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NBC4’s live sports show The Challenge, celebrating its 15th season, hosted by award-winning Sports Anchor Fred Roggin, airs every week following Sunday Night Football on NBC4. In addition to sports highlights and live interviews with athletes, the 30-minute show features a “Hero of the Night” each week to salute the many men and women across Southern California who serve...

McDonald’s SoCal franchisees got together to donate $30,000 to NBC4’s Help 4 The Hungry campaign. As seen on the NBC4 News on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020.

The Skechers Pier to Pier Friendship Walk, organized to support kids with special needs, is gathering virtually this year to continue raising awareness and financial support for the Friendship Foundation and education.

AbilityFirst will hold its Stroll & Roll Goes Virtual presented by Comerica Bank on Saturday, November 7 at 9 a.m. in support of its mission to help people with disabilities. The event will kick off with NBC4 anchor and reporter Mekahlo Medina opening the program with a warm welcome followed by a special performance by wheelchair dance troupe The Rollettes…

Join Southern California Leadership Network (SCLN) for its 2020 Visionaries Awards on November 18 at 4 p.m. PST, taking place in a virtual format.

On October 15 at 3 p.m., NBC4 Reporter Beverly White will moderate an important conversation organized by the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles on diversity, inclusion and dismantling structural racism with a panel of decision and policymakers. To learn more, visit the YMCA and watch the live-stream at www.facebook.com/YMCALosAngeles or www.facebook.com/mridleythomas.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, targeting one in eight women over a lifetime. According to NBC4 community partner American Cancer Society, it is expected there are nearly 270,000 new breast cancer cases in the country in 2020.  Early detection is key for combating breast cancer.  The American Cancer Society’s recommendations for early detection of breast...

COVID-19 has halted many events, but it has not stopped Manhattan Beach native Kelsey Brandin, founder of Volley4Sound, from thinking outside the box. Every October, Brandin organizes the Volley4Sound charity beach volleyball tournament in Hermosa Beach, California, where all participants wear earplugs while playing to help raise awareness of the challenges the deaf community faces. While there is no...

Recycle For Veterans, a non-profit organization, held a beach cleanup where dozens of volunteers spent their Saturday morning cleaning up trash along the beach in Oceanside.

In an effort to comply with the latest health department guidance and Governor Gavin Newsom’s directive to avoid public gatherings due to the escalating conditions of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), please be advised that NBC4 is suspending in-person news talent appearances and media sponsorships effective March 11, until further notice.  Although we do not know how long this situation...

On Oct. 1, NBC4 Anchor Colleen Williams hosted NBC4’s virtual community forum to discuss the voting process for this year’s general election on November 3, 2020. The discussion covered important dates and deadlines to be aware of; details on how, when and where to vote; and viewers had the opportunity to ask questions during the livestream. Williams was joined by…

The Rose Bowl Institute will host its second annual Women’s Empowerment Symposium on September 16, 17 and 18 on the Institute’s virtual platform. On the event’s third and final day, NBC4 Anchor Colleen Williams will moderate the Financial Literacy panel discussion and NBC4 Reporter Beverly White will moderate the Women in Politics discussion. The event gives high school and college…

Media partners NBC4 and Telemundo 52 are supporting the City of Los Angeles and Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez for the first-ever virtual ¡El Grito! 2020 event on September 15 at 7 pm, serving as the official kickoff celebration for Latino Heritage Month. The event will be co-hosted by NBC4 meteorologist Belen De Leon and Telemundo 52’s Elva Saray, host of “Acceso…

We’re celebrating Fred Roggin, who is celebrating four decades of covering sports in Los Angeles.

UPDATE: NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Clear the Shelters was a big success with nearly 12,000 pets adopted locally in the Southland and more than 130,000 adoptions nationally. The campaign also raised more than $35,000 to support local animal shelters and more than $1.185 million coast to coast. Visit nbcla.com/cleartheshelters year around for animal stories and participating shelters to adopt a…

Join NBC4 and Sports Anchor and Reporter Mario Solis to support the CASA of Los Angeles Justice Jog: Virtual 5K/10K QuaRUNtine Fitness Challenge taking place August 29 through September 26, 2020. The virtual challenge allows participants to complete the 5K or 10K distance at their own pace by running, walking, biking, swimming or choosing other fitness activities to raise funds…

Every year NBC4 awards a deserving Cal State Fullerton student studying journalism and communications the Vikki Vargas/NBC4 Broadcast Journalism Scholarship, named for the station’s esteemed Orange County Bureau Chief and CSU Fullerton alumnus. Congratulations to this year’s scholarship recipient Samantha Aguilar, a senior studying communications with an emphasis in journalism. For more information about all scholarship recipients, click here....

Join NBC4 Investigative Reporter Lolita Lopez as she moderates a panel discussion on “Building the New SoFi Stadium” just in time as both local NFL teams prepare for football season. Lopez will have an in-depth conversation with Jeanne Bonk, COO of the Los Angeles Chargers and Kevin Demoff, COO of the Los Angeles Rams. The event, organized by Women in…

Dr. Harry Williams of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund details findings in a new report about fragile communities across the U.S. that spotlight concerns on healthcare, police misconduct and needed education reforms in major urban cities.

The LAPD’s Community Safety Partnership program is already in place in several parts of the city. Gordon Tokumatsu reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.