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The city of Los Angeles is venturing into home testing for COVID-19. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020.

A man and his daughter pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that they kidnapped a woman in North Las Vegas, then robbed, raped and assaulted her before dumping her in the desert near Edwards Air Force Base. Stanley Lawton, 55, of Riverside, and Shaniya Nicole Poche-Lawton, 23, of Palmdale, were charged last November with one count each of kidnapp...

As fire season continues in Southern California, many homes in the path of the flames may get doused in bright red Phos-Chek, and while homeowners are thankful the retardant saved their dwelling, they may want to clean it off instead of watching it fade to pink. The Rancho Cucamonga-based company that makes the retardant, called Phos-Chek, alo...

The 40-year-old driver accused of crashing into a woman who was 35 weeks pregnant as she walked with her husband on an Anaheim street has been charged with one felony count of murder Thursday, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office. The couple’s baby, who had to be delivered in an emergency c-section after the suspect...

Fire officials were busy putting out hot spots after a 10,000+-acre fire burned through a neighborhood near Lake Hughes. Jonathan Gonzalez reports Aug. 13 2020.

2020 has been a year unlike any other in our nation’s history. It also happens to be an election year, and now sports fans in Los Angeles will be able to vote in person at an iconic venue like Dodger Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers, pitcher David Price, and Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James partnered together to convert Dodger…...

The virus that causes COVID-19 has been found on “high-touch” surfaces across Los Angeles County–including shopping carts and public bathroom doors–during an NBC4 I-Team investigation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and scientists worldwide have said the virus can live for up to three days on ...

Buddy Hield scored 28 points, including a 3-pointer that capped Sacramento’s streak of 11 consecutive baskets made in the third period, and the Kings beat the Los Angeles Lakers 136-122 on Thursday. Bogdan Bogdanovic had 27 points as the Kings won for only the third time in the NBA restart. The Kings made 21 3-pointers as Hield shot 8 of&#823...

The California Supreme Court is set to hear an automatic appeal next month in the case of a man who was initially sentenced to death for murdering 10 women in Los Angeles over an 11-year period and later convicted of the killings of four other women in the Los Angeles area. Attorneys are set to appear Sept. 2 either by…

By the 2070s, global warming will increase extreme rainfall and reduce snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, delivering a double whammy that will likely overwhelm the Southern California’s reservoirs and heighten the risk of flooding in much of the state, according to a study by UCLA climate scientists. Warmer temperatures will increase rainfall dur...

Housing affordability improved slightly in all Southern California regions in the second quarter of 2020, although higher home prices and lower household income dampened the statewide picture, the California Association of Realtors said Wednesday. In the Los Angeles metro area, 32% of residents could afford to purchase the $581,000 median-priced ho...

With data revealing communities of color have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, county Supervisor Hilda Solis and the Mexican Consulate of Los Angeles Wednesday opened a COVID-19 testing site in the MacArthur Park area. The testing site is located inside the Mexican Consulate and is free of charge. &#...

Starry Inc., a wireless broadband internet provider, Thursday announced it has donated 21 Chromebooks to the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles for families with school-aged children living in the Mar Vista Gardens community. The computers are being provided in advance of the start of the school year to families identified by HACLA as not...