Wilshire Boulevard Closed Due to Police Activity
An exit ramp from the 405 Freeway and part of busy Wilshire Boulevard in West Los Angeles were closed early Thursday afternoon due to a report of an unattended suitcase.A driver reported seeing someone...
View ArticleDramatic Photos of California's Drought
A historically dry winter combined with years of below-average rainfall to force California Gov. Jerry Brown in January 2014 to declare a drought emergency. From parched reservoirs to dry river beds,...
View Article"DNA Doggies": New Testing Campaign Helps Animal Shelter Pets Find Homes
The Peninsula Humane Society is turning to science to try and help more animals find loving homes.The group recently launched a new DNA testing campaign dubbed "Who's Your Daddy?" -- which has sparked...
View ArticleHere Comes an Ice Cream Tesla!
Ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s unveiled what may be the fanciest ice cream truck ever seen. It’s so fancy, it’s not even a truck; it’s a luxury sedan. The company converted an $80,000 Tesla into a...
View ArticleToday in LA's 4 in Forty: SoCal Gets Its First Ever Water Coaster
A 22-year-old motorcyclist performs stunts while leading police on a wild pursuit to Ontario, lightning lights up the sky across SoCal, the northern lights were seen farther south due to a solar storm,...
View ArticleSearch for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Struck Elderly Woman
An SUV driver struck an elderly woman crossing a street near USC, then passed the woman lying in the street after a U-turn, police said Wednesday.The woman, 87, was sent to a hospital in critical...
View ArticleUCLA Surprises SMU to Open Tournament
UCLA slipped past Southern Methodist University 60-59 behind a stunning display of long-range shooting from sophonore guard Bryce Alford Thursday to open play in the NCAA men's basketball...
View Article50-Year Toll Collector
Many New Yorkers are likely to cross paths with hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people on any given day. But most would be hard pressed to top the 12 million or so that Liz Branch has met at work in...
View ArticleFla. Toddler Found Dead
A 3-year-old Hollywood, Florida, boy missing since Thursday morning, was founded dead in his father's Hollywood home, police said. U.Va. Student: I Was "Shocked" by My Bloody Arrest Police made the...
View ArticleNew DTLA High-Rises Raise Density Concerns
The explosive growth in downtown Los Angeles continued Thursday with groundbreakings on two new high-rise developments.Oceanwide Plaza will be near the Staples Center and will have two high-rise...
View ArticleQUIZ: How Water Smart Are You?
The drought that's plaguing the Golden State is into its fourth year. That's long enough for you to have soaked up plenty of info about the reservoir-emptying dry spell.You probably think you know it...
View ArticleMother: 5-Year-Old Put on Wrong Bus
A White Settlement, North Texas, mother is upset her 5-year-old son was put on a school bus at North Elementary School, a White Settlement ISD school in Fort Worth, when he was supposed to remain at...
View Article"It's Very Cool": 3-D "Super-Hand" for Pint-Sized Boy
A pint-sized boy who was born with a tiny hand and a few fingers now has a life-changing thing he calls "very cool": a "super-hand" made with a 3-D printer."It's very cool and it's very special,"...
View ArticleLAPD Officers Who Killed Homeless Man ID'd
The names of the sergeant and two officers who fired their weapons in the March 1 Skid Row shooting that killed a homeless man were released on Thursday.Sgt. Chand Syed, an eight-year veteran of the...
View ArticleFather Allegedly Sold Heroin With Baby in Tow: Deputies
A father pushing his 3-month-old baby in a stroller was arrested for allegedly selling heroin to another man near a Southern California middle school, authorities said.Gabriel Flores was arrested near...
View ArticleTarik Blacks Shines, Lakers Lose to Jazz
The Los Angeles Lakers lost their 50th game of the season on Thursday night, as the Utah Jazz beat the Lakers 80-73 at Staples Center.In one of the uglier games in recent memory, bustling and bruising...
View ArticleBrazen Burglar Strikes Opposite Police HQ Twice in Days
A brazen serial burglar broke into a building opposite a police department headquarters in Orange County twice in the space of four days.The man is suspected of raiding more than 30 businesses across...
View ArticleGraco to Pay $10 Million Over Seat Buckle Response
Graco has agreed to pay a $3 million fine for delayed reporting of consumer complaints about difficulty opening car seat buckles.As part of the agreement with the National Highway Traffic Safety...
View ArticleData Breach at LAX
The international terminal at LAX is at the center of a potentially massive data breach. John Cadiz Klemack reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2015.
View ArticleFederal Warrant: Missing Rookie Cop Fled to Texas
A rookie Los Angeles police officer accused of murder fled to Texas with the help of his father, according to a federal warrant issued Thursday.Henry Solis, 27, is accused of murder in the fatal...
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