‘Everything is gone’: Fire wipes out row of businesses in L.A.’s Harvard Park neighborhood
A massive fire left a row of businesses badly damaged or destroyed in the Harvard Park neighborhood of Los Angeles early Thursday morning. More than 100 firefighters responded to the blaze reported shortly after 2 a.m. on the 1700 block of West Slauson Avenue to find several one-story commercial buildings engulfed in...
Man injured in police shooting after pointing shotgun at officers: LAPD
A man armed with a shotgun was shot by officers responding to an assault with a deadly weapon call in the Harvard Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on Thursday, police said. The incident was reported shortly after 9 a.m. by callers indicating that a man had been pointing a shotgun at passing vehicles. Officers...
Authorities ID man who died after allegedly overdosing in hotel parking lot in Brentwood
BRENTWOOD – One person has reportedly died after overdosing in a hotel parking lot June 4. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to reports of an alleged overdose in the 100 block of N. Church Lane in Brentwood around 10:00 p.m. Upon arrival, three people were located at Hotel...
Package explodes in back of UPS truck in Los Angeles
An explosion in the back of a UPS truck in the San Fernando Valley was an accidental discharge, hazmat crews have determined. The explosion happened around 10:15 a.m. Thursday morning in the Winnetka area, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A delivery driver was near the intersection of Winnetka Avenue...
5 Freeway Crash Victim Identified
One person who was killed in a fiery crash on the Golden State (5) Freeway in Sylmar was identified Thursday. Amanda Castillo, 35, was identified by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office. A second victim of the crash has not been identified yet. California Highway Patrol officers responded...
‘Communications epidemic’: Copper wire theft becoming multimillion-dollar problem for CA
Copper wire theft is becoming a multimillion-dollar problem in California, prompting a roundtable discussion on the matter in downtown L.A. on Thursday.
Thousands of pot plants, a ton of cannabis found near Anaheim school: DCC
More than a ton of unlicensed marijuana and thousands more cannabis plants were seized from a “large-scale illegal indoor cannabis cultivation site” that was located within 100 feet of an Anaheim school, authorities said. The Department of Cannabis Control said in a press release on Thursday that it cooperated with...
Woman says Diddy dangled her from 17th story balcony
A graphic designer testified at Sean “Diddy” Combs' sex trafficking trial that he once dangled her over a high-rise building's balcony in Los Angeles, leaving her so traumatized that she sometimes screamed in her sleep afterward. FOX 5 NY's Briella Tomassetti has the latest details.
15-year-old boy dies following parking lot car crash at private school in Studio City,...
A 15-year-old boy died after being pinned between two cars during a crash at a private K-12 school in Studio City Wednesday afternoon, LAPD said.
Kobe and Gigi Bryant mural vandalized again
The Kobe and Gianna Bryant mural in downtown Los Angeles was once again targeted by vandals.
