New Job Offer for Teacher Fired in Domestic Violence Dispute
The San Diego-area woman fired from her teaching job because of her ex-husband's violent behavior has a job offer. A school official in the Los Angeles area made the offer after seeing NBC 7 San...
View ArticleDodgers Need A Winning Streak
After losing two of three to Pittsburgh, and six of their last eight games, the Dodgers fell to 10 games under .500, which would bury them in the standings in almost any other division in baseball....
View ArticleChicago Teen, 15, Fatally Shot By Police Officer
A 15-year-old boy was fatally shot late Sunday by a police officer, marking the third police-involved shooting in Chicago since Friday. Chicago Police said in a statement that officers were responding...
View ArticleChad Johnson Released From Jail
Former NFL star Chad Johnson left the Broward County Main Jail on Monday and called the judge who put him there a blessing in disguise. Johnson walked out of jail shortly after 4 p.m. and was met by...
View ArticleMan on NJ-Bound Plane: "Your Life Is in Jeopardy"
A man on a Newark-bound flight from Hong Kong Monday screamed that passengers had been poisoned and drugged while ranting "your life is in jeopardy," before he was tackled by fellow fliers and crew,...
View ArticleOC Deputy Hospitalized After Patrol Car Crash
An Orange County Sheriff's Department deputy was ejeced from his patrol vehicle and hospitalized Monday morning after he crashed into a light pole in Mission Viejo. The deputy crashed into the light...
View ArticleCows Crush, Kill Man at Ontario Dairy
A 28-year-old Riverside man died after being crushed between a gate and cows while working at a dairy farm in Ontario, officials said. Winston Perez was crushed before dawn Saturday at the Dick Dykstra...
View ArticleJesse Jackson Jr. Wants to Go to Prison Before His Wife
Convicted former Illinois congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. would like to serve prison time ahead of his also-convicted spouse, Sandi Jackson, court filings show. Paperwork also reveals that the former...
View ArticleOC to Get More Drinking Water From Waste
A so-called "toilet to tap" system that takes human wastewater and turns it into drinkable water is undergoing a $150 million expansion, keeping Orange County home to the world’s largest water...
View ArticleEd Koch Tombstone Has Wrong Birth Date
The tombstone for former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, who died in February after meticulously planning the details of his burial for years, was mistakenly engraved with the wrong birth date, NBC 4 New...
View Article2 in Custody After Armored Vehicle Standoff
Armored police vehicles surrounded a car involved in a brief pursuit that led to a crash and standoff Monday at a South Los Angeles intersection. The surface street pursuit began after a report of a...
View ArticleTeacher Arrested in Ex-Wife's Stabbing Death
A Los Angeles Unified School District teacher was arrested overnight in connection with his estranged wife's stabbing death, which occurred one day after she filed a police report indicating he had...
View ArticleSolar Plane or UFO? Pilot's Prank Startles Sky-Watchers
The pilot of the world's only solar-powered plane that can fly at night tells transportation reporter Adam Tuss he was toying with people who might be watching him land at Dulles Airport. Read the full...
View Article"Volatile" Fire Season Predicted
Fire officials are warning that it is going to be a long and intense fire season throughout California. Matt Collins is a Cal Fire Firefighter and of all the year he could have become a firefighter, he...
View ArticleHome Building, Foreclosure Filings Rise
A new national survey says homebuilders are feeling optimistic about sales, and in parts of the Inland Empire, like Corona, new home construction is booming. But the construction comes as foreclosure...
View Article"Thank God I'm Alive": Crash Survivor
A wrong-way driver struck eight cars on the northbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway, injuring several people, three critically. It was rush hour, 4:35 p.m., when a driver went speeding south on the...
View ArticlePool of 40 Potential Jurors Reached in Zimmerman Trial
A pool of 40 potential jurors has been reached in the George Zimmerman trial, Circuit Judge Debra Nelson announced in court Tuesday. Those potential jurors went through the initial round of...
View ArticleOxford English Dictionary Adds "Tweet" and "Big Data"
The Oxford English Dictionary is catching up to the high-tech world. The word "tweet," appearing both as a noun and a verb, was added to the dictionary despite the OED's own rule that "a new word needs...
View ArticlePolice Cite, Tow Vehicles in LAX Parking Lot
Parking at LAX in long-term parking lot C costs $12 a day, but most travelers don't consider a potentially costly additional expense: their cars can potentially be towed or cited. Tickets in that lot...
View ArticleNew Weight Loss Drug Available
Scott Cameron Brown has been fit most of his life. But then he fell into a rut, and gained a lot of weight. “I was travelling overseas a lot, and living on airplane food, and out of hotels and found...
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