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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Grant Nikoui, 20, of Norco died Aug. 26 in the attack at Kabul Airport that also claimed the lives of 10 of his fellow Marines, a U.S. Navy corpsman and a U.S. Army soldier, with more than 100 Afghanis slain.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez of Indio, one of 13 service members killed in last month’s bombing in Afghanistan, will be memorialized over the course of three days starting Thursday.

Developers filed an application Thursday with the city of Los Angeles to build a stunning $500 million, 22-story “creative office campus” on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood called “The Star.”

A man was shot and killed outside a Metro train station late Wednesday south of downtown Los Angeles.

It wasn’t the jackpot, but a lucky winner purchased a Powerball ticket worth more than $2.5 million at a Compton liquor store.

A man was killed and a woman was hospitalized when a 1960s Shelby Cobra crashed into a pole in Temple City.

Julio Urías earned his major league-leading 18th victory, Gavin Lux singled in the go-ahead run in the fourth, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Wednesday night to complete a 6-0 homestand. The Dodgers pounded out 14 hits in winning their sixth straight overall and ninth in a row at home, where they are 52-23, top...

School bells started ringing across the Santa Ana Unified School District five weeks ago, following 17 months of virtual learning. But teachers say since the day they welcomed students back, some of them have yet to get their first paycheck.

UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital selected 10 pediatric patients to get the opportunity to control the robot on the field at Dodger Stadium from their hospital beds.

Matthew Stafford’s debut with the Los Angeles Rams was so sharp that it could have left the quarterback and his head coach struggling to find areas for improvement in Week 2. But Stafford and Sean McVay have both been in the NFL long enough to know no performance is perfect — and even if it was close, there’s no point…

Former Knicks head coach David Fizdale has joined his hometown Los Angeles Lakers as the lead assistant coach on Frank Vogel’s staff. The Lakers also hired John Lucas III as an assistant coach and named Roger Sancho their head athletic trainer Wednesday. Fizdale was the Memphis Grizzlies’ head coach for 101 games from May 2016 until Nov...

At busy boarding facilities, doggy day cares, and even local parks, dogs of all ages are now contracting a loud and debilitating cough. One veterinarian told the NBC4 I-Team the cough is so bad, “it will keep everyone in the house awake at night.”

Crime data shows that more people are being robbed at gunpoint around Los Angeles in 2021, and the increase is even more pronounced in Hollywood and Mid-City, where several recent holdups and shootings along Melrose Avenue were captured on security video.

Police have arrested a man for the alleged fatal stabbing of another man who intervened in a dispute between him and his girlfriend at a homeless encampment near Brentwood.

The 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards hope to bring a little pizzazz back to Hollywood after a tumultuous year. The ceremony will be held with a limited live audience and their guests at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles. Today the press was given a sneak peek at some of the fabulous food, drink and swag the stars will enjoy…

Fire crews moved to ramp up the battle Wednesday against two expanding forest fires threatening Sequoia National Park’s giant sequoia trees and infrastructure.

At least one person was in custody following a pursuit that began in the Santa Ana area and ended at a recreation center near downtown Los Angeles.

California voters definitively chose not to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, voting “no” in the effort to oust him from office. But how did SoCal counties vote?

L.A. Controller Ron Galperin released a map of 16 locations highlighting the influence Latinos have had on L.A.’s history, politics, arts, culture, education and more.

The Angeles National Forest announced it will extend its closure to the public until Sept. 22, citing concerns over extreme drought and fire danger.

Los Angeles County is preparing a revised health order that will impose new COVID-19 vaccine mandates, requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for outdoor mega-events of 10,000 people or more, the public health director said Wednesday.

One of the world’s historic sports venues will welcome race fans next year when NASCAR brings its Clash exhibition race to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

A defiant Larry Elder conceded his fight to become California’s next governor but indicated his first campaign might not be his last. “Stay tuned,” the Republican talk radio host told supporters.

SpaceX will launch the first all-civilian crew into space on Wednesday, a mission spearheaded by an entrepreneur who will use the trip to raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinched a postseason berth, getting home runs by Max Muncy, Trea Turner and Will Smith to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-4 on Tuesday night for their fifth win in a row. Their eighth straight victory at home, combined with losses by Cincinnati and San Diego, secured the Dodgers’ ninth consecutive playoff appearance in purs...

Police Tuesday announced the arrest of a juvenile suspect and an unknown number of “co-conspirators” wanted in connection with a shooting outside Santee High School just south of downtown Los Angeles that left one student injured.

Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner was named the National League Player of the Month for August, as well as the team’s recipient and nominee for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award on Tuesday.

One of Sean McVay’s coaching slogans is emblazoned on walls and T-shirts throughout the Los Angeles Rams’ training complex: “The standard is the standard.” Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams set the standard awfully high in their season opener, but there’s no reason yet to think they can’t meet it again. McVay had few...

A Victorville couple is suffering the loss of their unborn child after the wife was hospitalized with COVID-19.

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake rattled the San Fernando Valley Tuesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

A California recall election polling place located on Skid Row is giving the area’s underserved community an opportunity to participate in the democratic process.

Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore Tuesday confirmed changes in department policy following a federal report that found LAPD bomb squad technicians vastly underestimated the amount of explosive material placed into a containment truck, causing a destructive fireworks explosion in a South Los Angeles neighborhood.

Over the past two years more than 50 dissatisfied consumers have reached out the NBC4 I-team after paying more than $10,000 for treatment from a chiropractic business they say did nothing to help them. Now two former employees of Superior Health Centers are sharing information about how they say the business operates.

One of the notable poll irregularities on Monday was this — a poll worker wearing a ‘Trump 2020’ hat and shirt at a West Hollywood voting center.

Police responded Tuesday afternoon to two robberies that happened within about one hour on Melrose Avenue in the Fairfax District.

The City of Los Angeles says thousands of its employees have failed to respond to a demand for proof they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 or to request an exemption on religious or medical grounds.

California Republicans were trying to contain a fire of their own making a day before voting ends in the recall election against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, persuading their voters to turn out Tuesday even as party leaders promoted unsubstantiated claims that the race was rigged or compromised by misconduct.

Metro is offering free rides on its trains and bike-share system the day of the California governor recall election, joining already free buses.

The owners of the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills are suing members of the Chubb insurance group for allegedly breaching a contract by not compensating the hotel for millions of dollars in business losses.

Overloading of a containment vessel used by the LAPD bomb squad to destroy illegal fireworks was the cause of a late June explosion that rattled a South Los Angeles neighborhood and left 17 people injured, according to a federal report.

An online scam is using the Venmo logo as bait on social media, using the digital content and payment features we utilize every day as their way into your wallet.

A person was killed Tuesday in a collision that closed three lanes of the southbound 15 Freeway in Corona.

Gov. Gavin Newsom cruised to victory in the recall election and will stay in office, NBC News projected.

Video coming from a surveillance camera in the area of Washington Boulevard and La Brea shows what police say is a man that stabbed one woman, harassed a group of others and stabbed a second woman Saturday morning.

With three weeks to go in the regular season and the Los Angeles Dodgers locked in a tight pennant race, Clayton Kershaw is back just in time. Kershaw struck out five in his first start since July 3 and the Dodgers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Monday night for their seventh straight home victory. Activated from the injured list…...

Caltech in Pasadena has ranked #9 on U.S. News & World Report’s list of Best National Universities for 2022.

The injury bug bites all teams from time-to-time, but the Los Angeles Dodgers seem to always be the main course.  The reigning World Series champions had a total of 10 players on the injured list during the shortened 60-game season in 2020. In total, those 10 players spent a combined 248 days on the injured list. 60 games into the…...

Two men were arrested on suspicion of stealing over $100,000 in jewelry from a department store at a Riverside mall, police said Monday.

More than 2,000 Los Angeles Police Department employees have indicated they may request exemptions from the City’s new vaccine mandate, claiming their religious beliefs would prevent them from receiving any of the COVID-19 shots, according to multiple senior officials familiar with the City’s effort to vaccinate its workforce.

USC has fired football coach Clay Helton after the Trojans were upset at home Saturday by Stanford.

A woman was fatally injured in Playa del Rey in a hit-and-run crash, which also injured her 3-year-old son. Police are looking for the driver.

Six LAPD officers are demanding in a lawsuit that a federal judge immediately overturn the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for city employees.

A magnitude-3.6 earthquake shook the Thousand Oaks area on Monday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

President Biden will visit California in support of Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday, one day before the deadline to return ballots for the recall election. The two are set to speak in Long Beach.

Matthew Stafford’s second pass for the Los Angeles Rams traveled 53 majestic yards through the air and dropped right into the hands of Van Jefferson, who fell down untouched, stood up and scored. The Rams have bet their future on Stafford being the key to turning a good team into a great one. With a dynamic debut against Chicago, Stafford&#82...

Max Scherzer had been anticipating his 3,000th career strikeout. He had his family on hand, and Los Angeles Dodgers fans knew it was coming. As if that wasn’t enough history for one day, he nearly threw a perfect game, too. Scherzer got his milestone and took a perfect game into the eighth inning as the Dodgers beat the San Diego......

In this last weekend before the big day, voters in Woodland Hills experienced a glitch at check-in. Some voters were told they had already voted, when they hadn’t.

Officials said Los Angeles County has seen three consecutive weeks of decline in its weekly infection rate, an improvement the public health director attributed in part to mask mandates and slowly rising vaccination numbers.

Tanner McKee passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another score in his first collegiate start, and Stanford rebounded from a season-opening loss with a 42-28 upset victory over No. 14 Southern California on Saturday night. Nathaniel Peat had an 87-yard touchdown run while racking up a career-high 115 yards, and Kyu Blu Kelly returned an interce...

Mookie Betts hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer with two outs in the fifth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers held off the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Saturday night. The Dodgers remained 2 1/2 games behind NL West-leading San Francisco. Betts drove in four of the Dodgers’ five runs. He had a sacrifice fly in the third that made it 2-0&#8230...

Firefighters are battling a brush fire near the 5 Freeway north of Castaic in warm conditions Saturday evening.

Nicole Weiss was engaged to be married, but her fiancé was killed in the suicide attack at the Kabul airport last month.

Los Angeles County election officials have opened 253 vote centers where people can cast their ballots ahead of Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall election.

Medical mistrust is deeply rooted, particularly in the Black community. A big reason for that is the Tuskegee study, an experiment that lasted 40 years when the U.S. government recruited Black men, who were then denied treatment for syphilis.

West Hollywood has enacted a sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate, requiring people to show proof of vaccination to enter indoor facilities in the city.

Julio Urías pitched seven shutout innings for his major league-leading 17th victory, Max Muncy slugged a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Friday night to snap a two-game skid. Urías (17-3) scattered three hits, struck out seven and walked one to remain unbeaten in his last 13 starts, going 8-0 in...

When the $5 billion dollar SoFi Stadium hosted the Los Angeles Rams and Dallas Cowboys last September the stadium was as silent as a grave. I was fortunate enough to be in attendance for that game. Unfortunately, without fans, the greatest professional sports stadium I have ever seen, felt more like a ghost town. A dream matchup between the reignin...

Two stolen car suspects were arrested Friday night after a vehicle pursuit that began on the Pomona (60) Freeway in West Covina and ended in a residential neighborhood in Pomona.

Terrell Lewis doesn’t take football for granted. Not after knee and elbow injuries sidelined him for long periods during his college career at Alabama. Not after ongoing issues with that same knee during his rookie season playing outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams raised concerns about his availability to contribute in the NFL, doubts that...

The Los Angeles Lakers have traded the rights to Marc Gasol back to the Memphis Grizzlies, where the 36-year-old center spent his first 11 NBA seasons. The Lakers also sent a second-round pick in 2024 and cash to Memphis on Friday in exchange for the draft rights to Chinese big man Wang Zhelin. ESPN then reported the Grizzlies intend to…...

DeAndre Jordan is back in Los Angeles, and this time he’ll be chasing a championship from the Staples Center locker room that has a few more trophies in it. The longtime Clippers center signed with the Lakers on Thursday, filling their penultimate roster spot as the 10th 30-something player on the 17-time NBA champions’ remarkably exper...

A man was found shot to death Friday on a trail in Ernest E. Debs Regional Park in Northeast Los Angeles.

Three days a week, Eva Larson goes for a three-mile run near her Thousand Oaks home.

A Long Beach man was charged Friday with attacking a 12-year-old boy on a city bus.

Five children including a newborn are without both parents after their mother and father died of COVID-19.

The City of Los Angeles has extended the deadline by which all of its employees were to provide proof of at least a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccination or make a formal request for a religious or medical exemption.

Orange County has logged its first COVID-19-related pediatric death.

Rich McGeagh, a 1964 Olympian and NCAA swim champion at USC, died of COVID-19 complications, the university announced.

Trevor Bauer’s leave from the Dodgers was extended through the end of the baseball season after an agreement reached between the league and players union.

“Right after 9/11 people were asking, what is the Muslim community all about?” activist Salam al-Marayati said. “We were invisible. 9/11 put us front & center.”

California lawmakers unanimously moved Thursday to allow the return of prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who were stripped of their resort for African Americans amid racist harassment a century ago.

Four Hart High School students were arrested after one of them allegedly was in possession of a gun on the Santa Clarita campus.

Investigators are searching for the gunman responsible for the shooting death of a beloved community leader in South Los Angeles.

Just days after 13 American flags were vandalized in Riverside County, more than two dozen more have now gone missing.

Tenants are finally able to use at least one of two elevators inside the 15-story Cathay Manor apartments in Chinatown after what they say has been months of neglect from management. Speaking through a translator, one man said the problems have been ongoing for months, starting with a laundry room that all 280 residents use. It was locked during a&...

For nearly 20 years, an Orange County firefighter has decorated his front yard as a tribute to 9/11, but it’s more than flags and crosses. He says it’s a slice of history created so that people never forget.

Police announced Thursday that one man is in custody and two others are being sought in connection with a string of at least six street robberies and one attempted heist that occurred this month throughout the Los Angeles area.

It was 20 years ago on Sept. 11, 2001 when hijackers used commercial planes as missiles and crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field.

A violent confrontation between a Lancaster High School student and campus security was caught on camera, prompting an investigation and demands for answers.

All eligible students ages 12 and over in the Los Angeles Unified School District would be required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend in-person classes under a proposal going before the district’s school board Thursday.

More than 1,000 arcade games, including a plethora of pinball machines dating back decades, will be on the auction block. This weekend, and again later this month, the items will be sold off as the Museum of Pinball prepares to close its doors for good.

A tree that remained standing in the rubble of the World Trade Center towers on Sept. 11, 2001 continues to serve as a symbol of resilience and hope.

A possible chlorine pump malfunction at a pool at Yucaipa Regional Park sent 15 swimmers to hospitals Friday and prompted a callout from a HazMat team, officials said. A total of 25 patients were evaluated and the pool was closed until further notice, according to the CAL FIRE San Bernardino Unit.