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 A South Bay man was sentenced Thursday to 212 years in federal prison for defrauding insurance companies after driving his two disabled children and ex-wife off a pier at the Port of Los Angeles to collect on accidental death policies, a scheme the judge called “evil and diabolical.”

The Port of Los Angeles moved 581,665 cargo units in May — a 29.8% decrease compared to last year’s record-setting month — due to the COVID-19 pandemic and lingering effects of the U.S.-China trade war last summer, executive director Gene Seroka said Wednesday. “Compared to last May’s historic volumes, the surge in canceled sailings due to COVID-19 and the trade…

The Port of Los Angeles Wednesday announced it moved 688,999 cargo units in April, a 53% increase compared to March, but that number still represents a decrease of 6.45% compared to last April. “Given the unique circumstances of a trade war and pandemic, April volumes are better than expected,” Port Executive Director Gene Seroka said. “As we move deeper into…

Video shows where a train came to a stop after its engineer allegedly tried to crash it into the Navy hospital ship Mercy, docked at the Port of Los Angeles. Video broadcast Thursday April 2, 2020 on Today in LA.

More than 14,800 fake Nike shoes were seized in a counterfeiting operation after authorities at the nation’s largest seaport examined two shipping containers that arrived from China.

The first of a half-dozen ships have arrived at the Port of Los Angeles for LA Fleet Week.

Thousands are expected to attend LA Fleet Week, a free public event celebrating our U.S. armed forces, at the Port of Los Angeles. Toni Guinyard reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019.

You may know her as the Queen of Tejano Music, La Reina de Tex-Mex, or just as Selena. Whatever you call the queen, you’re going to want to grab a bestie and bustier, and start packing for a three-day cruise from California to Mexico.

A man was killed and another worker was seriously injured in an industrial accident at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro Wednesday, officials said.

Dockworkers fearing increasing automation will cost jobs in the Port of Los Angeles are fighting use of driverless electric cargo trucks.

Demolition work began early Thursday on a major freeway connector ramp in Long Beach, part of the replacement project for the Gerald Desmond Bridge.

The first filing happened in 2015 with claims Phoenix Warehouse of California was withholding overtime pay. But when multiple cases started to come forward, attorneys for alleged victims were able to get the case changed to a class action.

The classic late-summer bashes are bidding us farewell, so strap on your bib soon.

A criminal trial was scheduled to start Wednesday for the former chief of police for the Port of Los Angeles on federal corruption charges.

Housed in a nondescript office park in Las Vegas, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has an elite team of radiation experts trained to respond to a nuclear disaster. One of their most important tools is a Mobile Environmental Radiation Lab known as the “MERL.”

Volunteers from across Southern California have come together to ship out care packages containing food, vitamins and other supplies to Liberia, to help victims and families affected by the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

The six-story tall floating rubber duckie drawing crowds from all over SoCal to the Port of LA in San Pedro has been moved to the World Cruise Terminal because it’s too popular, an event organizer said Friday.

A giant inflatable rubber duck eased it’s way into the harbor, to the amazement of many visitors gearing up for this weekend’s Tall Ship Festival.