Voters Head to Polls for Historic L.A. Mayor's Race
After two years of campaigning bolstered by record contributions, the mayoral race between City Councilman Eric Garcetti and Controller Wendy Greuel comes to a close Tuesday as voters take to the...
View ArticleWaterfront Estate Up for Record $190M
One of the most expensive homes to hit the market in the United States is now on sale—in Connecticut. The $190 million Greenwich estate includes two islands in the Long Island Sound, nearly a mile of...
View ArticleMan Charged With Murder in Slaying of OC Veteran
An Orange County man was charged Tuesday with murdering his roommate, an Army veteran and college student, and dumping her body in a canyon, authorities said. Kwang Chol Joy, 54, of Orange, faces 25...
View ArticleMan Jumps to His Death at UCLA: Campus Officials
A man apparently fell to his death on the campus of UCLA Tuesday afternoon, the university announced. Campus police were called to the scene outside Boelter Hall, which houses the engineering school,...
View ArticleAre LA Schools Prepared For a Huge Natural Disaster?
If a big natural disaster of the magnitude of the Oklahoma tornadoes were to strike Los Angeles, would our schools be prepared? Jill Barnes, coordinator of the LAUSD Office of Emergency Services, said...
View ArticleAdorable Disabled Pig Grows Star Power
Catch up with YouTube sensation Chris P. Bacon. A YouTube video turned the pig into an Internet sensation five months ago. Since then, he's gained size and increased his public profile. Michelle...
View ArticleNFL: Santa Clara to Host Super Bowl L
Follow @nbcbayarea NFL owners on Tuesday picked Santa Clara over Miami to host the 50th Super Bowl in 2016. The news first came in a tweet from San Francisco 49ers CEO Jed York. Minutes later, at a...
View Article"Last-Minute Trick": Misleading Robocall Targets LA Voters
The campaign for Eric Garcetti is denying responsibility for Election Day robocalls telling voters that the LA mayoral hopeful has been endorsed by the president and will "fight for universal health...
View ArticleVoter Turnout Expected to Be Low in LA Elections
Los Angeles voter turnout was expected to be low as usual in Tuesday’s election, continuing the trend of a disappearing LA voter. Despite being the most expensive mayoral race in LA history, the...
View ArticleWeiner Launches Mayoral Bid, Asks for "Second Chance"
Anthony Weiner has announced his candidacy for New York City mayor with a campaign video posted to YouTube, days after NBC 4 New York exclusively spotted the former congressman shooting part of the...
View ArticleApple CEO Defends Untaxed Overseas Profits
When the Tuesday showdown on Capitol Hill was over, Apple CEO Tim Cook and an often critical Senate panel found common ground on the need for, if not the approach to reforming tax law for corporations....
View ArticleLos Angeles Mayoral Race Too Close to Call
The race to become LA’s next mayor was tight Tuesday night with City Councilman Eric Garcetti leading by a slim but swelling margin. With 44 percent of the precincts reporting as of 12:55 a.m.,...
View ArticleLAPD Officer Pleads Not Guilty to Child Molestation
A Los Angeles police officer on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to molesting two young girls, and a Superior Court judge doubled the officer's bail amount to $200,000. Los Angeles County sheriff's...
View ArticleWoman's Remains Identified Decades After She Was Murdered, Dismembered
The decades-old mystery of female body parts that washed up on South Florida's beaches has been solved. Nilsa Padilla was murdered, her body dismembered and then tossed into the waters off Key...
View Article2 Separate Attacks Target Gays Hours After Rally
A gay couple was attacked early Tuesday in SoHo and a man was beaten in the East Village, hours after thousands marched to protest the killing of a gay man and several other bias attacks that have...
View ArticleMinister to Bring Truckload of Goods From LA to Okla. Victims
A Los Angeles minister is calling on his fellow Angelenos to load a 16-foot truck with food, clothes and other goods that he will drive halfway across the country to Oklahoma where neighborhoods are...
View ArticleBears' Brian Urlacher Retires
Brian Urlacher will not play for another team in the 2013 season. The sure-bet hall of fame middle linebacker released a post on the social media site WhoSay.com letting fans know that he will be...
View ArticleN.J. Shore Town Destroyed by Sandy Confronts an Uncertain Future
The house that Tracy Johnson and Paul Merker share in Sandy-ravaged Highlands, N.J., isn’t so much a home as a campsite: insides gutted to the studs, kitchen sink propped up by two-by-fours, a bathroom...
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Fears of Sandy Damage Dog a Key Jersey Shore Industry
Mark O’Donnell usually books his family’s summer vacation in January. For the last dozen years, that meant reserving an oceanfront house for a week in Long Beach Island, a quiet cluster of beach towns...
View ArticleJersey Shore's Long Beach Island Fights "Perception Problem"
A drive around Long Beach Island, N.J., a popular summer destination for families across the state, reveals few scars from Sandy. Many damaged homes and businesses have been repaired. Streets, once...
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