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Crews checked a car being washed down the raging Los Angeles River amid torrential rain Wednesday morning in Studio City, but it turned out to be empty, authorities said. The car was seen being washed down the river near Sherman Way at about 7 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters checked...

Firefighters hoisted a woman to safety Friday after she was stuck in a section of the rain-swollen Tujunga Wash in Arleta. LAFD crews responded at about 8 a.m. to the rapidly flowing wash, a 13-mile long tributary of the Los Angeles River channel, after a report of a woman in the concrete channel near Branford Street...

Good Day LA's Brooke Thomas takes us to Leimert Park as Kwanzaa begins.

(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....