Investigations

Firefighting planes are sitting mostly idle. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department planned to terminate the employment of two firefighters and suspend a third for allegedly taking graphic photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene and sharing them with their wives and girlfriends, according to court documents filed this week.

The scandal centered around graphic pictures taken at the Kobe Bryant crash site. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

During the pandemic, the NBC4 I-Team received more travel-related complaints than ever before. But many don’t know that there’s a fund set up in California that may help travelers recoup lost money.

Starting last week, the NBC4 I-Team began catching, on camera, just some of thousands of people who illegally dump trash in LA. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

The NBC4 I-Team looks at what was lost and how one business owner beat the odds. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Monday, May 10, 2021.

It was all caught by a surveillance camera in the darkness of night: a woman walks up to a large pile of trash illegally dumped on an LA sidewalk, she leans into the garbage heap, and within seconds, you can see flames start to burn. The woman flees the scene in a waiting van and the trash pile erupts into...

As if it needs to be said, but for many businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic has been about survival, and many didn’t make it.

A sanitation truck reversed into and left a vintage car totaled and an LA resident has not been able to get a response from the city. Randy Mac reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 7, 2021. 

The piles of illegally dumped trash are getting bigger around the city, as we approach the Mother’s Day weekend, the worst weekend of the year for illegal dumping in Los Angeles. Joel Grover reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on May 7, 2021.

It was caught on camera by the NBC4 I-Team: a pick-up truck drives into a city alley in broad daylight, the driver illegally dumping box after box of garbage right on the ground. The truck is back day after day, night after night, the driver dumping more bags and boxes of trash. These are just a few examples of the...

Illegal dumping happens dozens, if not hundreds, of times every day all over LA, leaving some sidewalks so clogged with loose garbage that they are impassable. Joel Grover reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 6, 2021.

A popular Mexican fast food restaurant has been charging its customers too much sales tax. A savvy consumer caught it, and our I-Team helped fix it. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.