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The female deputy who was shot in Compton Sept. 12 has been released from a hospital, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Monday. “They both have a long road to recovery and LASD appreciates your continued prayers and all the support,” according to a tweet from the sheriff’s department.

In northern Los Angeles County, firefighters focused on protecting homes Saturday as increasingly erratic winds pushed the Bobcat Fire toward foothill communities in the Antelope Valley after churning all the way across the San Gabriel Mountains.

The Bobcat Fire has now grown to more than 100,000 acres burning through the Angeles National Forest and destroying homes in the Antelope Valley. Kim Tobin reports on Sept. 20, 2020

A driver and passenger were killed in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning in the Crenshaw area of south Los Angeles, police said.

Authorities said there were no new developments in the search for the gunman who wounded two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies as they sat in their parked patrol SUV at a rail station in Compton last Saturday.

The Bobcat Fire burning in the Angeles National Forest and Antelope Valley has scorched 91,017 acres and remains at 15% containment Saturday morning as additional evacuation orders and warnings were issued.

A brush fire sparked by a vehicle fire northwest of Palm Springs had burned 4,500 acres and was threatening 450 homes Saturday, officials said.

The fire is only 15% contained, with several homes in Juniper Hills burned down. Christine Kim reported on NBC4 News on Sept. 19, 2020.

Albert Pujols needed nearly five weeks to tie Willie Mays for fifth place on the career home run list. It took only five days for the Los Angeles Angels slugger to pass him. Pujols hit No. 661 in the fifth inning on Friday night against the Texas Rangers to break the tie with Mays, then connected again in his next...