NBC4 I-Team

It’s impossible to miss, heaps of trash near homeless encampments piling up higher and higher. For two years, the NBC4 I-Team has been reporting on the public health problems this creates for all of us. Investigative reporter Joel Grover shows Oct. 19, 2020, us why the garbage problem has gotten so much worse during the pandemic.

From social distancing to face coverings, if you vote in person this fall, it’ll look a lot different from what you’re used to. The NBC4 I-Team learned about some of these new rules and safety measures. Lolita Lopez reports for NBC LA at 6 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 9, 2020.

If you’ve lost power during the recent power outages, you may have lost money too. From spoiled food to hotel bills for families in desperate need for air conditioning, unexpected costs many people simply can’t afford especially during this pandemic. NBC4 Consumer Investigator Randy Mac reports Sept. 9, 2020.

From social distancing to face coverings, if you vote in person this fall, it’ll look and feel very different than what you’re used to.  The NBC LA I-Team has learned about the new rules and safety measures you’ll encounter if you do cast your ballot at a polling place.  “You’re going to have spacing between these booths. You’re going...

The head of LA County’s Office of Inspector General said Thursday that the Sheriff’s Department did not allow independent observation at the autopsy of Dijon Kizzee, who was shot to death by two deputies after a confrontation on a sidewalk in Westmont Monday afternoon. Inspector General Max Huntsman, who’s repeatedly complained publicly that Sheriff’s officials have failed to cooperate...

The NBC4 I-Team investigates how this is happening despite promises from LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and county officials to get a lot of people off the streets and into housing to curb the spread of COVID-19. Joel Grover reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday Sept. 3, 2020.

Dijon Kizzee, 29, was fatally shot about 3:15 p.m. Monday during a confrontation with deputies near West 109th Place and South Budlong Avenue. John Cádiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020.

You’ve probably received a letter for the 2020 Census, but scammers are using the Census as a way to try and rip you off. NBC4 I-Team Consumer Investigator Randy Mac explains how it’s happening and what you should look out for – Aug. 21, 2020.

You’ve probably received a letter for the 2020 Census, but scammers are using the census as a way to try and rip you off. You have to be on your game because this is a scam that can come in any form — through mail, by phone, or right at your front door. “Now it’s time to do the Census,…

Many people are traveling and checking into hotels this summer in California, but our NBC4 I-Team has found that some hotel employees are worried that not enough is being done to protect them from the coronavirus. Joel Grover reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday July 30, 2020.

The rooftop pool at the W Hotel in Hollywood was packed one recent Saturday afternoon, with almost no one wearing masks and dozens of people mingling closely together in groups, according to video obtained by the NBC4 I-Team. That behavior appears to violate state guidelines requiring hotels to “ensure physical distancing” at their pools. Even more surprising, the scene was...

The NBC4 I-Team obtained a copy of the case being filed against the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department after deputies dragged a woman out of her home naked in a botched search. Eric Leonard reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Friday July 10, 2020.

A woman from Lancaster says Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies violated her Constitutional rights when they burst through her door, handcuffed and moved her outside naked, and terrified her younger sister and son, while allegedly searching for the woman’s brother — who she later learned was being arrested at a different location. She filed a lawsuit in U.S....

The NBC4 I-Team has found that getting tested can be difficult, even for people with symptoms and insurance. Joel Grover reports for NBC LA at 5 p.m. Friday July 3, 2020.

The NBC4 I-Team looked into the legality of citations that some cities are giving out for failure to wear a mask. Lolita Lopez reports for NBC LA at 5 p.m. Friday July 3, 2020.

Wear your mask, or pay hundreds of dollars in fines. That’s what several cities across Southern California are planning to do to enforce the requirement to wear face coverings in public.  But what does enforcement look like, and do governments have the right to do this? The NBC4 I-Team spoke with the mayor of one city that will start...

On it’s website, Kaiser Permanente tells it’s 4.6 million Southern California members that “we’re testing all symptomatic members for COVID-19.” But the NBC4 I-Team found out that that’s apparently not the case. “I had severe dry cough, very difficult to get a full lung of air, incredible fatigue,” Kaiser member Mikhail Roberts said. The 35-year-old bartender began feeling COVID-19 symptoms in...

The NBC4 I-Team has learned that video from that shooting along with the officer’s social media posts may become key parts of that case. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Friday June 19, 2020.

The NBC4 I-Team looked into the track record of the Pasadena nursing home ordered to evacuate by the State Attorney General. Carolyn Johnson reports and Philip Drechsler produces for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Friday June 12, 2020.

The NBC4 I-Team reports on the rise in domestic violence reports during Stay-at-Home orders. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. Thursday June 4, 2020.