People are saying their rates are skyrocketing over earthquake data — but is the science right? Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2020.

City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office said it would not file misdemeanor sexual assault charges against a former South Gate Police Department officer, who was arrested after a woman said she was sedated and attacked inside the ex-cop’s downtown apartment. A spokesman for Feuer’s office declined to explain the decision beyond saying there was, “in...

It’s estimated the pet toys market is a $1 billion business. And yet, as one cat owner learned, there’s very little safety oversight on these products. Randy Mac reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Feb. 20, 2020.

One of nine people charged with paying homeless people on Skid Row for their signatures on official petitions and voter registration forms has pleaded guilty. Norman Hall, 62, was sentenced to a year in jail and placed on probation. He was also ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, the LA County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesd...

Many Californians are having a tough time recycling bottles and cans and getting back deposits as hundreds of recycling centers shutter throughout the state — but something else is going on behind the scenes that is making it even worse.  Here’s how it’s supposed to work:  For every can and bottle you recycle, you get back a five or...

Note: This story contains graphic phrases and imagery.  Statistics estimate 36,000 people are homeless in Los Angeles, but the city isn’t providing bathrooms to most of them. As the NBCLA I-Team has found, the tons of human waste landing on city streets are creating an urgent public health threat. In one act caught on camera, a homeless man is...

The city of Santa Monica and its residents responded Monday with surprise and outrage to reports of a pornographic video recorded at a public library. The video was shot at Ocean Park Library, reportedly during business hours, and uploaded to an adult film website. It’s unclear when the video was made.  “That is wrong, it is completely w...

Fake Kobe Bryant signatures are flooding the internet, experts say, days before the Laker great’s memorial.

When a body was found at a mobile home park during the Sandalwood Fire in Calimesa last October, family members of 89-year-old Lois Arvickson feared it was her. They were on the phone with the mother, grandmother and great-grandmother when the line went dead. They searched nearby shelters to see if Arvickson had survived, but couldn’t find he...

What does trip insurance really cover? Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. 

Are the warranties on your car worthless? Randy Man and the I-Team investigated on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.

Los Angeles is rethinking how to help the thousands who are homeless and how to use your tax dollars. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020.

LAPD Chief Michel Moore says some officers have already begun to receive new training on when a person’s name can be added to a statewide police database of gang members, following the NBC4 I-Team report that a group of officers is under investigation for allegedly filing false information that labeled innocent citizens as gang members. Representat...