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As trash talking between two men escalated in a Brea apartment complex, a 21-year-old man “brought a knife to a fist fight” and intended to kill another man, a prosecutor told jurors today while the defendant’s attorney said his client acted in self-defense.

Police today said they have arrested a 25-year-old Norco man suspected of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old child and believe that there may be additional victims.

A 25-year-old La Habra man was sentenced Friday to 29 years to life in prison for abducting and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl as she walked to school in Brea. Christian Moreno was found guilty in October of kidnapping to commit a sex offense, sexual battery and sexual penetration of a child over the age of 15 by foreign object…

A man was wounded, allegedly while attempting to break into a home Sunday in Brea. The man, suffering from a single gunshot wound, was rushed to an area hospital, where his condition was not immediately known, the Brea Police Department reported. Officers were dispatched at 7:38 a.m. regarding a report of a man who had been shot by a resident…

One man was killed in a park in Brea in a deadly police shooting. Beverly White reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020.

A man was shot and killed Tuesday by a Brea Police Department officer near Carbon Canyon Regional Park after a call about a man with a gun. Authorities are investigating whether the man had a firearm, according to Carrie Braun of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. The shooting occurred about 5:30 p.m. No officers were injured, according to the...

A 3.0 magnitude earthquake rattled the Brea area at 8:28 a.m. Sunday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was 1.9 miles northeast of Brea, 3.8 miles north of Placentia, 3.9 miles southeast of Rowland Heights and 4.2 miles northwest of Yorba Linda. The preliminary depth of the quake was 4.78 miles, according to USGS. A…

A bizarre pursuit of suspected armed carjackers Saturday featured at least two crashes, the suspected robbers running through shrubs and good Samaritans putting the two men under citizens’ arrest until police arrived in Brea. The carjacking took place in the area of Chino around 3:11 p.m., according to the Riverside California Highway Patrol. The suspected carjacking vehicle was spotted on…

A police pursuit in the Brea area ended with two suspected carjackers surrendering to what appeared to be civilians on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020.

Plant employees and nearby residents were evacuated overnight during a chemical fire at an aerospace manufacturing plant in Brea. The fire was reported at 2:53 a.m. at Bristol Industries at 630 E. Lambert Road. Lambert Road was closed in both directions between State College Boulevard and Cliffwood Avenue. Workers were being checked out for exposure to chemicals inside the plant….

Firefighters and a hazardous materials team responded Thursday morning to a fire at an aerospace manufacturing plant in Brea. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Thursday Jan. 2, 2020.

Nearly 13,000 pounds of diced beef and chicken products are being recalled due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Sunday.

Authorities are looking for the owner of an abused and emaciated horse that had to be euthanized after it was abandoned and found wandering a ravine in Southern California.

Dezirae Mendoza left behind two children after jumping out of a van going 40 mph. Police are still trying to figure out the moments leading up to her death. Vikki Vargas reports for NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Monday, July 30, 2019.

A 5-year-old girl’s hand got stuck in an escalator at the Brea Mall Tuesday, but the tot escaped serious injury.

A 5-year-old girl got her hand stuck in a Brea escalator Tuesday. Reporter on the NBC4 News at 4 Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

An Orange County man trapped in a burning, overturned car is lucky to be alive after being pulled out by Brea police officers.

Brea Police Department officers rescued a Yorba Linda man trapped inside a burning, overturned car Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017.

A man was booked after he allegedly tried to drive his car through a crowd of protesters in Brea. Ted Chen reports for NBC4 News on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017.