Family searching for missing Southern California woman
Loved ones are searching for a Southern California woman who has been missing for over two weeks. Vanessa Holland, 42, was reported missing on June 12, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. She was last seen leaving her home on the 9900 block of Maude Avenue in the Shadow Hills neighborhood around 11 p.m. […]
Funding restored for HIV prevention programs throughout LA County
LOS ANGELES – Congressional leaders celebrated the restored $20 million in previously frozen HIV prevention funds and surveillance programs for thousands of residents in South Los Angeles and beyond. The frozen funds would have forced Los Angeles County to terminate contracts with 39 community health providers that...
Street takeovers in Bellflower, Lakewood overnight, at least 7 businesses looted
BELLFLOWER, Calif. - Several businesses were ransacked overnight Saturday after two street takeovers in southern Los Angeles County. No one has yet been arrested, according to police. What we know:. The first street takeover happened just before 2 a.m. Saturday, near Artesia Boulevard and Woodruff Avenue in...
O.C. family devastated after DUI driver kills father in motorcycle crash
On Tuesday, June 24, at approximately 8:22 p.m., deputies responded to the intersection of Trabuco Road and Via Victoria in Mission Viejo reference a traffic collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle. The motorcyclist, Anthony Balsamo, 32, of Mission Viejo was transported to the hospital, where he succumbed to...
North Hills home was Iranian human smuggling hub, CBP says: 2 arrested
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - Federal agents arrested two people after a raid in North Hills on Friday afternoon, at a home they said was connected to a human smuggling hub. SkyFOX was over a home on Napa Street in North Hills around 3 p.m. on Friday, as federal agents raided the home. Cameras captured officials...
New daily shuttle from L.A. to Las Vegas, Phoenix arriving next year
A national charter company is set to expand service across Southern California and the Southwest next year, adding four daily routes that will connect nine cities, including Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix. Earlier this year, GOGO Charters launched regular intercity bus service in the Mid-Atlantic,...
SC man hasn’t been seen since traveling to LAX over 3 weeks ago
Tyrek Harrington, 28, has not been seen since June 3 after arriving in the Los Angeles area via LAX. Anyone with information is urged to come forward.
Iranian nationals arrested in LA on suspicion of human trafficking
VAN NUYS – Federal immigration agents arrested two people Friday at a Van Nuys home suspected of being a hub of human trafficking and other criminal activity, authorities said. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials posted on social media that agents served a warrant at a home “tied to...
Southern California influencer uses platform to alert residents of immigration raids
A local activist and social media influencer is gaining attention for using his platform to alert Southern California communities of immigration raids and law enforcement activity. Sennett Devermont is the founder of Always For The People Foundation, a nonprofit organization that focuses on social justice issues....
Popular gym influencer visits 21-year-old fan, Huntington Beach hit-and-run victim
After a Huntington Beach hit-and-run left him with two broken legs and a long road to recovery, 21-year-old Anthony Challman got the surprise of a lifetime when his favorite gym influencer walked into his hospital room and, consequently, reconnected him with the couple who possibly saved his life. “No way!” Challman...