4 to Watch: Flight Attendants Surprise Adoptive Parents With Mid-Air Baby Shower
A Southwest Airlines flight turned into a celebration for a couple and their adopted girl, who they were bringing home to Southern California.
By Jonathan Lloyd •
Moore Family
The Moore family receives warm wishes written on napkins from passenger during a flight home with their adopted baby girl.
Love and kindness were in the air when a couple aboard a Southwest Airlines flight returned to Orange County with their adopted girl.
It's one of the stories we're featuring today on NBCLA.
Southwest Passengers Send Napkins With Warm Wishes to New Parents
A couple flying from Colorado to Southern California with their newly adopted baby received a spontaneous mid-flight baby shower. With help from two thoughtful flight attendants, the Orange County couple received about 60 handwritten notes on napkins from other passengers -- strangers whose kindness was deeply appreciated by the new parents, who were flying with their baby for the first time.
Love was literally in the air when this couple was flying home with their newly adopted baby, thanks to the passengers and crew aboard their flight. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.
Suspect Arrested in Brutal Van Nuys Road Rage Attack
A boy suspected of severely injuring man in a road rage attack in Van Nuys has been arrested after a multi-agency effort returned him from Armenia. Gutwrenching security camera video shows the attackers, one of whom was wearing brass knuckles, the victim. Click here for the full story.
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More than a month after a man was knocked unconscious and landed in a coma, police announced Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020 that they had arrested one of the suspects who had fled to Armenia.
Neighbors Pick Up the Many Pieces Left Behind by Airborne BMW
A resident's advanced security camera system captured a chaotic DUI crash on video at a Long Beach traffic circle. The elaborate security set-up was installed after another crash at the same location. Here's the full story and dramatic video.
Surveillance camera captured how a driver slammed into a roundabout, launching the car into the air. No one was injured, but the woman behind the wheel appeared disoriented after neighbors rushed to help. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020.
Weekend: ScotsFestival Is Baaa-ck at Queen Mary
Sheep herding is just the start at the Scottish celebration, which includes Highland Games, bagpipes, and whisky tasting, too. It's one of the events in our weekend to-do list.
Steve Risley
“Thirty-five years ago I did the one thing I said I’d never do: Marry a drunk girl at a bar. I guess it worked. I actually proposed on Valentine’s Day. That June, we flew to Hawaii and got married on Kaanapali beach and we are still going strong,” Steve Risley told NBCLA.
Trent Hodson
After two friends urged them to meet, Trent Hodson and Chance Kawar agreed to meet for a blind coffee date in Larchmont Village over a year ago. “More than a year later, we are still visiting local coffee shops every weekend and happily exploring LA together,” Trent Hodson wrote to NBCLA.
Delilah Castro
Delia Castro met her husband Emmanuel Castro in high school but since she was not allowed to date at the time, she broke up with him. After reconnecting a year after their high school graduation, they have been together ever since. “We kept in touch and started talking almost everyday until we decided to give it a shot again. Now, we are here happily married and we have our sweet 5-year-old boy that looks just like daddy and has the curiosity like his mamma,” Delia Castro told NBCLA.
Steven Jacobsen
Steven Jacobsen met his now husband of six years on an early social media site called Prodigy in 1993. The couple purchased their first home together the day of the Northridge earthquake in 1994. They married in a ceremony at their home in 2014. “We were and are lucky our families fully embraced and support our relationship. Many of our gay friends have not had that advantage. So here we are in 2020, 27 years later and six years married as of this Friday Feb. 14 and still in love,” Steven Jacobsen wrote to NBCLA.
Lisa Pisciotta
"I met my sweetheart at a baseball game. I was watching my son and he brought his daughter to watch her boyfriend. I was smitten by him. We are now happily married," Lisa Pisciotta shared with NBCLA.
Tara Hale
Tara Hale met her now husband of seven years at a karaoke bar when he sang the charming classic, “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-a-Lot. The couple wed in 2012 and have two children and a dog together. Tara and Josh Hale have been together for almost 13 years.
April Byrd
Robert and April Byrd met through mutual friends at a party and then again with friends at a bowling alley. “We started talking from then. We have been together for 23 years and married for 16 years this May. We have 12-year-old twin daughters,” April Byrd shared with NBCLA.
Nadine Rivera
“In 1986 I met the love of my life,” Nadine Rivera wrote to NBCLA.
Francesca Carroll
“I met my honey Chris over 6 years ago,” Francesca Carroll wrote to NBCLA. “When I was walking with my two daughters into Walmart and my honey was walking out of there with his daughter, our daughters seen each other and was so excited … After that we did pretty much everything together with our kids. We now have 5 beautiful kids.”
June Salazar
“We have been together for almost 12 years and been married for almost 2,” June Salazar wrote to NBCLA. “This is our last Valentines day as a couple because in less than 2 weeks we will become a family of 3. We are expecting our rainbow baby and we are so excited. We met working at Target together but never spoke until years later. One day he decided to message me on MySpace and that is where it all started. So excited to start our next chapter with our baby boy!!”
