2025 homelessness survey in Long Beach reports 6% increase
Homelessness in Long Beach increased just over 6%, with 219 more unhoused city residents compared with last year, according to results of the city’s annual point-in-time count. Volunteers canvassed the city in the early hours of Jan. 23 and identified 3,595 people experiencing homelessness, according to figures...
EXCLUSIVE: See the Horrifying Images That Show How World Famous ‘Baywatch’ Beach Has Been...
With the official start of summer arriving in just a few weeks, officials are warning wannabe sun seekers to stay away.
‘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.
