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Spencer Pratt visits Capitol Hill to spotlight investigation into Palisades fire

Reality TV star Spencer Pratt joined two Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to bring attention to a newly launched congressional investigation into the response to the Palisades fire…

LAPD touts 2024 police shootings dip; officers firing more this year

The Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday released a report touting a decline in shootings by officers in 2024, even as officials acknowledged this year’s numbers show the trend reversing…

L.A. County employee charged with hate crimes against Asian co-worker

A Los Angeles County employee has been charged with felony hate crimes after allegedly breaking into the government’s downtown headquarters three times in the last two weeks and placing death…

Schiff lawyer told Justice Department it should investigate Pulte for probing mortgages of Trump opponents

Three days after President Trump publicly accused Sen. Adam Schiff of committing mortgage fraud, an attorney for Schiff wrote privately to the Department of Justice that there was “no factual…

State prisoner gunned down outside MacArthur Park facility

A California inmate was killed last week outside a facility near MacArthur Park where some prisoners are allowed to serve the final months of their terms in the community, authorities…

Female Texans fan bloodied at SoFi in a fight during Rams game

A bloodied female and her male companion were escorted out of SoFi Stadium during the fourth quarter of the Rams season opener Sunday along with two other spectators who had…

A Koreatown parking protest: Tenants stage sit-in to protest loss of parking to make way for ADUs

Faced with having their parking spots removed to make way for additional housing, a group of tenants in a 22-unit apartment building in Koreatown have launched a protest by occupying…

Astronaut Megan McArthur retires from NASA after more than two decades

Some explorers have focused on alpine heights. Others on polar extremes. Megan McArthur is one of the elite few who can say she’s piloted both submarines and spacecraft, exploring expanses…

Garnet fire burns into grove of giant sequoias; several behemoths are in flames

A blaze raging through the Sierra National Forest in Fresno County has burned through part of a large grove of giant sequoias, setting at least a few of the rare,…

Coches 2 fire burns homes in San Diego County, prompts evacuations

A brush fire ignited near the San Diego County community of Lakeside on Monday afternoon, burning multiple homes and prompting evacuation orders, authorities said. The blaze, dubbed the Coches 2…