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These types of community coronavirus vaccine sites can help with equitable distribution. Gordon Tokumatsu reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.

Police were in pursuit of a motorcycle rider wanted for racing and speeding on Southern California freeways Wednesday night, with the chase moving from Calabasas to Anaheim at speeds in excess of 100 mph. The motorcycle rider was wanted for failure to yield and excessive speeding, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP said racing was involved. Newschopper4 was…

A police chase that started in the San Fernando Valley quickly moved down to Orange County, with Gil Leyvas following the chase on NBC4 News on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021.

A 56-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing two men and a woman to death in separate crimes since last year near homeless encampments in the Compton area, authorities said Tuesday. Tracy Walker was arrested Thursday after detectives located him at a homeless encampment next to the Compton Creek bed, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.

The car was moving at extremely slow speeds in a residential neighborhood until it came to a stop in a driveway. As a standoff was brewing, the driver’s side front door popped open and a man fell out of the front seat onto the ground.

A slow-speed police chase ended in Compton with a driver falling out of the pursuit vehicle, as seen on NBC4 News on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.

A woman has gone on a crusade to enlist volunteers to clean up Woodlawn Cemetery in Compton. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021.

It’s one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles. Established in 1871, Woodlawn Cemetery in Compton holds history behind its gates that could very soon be lost. That’s because until recently, its gates had been closed shut, the owners’ license revoked and property taxes nearing a million dollars left unpaid. But it was Mother’s Day 2020 when a small...

An adventurous pup that had been missing for nearly five years was finally reunited with her owner Tuesday.

Sweet Pea went missing from her home in Compton five years ago. Now she’s back home. 

In a bizarre turn of events in Compton, authorities confirmed Tuesday that a carjacker who died was shot by his intended victim in Compton before being hit by a passing vehicle that kept going. The shooting was reported at 8:40 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Compton Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...

Two students from the Southland who attend Harvard are headed to Oxford to study as Rhodes Scholars, it was announced Sunday. Elijah DeVaughn of Compton and Carissa Chen of Tustin were among 32 students chosen for the prestigious honor, which provides all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in England.

Elijah DeVaughn of Compton and Carissa Chen of Tustin were among 32 students chosen for the prestigious honor. Video broadcast Tuesday Nov. 24, 2020 on Today in LA.

A 19-year-old rising star athlete from Compton was shot and killed while sitting in his car, parked along Alondra Boulevard.

The teenage basketball player was shot and killed Tuesday. Ted Chen reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020.

A 19-year-old rising basketball star was shot and killed while sitting in his car in Compton. Annette Arreola reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. 

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a $10,000 reward for information leading to the gunman who killed a 65-year-old Inglewood man — the father of a former NBA player Richard Jefferson — in Compton in 2018....
Ridley-Thomas recommended the reward in the shooting of Richard Allen Jefferson, who was fatally shot while standing on a sidewalk in the...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder for allegedly running over and killing a 67-year-old man — in that victim’s vehicle — following a traffic crash the two were involved in Sunday in unincorporated Compton.

More than 50 riders trotted out to get voters involved in the democratic process. Mekahlo Medina reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Sunday Oct. 25, 2020.

With in-person early voting underway, the Compton cowboys saddled up to the polls Sunday to encourage voting.