Investigations

While stuck at home, some feel it’s the perfect time to add a furry friend to the family, but scammers are lurking. Consumer investigator Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Thursday May 28, 2020.

Workers say they fear the company isn’t doing enough to protect them. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, May 29, 2020.

Some Amazon employees in the Inland Empire say the company is not doing enough to keep them safe from COVID-19. For the first time, the NBC4 I-Team got a look at how Amazon is responding to those safety concerns; getting access to the company’s 885,000 square foot fulfillment center in Eastvale. Chris Turner, the General Manager of the facili...

Seven years ago this week the death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez put a spotlight on weaknesses within Los Angeles’ child welfare system. Now social workers fear more abused children will continue to suffer unseen because of the coronavirus pandemic. The NBCLA I-Team took to the streets with Sylvia Lopez, an emergency social worker, before ...

Protesters rallying against police brutality are calling for boycotts. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News on Friday, May 29, 2020.

With the state planning to shut down its youth prisons, counties across California are working to figure out what do, including Los Angeles County with the largest juvenile justice system in the nation. The board of supervisors this week voted on a motion to prepare for this latest transition, expected over the next few months to plan out. The idea...

A heartbroken family wants to know what happened to their loved one at a local nursing home and are now taking legal action. Skilled nursing facilities are under intense scrutiny, accounting for nearly half of COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles County. The family’s calling for reform, policy change and training. Kathy Sessinghaus was daddy’...

A prominent educational tour operator charging as much as $4,000 canceled due to coronavirus, leaving customers wondering where their refunds were. So they called NBC4’s I-Team. Randy Mac reports May 26, 2020.

More than 200 workers at eight LA-area meat and food processing plants have tested positive for COVID-19 and now some of them have inadvertently infected family members, according to an NBC4 I-Team investigation.  “I feel terrible. I passed it onto my wife because I didn’t know that I had the virus,” says Jose Guzman, a 10-ye...

“The new nightclub” is how some neighbors describe the illegal parties at short term rentals in the Hollywood Hills. Police said the number of phone calls about these parties doubled over Memorial Day weekend. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Tuesday May 26, 2020

Many people are relying on Amazon deliveries during the coronavirus pandemic and fraudsters are taking advantage of that. Now, a new scam targeting Amazon customers is duping people out of a lot of money. Sheyla Maldonado got a text, which appeared to be from Amazon, telling her to review her shipment details. “I’m an Amazon Prime membe...

If you’re planning on traveling this long weekend or the upcoming weekends for the first time in weeks, you may have lots of company. The NBC4 I-Team found as the Stay-at-Home orders have gradually lifted more people are hitting the road and that could impact more than the traffic. The almost deserted roads at the beginning of local and......

The figures are rising amid the coronavirus pandemic. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, May 21, 2020.