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Long Beach Police Chief addresses city's rise in violent crime
A veteran cleaning his yard, a teenager walking home from work and a vendor selling fruit in the middle of the afternoon are just some of the people killed during deadly shootings in Long Beach this year. "I was walking everywhere, all the time," resident Lucea Marquez said. "But now I can't feel safe."In the first five months of the year, the Long Beach Police Department said they have seen an uptick in shootings and murders. So far this year, there have been 137 shootings across the city, with 61 people wounded. It's an 8% increase from the same time last...
Powerball ticket worth $3 million sold in California
LOS ANGELES - Feeling lucky?. No tickets matched all six numbers for the $750 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing, so the jackpot continues to swell. Right now, it's sitting at an estimated $88 million for Monday's drawing. The numbers drawn Saturday were 19, 36, 37, 42, 59,...
Family of man shot dead on Metro bus speaks out
The wife of a man tragically gunned down on a Metro bus in Commerce last week is speaking out and sharing her pain over what investigators are calling a random and unprovoked murder. KTLA's Chris Wolfe reports on May 20, 2024. Details: ktla.com.
3 California convenience store robbery-spree suspects arrested in Long Beach; 2 on the run
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Members of a group accused of going on a spree of robbing convenience stores across Southern California got arrested in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, three people have been placed in custody after catching them inside a car that was linked to the robberies. Two other suspects remain on the run as of 3:30 p.m. Monday, May 19, LASD told FOX 11.
Did you feel it? 4.1 earthquake strikes south of Coachella Valley Monday
A magnitude-4.1 earthquake struck at 5:17 a.m. Monday south of the Salton Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was reported around 11 miles southeast of Ocotillo Wells with a depth of around 7 miles. Shaking could be felt in the Coachella Valley early Monday morning, and as far as San Diego...
Irvine Grapples With Nearly 60,000 New Housing Units in General Plan Proposal
Irvine City Council members and residents are jumping into the debate over how much housing is too much this month as they look at a new proposal in their general plan to zone for thousands of new homes over the coming years. It comes as Irvine has been one of...
Driver flees deadly hit-and-run crash in South Los Angeles
Officers are searching for a hit-and-run driver that struck and killed a pedestrian in the Willowbrook area of South Los Angeles Tuesday. The crash was reported around 4:15 a.m. on Rosecrans Avenue near South Broadway. One person, identified only as a pedestrian, was killed in the crash, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol confirmed. […]
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