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An American Airlines flight from New York to California made an emergency landing in Denver after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant, authorities said.

The man told police that he stayed at the airport because the coronavirus pandemic had left him afraid to fly.

A federal appeals court has denied the city of Los Angeles’ bid to compel the Federal Aviation Administration to change flight paths out of Hollywood Burbank Airport, according to court papers obtained Wednesday.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 27 points, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from 26 points down to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 123-115 on Wednesday night for their first win of the season. Darius Bazley added 20 points and rookie Josh Giddey had 18 points and 10 assists for the Thunder, who opened the season with four losses. The Lakers played&...

The family of a developmentally disabled man shot to death by a former LAPD officer inside a Costco store in Corona has been awarded $17 million in damages by a jury in Riverside.

They bring enthusiasm and school spirit to every game, but the Valencia High School cheer squad is on hiatus after a COVID-19 outbreak on campus.

Detectives are investigating a variety of claims about other assaults on students at the Hamilton High School campus in West Los Angeles, including the alleged sexual groping of a young student that happened two days before police say an older female student was attacked in a bathroom last Wednesday afternoon.

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after he allegedly attacked a child who has autism at a middle school in Riverside County that some parents say is out of control with bullying and fighting.

COVID-19 vaccines could be available to children ages 5 to 11 as soon as next week if the CDC gives final approval, and doctors at St. Jude Children’s Hospital are putting out a coloring book that helps explain the vaccine in language kids can understand.

A 50-year-old ex-con who abducted and sexually assaulted a Riverside woman a quarter-century ago was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in state prison.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Wednesday for the 16th consecutive day, increasing three-tenths of a cent to $4.568, its highest amount since Oct. 18, 2012.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was set to hold a news conference to discuss the shooting that left 18-year-old Manuela “Mona” Rodriguez dead in September.

The LA City Council voted unanimously to explore ways to prioritize 100% affordable housing developments in neighborhoods with greater park, transit, school, grocery and health access.

NBC4 Southern California has launched its news app on Amazon Fire TV, making it easy to stream your favorite local content including The Rundown with Robin Winston, the NBC4 News and other original digital series. The app brings the same great experience from our Roku and Apple TV apps to the Fire TV platform and its 50 million users. Click…...

Wildlife officials are in a San Dimas neighborhood where a bear seen near an elementary school climbed into a tree outside a home in the foothill community east of Los Angeles.

A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle and killed on the northbound 5 Freeway around 5 a.m. Wednesday.

A Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in the north San Fernando Valley missed the Mega number, but matched five numbers in Tuesday night’s drawing.

The City of LA is kicking off a new initiative that will provide thousands of dollars in cash and help 3,000 Angelenos in need and affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

LAPD detectives released new surveillance in their search for a hit-and-run driver who killed a young woman.

An Arcadia woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to soliciting over $22.8 million in funds for a condominium and hotel complex in the Coachella Valley, then spending part of the money on luxury cars, travel and designer clothing.

Davis had 35 points and 17 rebounds, Russell Westbrook added 33 points and 10 rebounds, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied without LeBron James to beat the San Antonio Spurs 125-121 in overtime Tuesday night. Playing before a sold-out AT&T Center crowd that loudly booed the Spurs at the free-throw line in the final minute of regulation, the Lak...

Allied Universal Event Services, a crowd management, event staffing and consulting company, is hosting a three-day job fair at the Pomona Fairplex starting on Nov. 5.

A Los Angeles federal judge Tuesday granted Vanessa Bryant’s motion to compel depositions of Sheriff Alex Villanueva and Fire Chief Daryl Osby in her lawsuit against the county over photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash scene allegedly taken and circulated by sheriff’s deputies.

A man suspected of attempting to kidnap his 8-year-old next-door neighbor was arrested Tuesday in Palmdale.

A man and woman who once were in a romantic relationship have reached a settlement with Loews Hollywood Hotel LLC in a lawsuit alleging their intimate experience on the 15th floor of the establishment in 2018 was observed by a smiling window washer, lawyers in the case told a judge Tuesday.

Los Angeles small businesses can apply starting Tuesday for the city’s Comeback Checks Grant Program.

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Monday that it has cited a Southern California grocery chain for failing to pay or delaying supplemental paid sick leave to 240 workers affected by COVID-19 at 38 stores, including 21 stores in Los Angeles County and one in Anaheim.

The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday approved the city’s Covid-19 employee vaccination mandate, which includes an enforcement framework that could lead to the termination of workers who fail to obtain medical or religious exemptions and who remain unvaccinated by mid December.

Almost exactly 55 years ago, the original “Star Trek” series starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy took viewers across the galaxy, to explore brave new worlds. Now the legacy of what Gene Roddenberry created continues in the new Nickelodeon Animation Studios series, “Star Trek: Prodigy.” Rather than adults at the helm as we’ve seen in so many ...

In an effort to ease congestion at the nation’s busiest port complex, officials say they will start fining shipping companies whose cargo containers linger for too long at marine terminals. The twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach say arriving containers scheduled to be moved by trucks will be allowed to stay for nine days before fines start ac...

LAPD Chief Michel Moore said that nearly a third of shootings by LAPD officers this year were in response to a person perceived to be mentally ill.

Fifteen years ago Tuesday, five U.S. Forest Service firefighters perished battling a monster wildfire near Idyllwild set by a serial arsonist who had ignited multiple blazes in the area and was ultimately sentenced to death.

If you’re still searching for Halloween costume ideas, don’t freak out. Here are the top costume searches in Los Angeles, according to Google trends.

Chad Goodro, 42, has been arrested by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies for the Apple Valley hit-and-run death of 14-year-old Lawrence Andrews.

Police have opened an investigation into an alleged sexual assault of a female student in a boys bathroom at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, the school district said.

A trail of destruction was left in Hancock Park Tuesday morning, after an SUV crash near Wilshire Boulevard took out mailboxes, light posts and part of a BMW dealership.

A powerful storm that swept through California set rainfall records in the north, but weakened as it moved south into the Los Angeles area.

A San Marino man who drove a truck through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Pasadena last year was sentenced Monday to a year and a day behind bars for federal weapons offenses.

As residents of the Carson area continue to endure a noxious smell coming from decaying organic material in the Dominguez Channel, the city Monday declared a local emergency and urged Los Angeles County, the state and the White House to issue similar proclamations.

During an outing in his sailboat Defiant one Sunday in September, Koz Khosravani marveled at a pod of dolphins that swam near his boat and directed his gaze to the unthinkable — a hand surfacing in the choppy water.

“Halloween Kills” raked in an estimated $73 million dollars at the box office since it premiered. This is the second film in the “Halloween” trilogy from writer/director David Gordon Green. The movie is the twelfth installment in the long-running “Halloween” franchise and stars Jamie Lee Curtis and James Jude Courtney, who reprise their roles as La...

Pastor Reggie Moore’s relatives want the person who killed him on Sunday to know what they took away: a man of God, a grandfather, and an all-around good guy.

A San Marino man who drove a truck through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Pasadena last year was sentenced Monday to a year and a day behind bars for federal weapons offenses.

Officers had responded to a medical aid call in the 100 block of Diamond Avenue just after 8 a.m. Monday and found three people dead.

Women over age 50 who breastfed their babies performed better on cognitive tests than women who never breastfed, according to a study led by researchers at UCLA Health.

A man was found in North Hollywood in the driver’s seat of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the chest.

A 53-year-old motorcyclist killed in a hit-and-run crash on Oct. 16 has been publicly identified as Jose Silva.

A suspected street racer was arrested after slamming into a building being leased for a private event, killing one woman and injuring seven other people.

The same storm system that caused historic rainfall, flooding and damage in central California is hitting SoCal on Monday.

Carmelo Anthony got the game ball after the Los Angeles Lakers’ first victory of the season. Anthony had just scored a team-high 28 points, moving into ninth place on the NBA’s career scoring list, and was asked to make a speech. The 37-year-old Anthony said he was too tired. Anthony Davis added 22 points and four blocks, and LeBron James…...

Multiple crashes made the Sunday night commute a slog on the 710 Freeway.

 The Los Angeles Dodgers finally ran out of comebacks. They won’t have a chance to defend their World Series title after losing to the Atlanta Braves in six games in the NL Championship Series. It might have been the last game together for such key veterans as Max Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, Corey Seager, Kenley Jansen and Chris Taylor, who......

Jared Goff was under immediate pressure from Aaron Donald when he dropped back late in a one-score game. He threw to the end zone while being dropped, and Jalen Ramsey picked it off. Goff didn’t need a homecoming game to remind him it’s much easier to win when the Los Angeles Rams’ stars are on your side. And Matthew Stafford...

The search is on for a 100-pound dog named Charlie-Murphy after the pooch was stolen inside a car in Echo Park, police said Sunday.

A shooting on Normandie Avenue left a 15-year-old boy dead and a man wounded, as sheriff’s detectives continue to investigate the case Sunday.

An American Airlines plane traveling from New York to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Wisconsin. An official with the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison says plane landed without incident about 2:19 p.m. Central time after reports of smoke in the cabin. The passengers and crew evacuated safely and no injuries were report...

A man who was shot near a service road in Long Beach died Sunday at a hospital.

As of Sunday afternoon, the 101 Freeway’s weekend closure has ended, and all lanes are open again, Caltrans District 7 announced on Twitter. The closure was for construction work on the new Sixth Street Viaduct project east of downtown Los Angeles. Crews removed temporary frame supports that have held up bridge arches.  Lanes on the east side...

A 67-year-old associate pastor of a local Christian church was shot to death in a possible gang-related attack Sunday at an intersection in Compton, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Officials in Santa Barbara County have issued evacuation orders for parts of the county within the Alisal Fire burn scar, as an atmospheric river storm heads for the area.

After a months-long wait, a parched California is finally getting a good soak. Rain will arrive in SoCal Monday morning with some drizzle, getting heavier throughout the day.

A suspect was injured when shots he fired at Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies were returned by one of those deputies. The suspect was treated at the hospital and booked at the sheriff’s Palmdale station.

A man was found shot to death Sunday in the Firestone Park community of unincorporated Los Angeles County.

An earthquake shakes SoCal Sunday Oct. 24, 2021.

One man died and two were wounded Saturday night in a shooting at a downtown Los Angeles retail/apartment building. The shooting was reported about 7:40 p.m. in the “South Park Lofts” apartment building at 818 S. Grand Ave., according to Officer G. Todd of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. A 20-year-old man wa...

Foul ball after foul ball, the battle between pitcher and batter intensified. On one side was Walker Buehler, the young ace that the Dodgers always want on the mound when the lights are the brightest and the stakes are the highest, trying to keep the score deadlocked at a run apiece. On the other side was Eddie Rosario, the hottest…

The Interfraternity Council has called a halt to all social activities at USC fraternities Saturday after the Department of Public Safety announced it received not only allegations of sexual abuse and drugs being slipped into drinks during parties at Sigma Nu fraternity, where chapter President Ryan Schiffilea has been confirmed by police as a sexu...

A man was arrested after driving a Jeep into a crowd at a vaccine mandate rally in Palmdale on Saturday, injuring a woman, sheriff’s officials said. The 64-year-old driver, identified as William Aslaksen, had gotten into an argument with people at the rally before he ran a black Jeep Wrangler onto the sidewalk and into the crowd, the Los...

The bullet went through the wall and struck a woman in another unit, police say A 29-year-old man was arrested after shooting a firearm and injuring a neighboring woman in an apartment building in Desert Hot Springs, police said today. Officers responded to a shooting call around 11:45 p.m. Thursday in the 66500 block of Joseph Way, according to th...

The Atlanta Braves know what happened last October and want to avoid a repeat. The Los Angeles Dodgers plan on an encore. Atlanta held 2-0 and 3-1 leads in the NL Championship Series before the Dodgers won three consecutive games in a playoff entirely at the neutral ballpark of Arlington, Texas, then beat Tampa Bay for their first World Series&#823...

The Los Angeles Dodgers tapped Walker Buehler to start Game 6 of the NL Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night after bumping achy Max Scherzer. The right-handed Buehler was coming back on just three days’ rest, with the 106-win Dodgers in a must-win situation. The Braves led the best-of-seven series 3-2. “We feel rea...

Los Angeles County reported another 1,173 new cases of COVID-19, 15 additional deaths and a drop to 614 hospitalizations on Saturday.

Grand Park is celebrating its 9th annual Dia de los Muertos. This year, the event is a message of hope, when so many have lost so many.

Firefighters knocked down a fire in the wall of a Boyle Heights apartment building within half an hour of the fire’s start. No one was injured.

A candlelight vigil is planned in Burbank for cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed when actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on the New Mexico set of “Rust.”

An 18-year-old man was left dead in Ontario and four others were hospitalized, after a fight between Halloween party attendees turned into a fatal shooting.

Starting Sunday, Oct. 24, residents whose phone number area codes are 562, 626, 949 and 951 will need to dial the area code first when making calls, even if they’re calling someone in the same area code.

A man was taken to a local hospital after being shot by police in Azusa on Friday.

Chris Paul scored his 20,000th career point on the way to 23 points and 14 assists, and Devin Booker added 14 points in the Phoenix Suns’ 115-105 victory over the winless Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night. Paul became the first player in NBA history to pair 20,000 points with 10,000 career assists while the defending Western Conference champ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers say Max Scherzer will not start Game 6 of the NL Championship Series against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday night. The Dodgers made the announcement on Friday night. They did not say why Scherzer will not start and did not say which pitcher will take his place. Atlanta leads the series 3-2. Scratching Scherzer was first&#823...

A Yucaipa woman pleaded guilty Friday for her part in the theft of nearly two dozen pricey guitars from an Irvine storage unit and was immediately sentenced to 80 hours of community service.

A Tiktoker jumped into action during a traffic jam after a Dodger game as he put on a yellow vest and began directing traffic.

Los Angeles County announced “drastic reductions” Friday in the amount of hydrogen sulfide gas detected emanating from the Dominguez Channel, but even low concentrations of the gas is continuing to create a nuisance for nearby communities.

Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer who was fatally shot with a prop gun by Alec Baldwin on a movie set, grew up on a Soviet military base and worked as an investigative reporter in Europe before studying film in Los Angeles and embarking on a promising movie-making career.

A Southern California city will pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit by a woman arrested for driving under the influence when she was actually having a stroke. The Orange County Register says the settlement ends a long legal battle over the arrest of Robin Winger, who was pulled over in October 2011 while driving her teenage daughter to school. She......

Peter Scolari, who rose to fame alongside Tom Hanks in the offbeat sitcom “Bosom Buddies” and later appeared alongside Bob Newhart in “Newhart,” died Friday after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66.

A car nearly tumbled in to a sink hole Friday morning in a Boyle Heights parking lot before firefighters responded to save the day.

Newport Beach actress and model Tawny Kitaen, best known for her roles in 1980s music videos and ex-wife of Whitesnake singer David Coverdale and former Angels pitcher Chuck Finley, died of heart disease, the Orange County Coroner’s Office confirmed.

Part of the 101 Freeway was closed due to a multi-vehicle crash early Friday in the west San Fernando Valley.

A Riverside Unified School District math teacher was on suspension Thursday following social media posts from her classroom showing her performing as if she were engaged in a Native American war dance. The video, evidently recorded by a student of Native American descent, captured the masked instructor from North High School wearing head feathers, ...

Atmospheric rivers play a major role in how the West Coast gets its water. Some of the rivers carry as much as 10.5 trillion gallons of water each day.

Police Tuesday arrested rapper Tyga on suspicion of domestic violence, authorities said. Tyga, 31, turned himself in at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Station on Tuesday morning.

Government offices and libraries throughout SoCal will be closed Monday in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day, or Columbus Day.