Car thefts are on the rise. Why are thieves rarely caught?
Car thefts are on the rise, and many officials complain certain models are too easy to steal. Why do police solve so few cases?
Car thefts are on the rise, and many officials complain certain models are too easy to steal. Why do police solve so few cases?
L.A. County sheriff's investigators confirm a Ford Mustang driven from a Carson tow yard early Wednesday morning is the same vehicle in which two men were later found shot in South L.A.
One person was injured in a carjacking in Culver City early Tuesday morning and police believe at least two suspects got away from the scene.
A suspect led authorities on an intense pursuit filled with car crashes through Orange and Los Angeles Counties. Laurie Perez reports.
Police said 31-year-old Joshua Reneau crashed into several police cars before flipping the stolen car onto its side with the victim's body nearby. Rachel Kim reports.
Police have detained the armed carjacking suspect that barricaded himself inside a Newport Beach home that was under construction.
According to Newport Beach Police Department, officers learned of the carjacking at Fashion Island at around 4:15 p.m. At some point, the suspect bailed from that vehicle and carjacked a second car, shortly before leading police on a pursuit. Nicole Comstock reports.
The carjacking suspect barricaded himself inside of Newport Beach home after a brief pursuit.
Both the Pasadena and Monrovia Police Departments chased the suspect as he drove down the wrong way on the 210 Freeway before exiting onto Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena.
An 81-year-old woman was knocked to the ground after someone forcefully took her keys and stole her keys as she was giving out food to the homeless.
The suspect, who was identified only as a 29-year-old resident of Long Beach, was pronounced dead at a hospital after gunshots rang out inside Arise Family Fellowship Church, 21608 Alameda Street in Carson.
Torrance Police Department officials have taken two suspects into custody whom they believe to be connected to a shooting and carjacking that happened at a Torrance mall in December.
The victim's car is a white 1994 Honda Accord with the California license plate 3FJX712. The suspects have been described as man wearing all black and a woman wearing a blue plaid shirt with dark hair and a heavy build.
Two men and a boy were wounded, but are expected to survive.
Witnesses say the suspect was threatening, cursing and spitting on firefighters and officers.
A carjacking suspect crashed a stolen pickup on the 10 Freeway, jumped out and ran to a nearby hotel, kicking off a manhunt and eventually a standoff with SWAT.
Burbank police officers were called out to the 3000 block of North Naomi Street at about 1:50 a.m. on May 1 and found two people who had been handcuffed.
Liliana Carillo, 30, was arrested Saturday following a car chase into Kern County, where she is accused of carjacking as she ran from police. Carillo was named by the LAPD as a suspect after her three young children were found dead in a Reseda apartment.
Police Wednesday released surveillance footage and asked for the public's help in identifying a man wanted for shooting a person in the chest during an attempted carjacking.
Three felons convicted of violent crimes, including murder, were charged Tuesday with ripping off the state for unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The officer pulled over as is required after the collision. But when the officer got out of the vehicle, the other driver ran at him with a gun and shots were fired.
A man accused of stabbing and carjacking a victim outside a Redondo Beach shopping plaza last week was identified by officers Tuesday.
A man suffered serious upper body stab wounds during a carjacking, and a suspect was arrested after a brief chase, police reported.
Police first became aware of the incidents when a 67-year-old man who was getting gas at a Chevron station in the 13300 block of US Highway 395 was attacked at about 4 a.m. on Nov. 12.
Police say Jose Luis Garcia, 60, was seriously injured on Oct. 19 while trying to intervene in a carjacking and homicide in the area of Cajon Boulevard and Majestic Avenue.
Luis Contreras allegedly killed Alfonso Vera, who was trying to stop another man from beating a woman.
Local business owners in Harbor Gateway are grappling with theft and vandalism that is severely impacting their operations and leaving them extremely concerned.
Loved ones and friends came together on a Menifee softball field to mourn the deaths of three young softball players and their mother after they died during a road trip.
Taking crime fighting to the skies, the Santa Monica Police Department is dispatching drones to help respond to 911 calls, leading to faster response times.
A San Dimas woman has been arrested and booked for murder after she allegedly killed her wife and mother-in-law with a sword last week.
Luis Contreras allegedly killed Alfonso Vera, who was trying to stop another man from beating a woman.
Local business owners in Harbor Gateway are grappling with theft and vandalism that is severely impacting their operations and leaving them extremely concerned.
Loved ones and friends came together on a Menifee softball field to mourn the deaths of three young softball players and their mother after they died during a road trip.
Taking crime fighting to the skies, the Santa Monica Police Department is dispatching drones to help respond to 911 calls, leading to faster response times.
A San Dimas woman has been arrested and booked for murder after she allegedly killed her wife and mother-in-law with a sword last week.
Local business owners in Harbor Gateway are grappling with theft and vandalism that is severely impacting their operations and leaving them extremely concerned.
Taking crime fighting to the skies, the Santa Monica Police Department is dispatching drones to help respond to 911 calls, leading to faster response times.
A San Dimas woman has been arrested and booked for murder after she allegedly killed her wife and mother-in-law with a sword last week.
Ephraim Matthew Hunter, 29, pleaded no contest Wednesday to a felony vandalism charge for the April 21 incident when he broke into the Mayor's Windsor Square residence.
Police responded around 4:20 p.m. to the 13300 block of West Judd Street to a report of a backyard rubbish fire. Police said the man set his backyard on fire and that officers put it out with a fire extinguisher.
The Secret Service agent was not part of President Joe Biden's protective detail.
Pedro Gallegos-Garcia, was extradited from Mexico last week after he was arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a quinceañara in Costa Mesa in 2006.
A Caltrans worker was struck and killed by a tow truck while picking up trash along the side of the I-5 Freeway in San Clemente on Monday.
Orange County investigators arrested a 29-year-old on Wednesday for allegedly starting several vegetation fires in San Juan Capistrano right before the Fourth of July.
The family was on a bike ride in Garden Grove when the suspect allegedly crashed into them with a BAC three times the legal limit.
Luis Contreras allegedly killed Alfonso Vera, who was trying to stop another man from beating a woman.
Loved ones and friends came together on a Menifee softball field to mourn the deaths of three young softball players and their mother after they died during a road trip.
A Planned Parenthood in Fontana suffered another blow after the city extended its building moratorium for another year on Tuesday.
Residents found the landlord surrounded by several of his dogs after he died.
In all, agents recovered 28 rifles, one handgun, 30 high-capacity magazines and more than 2,200 rounds of ammunition of various calibers, the department reported.
Board Chair Janice Hahn rides the Metro after the agency reached a five-year high in violent crime incidents.
Ross Palombo digs through the numbers to give the bigger picture behind California fundraising for both presidential candidates.
After a two-year KCAL News Investigation uncovered serious concerns about police selling their old weapons, a new case study has brought a new light to where agencies buy their new guns.
Thousands of guns once owned by law enforcement have been found at crime scenes, including at incidents in Southern California, an in-depth investigation has revealed.
"No teacher should have to lie as part of their job". Ross Palombo talks to a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School who says he was told to lie about class attendance, which is how the state calculates funding from your tax dollars.
Trump turned his full focus on Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina, a swing state that Trump has carried in the past, but Democrats have seen as pivotal.
"That's a search that's obviously significant in terms of his state of mind," FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
Coco Gauff will join LeBron James as Team USA's flag bearers and will lead American athletes during the Olympics opening ceremony.
CrowdStrike released details about the cause of an outage that took down computers across the globe, blaming "problematic content data."
Many so-called zombie mortgages date back to the 2008 financial crisis, and consumer advocates warn a new wave of zombies could be on the horizon — this time, from all the home equity credit lines taken out during the pandemic.
FBI Director Christopher Wray faced questions from the House Judiciary Committee about the bureau's investigation into the Trump assassination attempt.
Trump turned his full focus on Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina, a swing state that Trump has carried in the past, but Democrats have seen as pivotal.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in his new podcast that President Joe Biden's announcement that he would be dropping out of the 2024 presidential race took him by surprise.
"That's a search that's obviously significant in terms of his state of mind," FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
The Israeli prime minister's address comes at a fraught time in U.S. politics and as he faces domestic and international pressure over the war in Gaza.
The authorization comes after a week-long voting period for the more than 6,000 Food4Less workers represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers Local union.
A string of recalls connected to Wisconsin-based supplier Schreiber Foods has now extended to Aldi stores after similar recalls at Hy-Vee and other grocery chains.
Target, looking for ways to add sales, is relaunching its Target Circle loyalty program including a new paid membership with unlimited free same-day delivery in as little as an hour for orders over $35.
When, who and how much to tip is becoming more of a question in consumers' minds.
One in four college students says they have credit card debt, according to a new survey by U.S. News and World Report. And with interest rates topping 20 percent, those students could be in debt for years. On Your Side's Kristine Lazar has more on the biggest mistakes college students are making with their credit cards.
A warning of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak affecting 12 states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, was issued by the CDC Friday afternoon linking infections to sliced meat at deli counters.
One product contained 16 different metals, with researchers calling for rules requiring manufacturers to test tampons.
A case of H5 influenza, also known as bird flu or avian influenza, has been confirmed in a man who was working at a dairy farm in northeastern Colorado.
The CDC says it is too early to say if this year's summer COVID-19 surge has arrived.
The FDA said its study better simulated how commercial milk processing kills the bird flu virus, H5N1.
The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee filed a federal lawsuit this week alleging Prime, Logan Paul's energy drink company, of infringing on the committee's trademarks.
Angel City FC says Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Iger and Southern California dean for communication and journalism Willow Bay will be the new controlling owners of the National Women's Soccer League team.
Tech mogul Elon Musk said Tuesday afternoon that he would be moving the headquarters of both his social media company X and SpaceX to Texas in response to a new California law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Gov. Newsom Saturday signed a state budget to close an estimated $46.8 billion deficit through $16 billion in spending cuts and business tax increases.
Democrat lawmakers in California have agreed to delay a minimum wage increase for about 426,000 health care workers to help balance the state budget.
The IOC also voted on Wednesday to name the French Alps as the host of the 2030 Winter Games.
Shohei Ohtani had two hits and drove in three runs, rookie Landon Knack pitched five solid innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to five games by beating the San Francisco Giants 5-2.
José Soriano allowed one run in 7 2/3 innings, Luis Rengifo delivered a key two-run single in his return from the injured list, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 5-1.
Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout lasted just two innings of his first rehab start in the minors due to soreness in his surgically-repaired left knee.
Teoscar Hernández had three hits and three RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to four games by beating the San Francisco Giants 3-2.
Rapper and sports fan Snoop Dogg will carry the Olympic flame through the suburb of Saint-Denis, north of Paris.
Regency Theatres' Westwood Village and Bruin theaters will close their doors on Thursday as their leases expire, ending a nearly 100-year run for the two iconic locations.
Shannen Doherty had accused Kurt Iswarienko of prolonging the divorce so he didn't have to pay spousal support.
Bob Newhart, who starred in the long-running sitcoms "The Bob Newhart Show" and "Newhart," has died at age 94.
Nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday, with "Shōgun," "The Bear," "Hacks," "Only Murders in the Building" and "Baby Reindeer" all earning multiple major nods. See the full list of nominees for the 2024 ceremony here.
Three people were arrested in connection to the armed robbery.
Local business owners in Harbor Gateway are grappling with theft and vandalism that is severely impacting their operations and leaving them extremely concerned.
Loved ones and friends came together on a Menifee softball field to mourn the deaths of three young softball players and their mother after they died during a road trip. Nicole Comstock reports.
Taking crime fighting to the skies, the Santa Monica Police Department is dispatching drones to help respond to 911 calls, leading to faster response times.
Police responded around 4:20 p.m. to the 13300 block of West Judd Street to a report of a backyard rubbish fire. Police said the man set his backyard on fire and that officers put it out with a fire extinguisher.
A look back at the hallowed career of the indie "B-movie" filmmaker, known for exploitation films, monster flicks, and some bizarre movie posters.
Shots from the second day of the JM Eagle LA Championship held at the Wilshire Country Club in the Palos Verdes Estates.
The Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsed early Tuesday, March 26 after a column was struck by a container ship that reportedly lost power, sending vehicles and people into the Patapsco River.
The Academy Awards will hand out filmmaking's top honor in 23 categories during the 2024 Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern, 4 p.m. PDT.
Shots from the PGA's Genesis Invitational golf tournament held at the Riviera Golf Club in the Pacific Palisades.