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Judge blocks release of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner autopsy findings

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has agreed to bar the release of Robert Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s autopsy reports at the request of law enforcement investigating the death…

Detectives look at divorce fight as possible motive in Imperial Valley farmer wife’s killing

Authorities on Monday released more details in their homicide investigation involving a powerful Imperial Valley farmer accused of killing his estranged wife in Arizona last month. Since Kerri Ann Abatti…

Suspected copper wire thieves disable parking enforcement radios in Los Angeles

The city’s parking enforcement and transportation officers were removed from the field over the weekend after copper wire thieves damaged a key communications tower in Elysian Park, leaving several departments…

L.A. fire cleanups reports describe repeated violations, illegal dumping allegation

The primary federal contractor entrusted with purging fire debris from the Eaton and Palisades fires may have illegally dumped toxic ash and misused contaminated soil in breach of state policy,…

California has lost more than a quarter of its immigration judges this year

WASHINGTON — More than a quarter of federal immigration judges in California have been fired, retired or quit since the start of the Trump administration. The reduction follows a trend…

Some SoCal mountain residents are cut off, buried in mud after storm

Even after an evacuation warning was lifted for the San Bernardino County mountain community of Lytle Creek, some residents remained stranded after a bridge was damaged while others contended with…

Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations

Days ahead of trial, a federal judge has dismissed an indictment against a TikTok streamer shot by ICE earlier this year, citing constitutional violations by the government. In a Saturday…

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake shakes Northern California

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook Northern California on Sunday afternoon. The temblor was reported at 4:41 p.m. seven miles from Susanville, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred…

Southern California’s wild weather is not over. Wind gusts of up to 65 mph predicted

Last week’s rain won’t be the end of Southern California’s wild weather as strong wind gusts are forecast through the area until Tuesday. Gusts of up to 65 mph are…

1 dead, 10 injured in multi-car crash on 5 Freeway in Boyle Heights

One person was killed and 10 were hospitalized in a fiery freeway crash in Boyle Heights that involved several vehicles early Sunday morning, officials said. The wreck was reported at…