With gangs behind many SoCal break-ins, experts explain how to protect your home
Over the past few months, we've covered a string of home break-ins in the San Fernando Valley and beyond. So who's behind the crime, how do you best protect your home, and are break-ins actually surging?
County Expands Relief Fund as ICE Raids Keep Hitting Small Businesses
LOS ANGELES - The County is sending another $3.6 million to small businesses hit by ongoing federal immigration raids after the first round of relief left hundreds of eligible applicants without funding. More than 850 businesses will receive grants through the county's Small Business Resiliency Fund, officials...
Inglewood’s historic Market Street has been a “ghost town.” Now it’s getting an $8.5...
The Inglewood City Council voted 4-0 on Tuesday to move forward with plans to parcel the state grant money out to Market Street businesses for renovation projects. The post Inglewood’s historic Market Street has been a “ghost town.” Now it’s getting an $8.5 million facelift. appeared first on LA Local .
Teenage gang members sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder linked to Sinaloa Cartel
SAN DIEGO, California - Two teenage gang members were sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for attempting to murder a target of the Sinaloa Cartel and causing the collateral death of a fellow gang member. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero, both from Wilmington, California, pleaded guilty to murder and attempted...
LAPD officers arrested for insurance fraud
Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were arrested on felony insurance fraud charges Friday. Officers Peter Mastrocinque and Nicole Grant turned themselves over to police after a 2023 review by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office revealed that they reportedly submitted and received payment for...
Wolf spotted in California city for the first time in nearly a century
Every once in a while, wildlife reminds you that the map isn’t as settled as we think. Predators that once vanished from parts of the country have a way of quietly working their way back when conditions allow. That’s exactly what happened recently in Southern California, where a gray wolf showed up in an area...
Loved ones search for missing 20-year-old Southern California woman
Loved ones are searching for a Southern California woman who has been missing for days. Faith Crocker, 20, was reported missing on March 9, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Crocker, a Los Angeles County resident, was last seen on the 44000 block of Lamour Court in Lancaster. She is described...
Baldwin Park Teacher Involved in 12-Hour School Standoff Files Lawsuit Against Multiple Entities
Teacher who was at the center of a tense 12-hour standoff at Olive Middle School in Baldwin Park last year has filed a lawsuit against multiple entities. In court records obtained by Baldwin Park News, longtime public school teacher Veronica Madere filed the lawsuit on March 6, 2026, in a Los Angeles County Superior...
A 15 years to life sentence is given in HB rape-kidnap case
A man convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in Huntington Beach in 2021 was sentenced to 15-years-to-life in prison on Friday. According to the Orange County District Attorney’s office, Florentino Contreras Bacilio, 52, of Long Beach has been convicted of kidnapping to commit sexual assault and two...
‘Extremely rare’ heat wave to hit Southern California next week
A rare, long-lasting heat wave is expected to bring dangerously high temperatures across much of Southern California next week, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an Extreme Heat Watch for large parts of the region. The watch covers many coastal and valley communities in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa...

















