Los Angeles CA

(This story was updated to add new information.) From a short-lived tornado warning to flooding, Southern Californians' Christmas Eve is being shaped by the weather amid an atmospheric river that officials have warned about for days. In Los Angeles County, thousands of residents were affected by a power outage as of...

PLANNING WATCH - Overcrowding and homelessness are both increasing because -- after controlling for inflation – the price of housing is up and most wages are flat. The causes are not a mystery: elected officials who dance the tune of major campaign contributors. While the housing crisis is already...

Christina Lynn Downer, 38, has not been heard from since December 10. Los Angeles police and family members are asking for the public’s help in locating a 38-year-old woman who has not been seen or heard from for more than two weeks. Christina Lynn Downer was last in contact...

Unfortunately, a few families received heartbreaking news on Christmas Day. There was a massive pileup crash that took place Thursday on the 5 Freeway in Lebec, California. The Los Angeles County Fire Department received word about this accident just before 3 p.m. local time. Two people ...

A federal grand jury on Tuesday returned a six-count indictment against four members of an alleged anti-government group who were arrested in the Inland Empire this month and are accused of plotting to set off bombs on New Year’s Eve at companies in Southern California. Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30,...

A federal grand jury indicted four suspected members of an anti-government activist group on terrorism-related felonies for their alleged involvement in a thwarted bombing plot targeting various businesses across Los Angeles. Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante James Anthony-Gaffield, and Tina...

A woman was rescued in Los Angeles County after severe storm conditions swept her into San Jose Creek, sending her roughly nine miles downstream, according to reports. The woman, who was not identified, was first seen in the creek near Fullerton Road by the 60 Freeway at about 1:50 p.m. local time on Wednesday, Dec....

Now that the gifts are unwrapped and the leftovers put away, it’s time to look for silver of a different kind. The state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife has been busy stocking hatchery trout into local lakes across Southern California. With improved weather in the forecast for the...

For the first time, a Christmas Day Mass was held inside the Century Regional Detention Facility, bringing a message of hope and forgiveness to women spending the holiday behind bars.

On the morning of Christmas Day, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a structure fire in Valley Village. According to the LAFD alert, the fire occurred at a two-story garden style apartment building at 12828 W Riverside Drive, where flames engulfed one unit on the second floor. Firefighters operated in an...