollywood was packed one recent Saturday afternoon, with almost no one wearing masks and dozens of people mingling closely together in groups, according to video obtained by the NBC4 I-Team. That behavior appears to violate state guidelines requiring hotels to “ensure physical distancing” at their...

Inconsistencies with wearing masks in airports and on planes have led to some concerns. Randy Mac reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2020.

A food truck business hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic was approved for a PPP loan, but never received the money. Randy Mac has details for the NBC4 news at 6 p.m. on July 29, 2020.

A teenage boy alleges he was given the female hormone estrogen after he was diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder while in custody at a Los Angeles County juvenile hall last summer, a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last month states. The boy, then 16, was given the medication without his or his parents’ consent, but took...

Community Safety Partnership is the new program launched in LA to protect and build a relationship with its residents. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

A man was sick of repeatedly calling the EDD office and never getting through to a live person, so he created a bot to call for him. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

Homeless in Los Angeles are driving away tourists and hurting the industry, experts say. Joel Grover reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020.

The Los Angeles Police Department has created a new bureau to expand one of the Department’s most successful crime-fighting initiatives, the Community Safety Partnership, which has focused on building relationships between a handful of specially selected officers and residents, and in particular, the neighborhoods’ youth. The new group ...

Authorities are beginning to take action against scofflaws. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, July 24, 2020.