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David DePape sentenced to 30 years in Paul Pelosi hammer attack
The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday morning.
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The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday morning.
The girl was rescued in Long Beach after a passerby called 911 to report seeing the victim holding a piece of paper with a handwritten desperate plea for help.
Members of the local community where U.S. nurse Alix Dorsainvil was abducted had called on her kidnappers to set her free.
Monica De Leon Barba was kidnapped last November while walking her dog in Tepatitlán, Jalisco, Mexico.
A Kentucky woman is accused of fatally shooting her Uber driver in West Texas after mistakenly believing she was being kidnapped and taken to Mexico.
Police arrested the suspect earlier today but have not found the victim.
The couple was visiting relatives in Haiti when they got caught up in a wave of gang-related kidnappings.
Hossein Nayeri, the 44-year-old Newport Beach man who organized a daring, elaborate Southern California jailbreak in 2016 has been found guilty of the escape.
A photograph of five men face down on the pavement and bound accompanied the apology letter.
James Parrillo Jr., 57, faces several charges, including kidnapping, strangulation, assault and criminal restraint in connection with the alleged kidnapping.
Video showed a man grabbing the employee's hand and trying to use a looped zip-tie. The barista broke free, however.
The girl was walking on 109th Street and Doty Avenue just after 4 p.m. when a man approached her and attempted to lure her to his vehicle.
A person of interest was taken into custody Tuesday. He is in critical condition after attempting suicide, authorities said.
According to the Merced County Sheriff's Office, the family of four has been found dead.
Authorities in Merced County in Central California say the four, including an infant, were taken from a business there and the abductor is likely armed and dangerous.
An Amber Alert has been issued in Fontana after a man, identified as Anthony Graziano, fatally shot a woman near Cypress Elementary School and took off with his 15-year-old daughter at around 7:30 a.m.
As the investigation into the disappearance of missing 16-year-old Northern California girl Kiely Rodni continues, authorities now believe that the incident may be a kidnapping.
Lauren Pozen reports from Palmdale, where a large scale investigation continued after a woman was shot in the face while trying to fight off her daughter's would-be kidnapper late Sunday evening. Authorities located the suspect and the kidnapped girl just down the road.
Los Angeles police swarmed DTLA after a possible kidnapping near East 18th Street.
The mother and son were reunited after police were able to successfully slow the stolen vehicle down using spike strips. The suspect was arrested and the child was safely recovered with no further incident.
Police say they are concerned that the suspect, 38-year-old Ottoniel Mendoza, may have committed similar crimes in the past.
The defendants allegedly sent the victim's family photos of her through an online app.
Anaheim police have officially charged Andrew Pio in connection with the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl on her way home from school last week. He was detained following a lengthy pursuit through Anaheim on Friday.
Anaheim police detained a man driving the vehicle that matches the description of one used wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl last Thursday afternoon.
Authorities believe that the vehicle matches the description of the Ford F-150 wanted in the attempted kidnapping of a teenager as she was walking home from her middle school in Anaheim on March 31. Rina Nakano reports.
Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in Glendale, authorities said.
Airlines are suspending or canceling flights into Houston as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas.
Ukrainian officials say almost 30 people were killed and a children's hospital seriously damaged in a massive Russian missile attack.
The Justice Department and Boeing say the aerospace giant will plead guilty to criminal fraud involving two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people.
Police say that one of the adults and two of the children are in critical condition after the crash on Sunday evening.
Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in Glendale, authorities said.
Ukrainian officials say almost 30 people were killed and a children's hospital seriously damaged in a massive Russian missile attack.
Police say that one of the adults and two of the children are in critical condition after the crash on Sunday evening.
Michael Jackson's former home, Neverland Ranch, sits within the zone under an evacuation order as the 16,000+ Lake Fire continues to rage in Santa Barbara County on Sunday.
Gritz N Wafflez, the popular soul food brunch spot on S. Alvarado Street, was closed on Sunday after owner set out on a mission to recover her car that was stolen during a grocery run.
Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in Glendale, authorities said.
Gritz N Wafflez, the popular soul food brunch spot on S. Alvarado Street, was closed on Sunday after owner set out on a mission to recover her car that was stolen during a grocery run.
The blaze was reported just after 12:15 a.m. in the 4900 block of N. Beeman Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
In all, 73 juveniles were arrested when a crowd of approximately 200 people swarmed the mall, lit illegal fireworks and set a trash can on fire on Saturday in Carson.
It's unclear what caused the train to derail.
Police say that one of the adults and two of the children are in critical condition after the crash on Sunday evening.
Police say that both drivers remained on scene to cooperate with their investigation.
A man was found stabbed to death while another man was left wounded in Fullerton, police say.
Orange County firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze on a Dana Point hillside on Friday after a fireworks display started the small inferno.
Officers opened fire on a suspect who allegedly pointed a gun at them during a pursuit in Anaheim on Friday.
The weekend-long operation resulted in 56 citations for possession of fireworks, as well as one criminal violation for possession with intent to distribute fireworks, deputies said.
San Bernardino County Fire Department crews have ordered all trails in the Mt. Baldy area above resort parking lot to evacuate the area immediately as a nearly 100 acre brush fire burns nearby.
Firefighters say that the blaze is burning dangerously close to some structures in the area near the 20500 block of Hill Top Drive.
The crash happened at around 5:30 p.m. on Rancho California Road near the I-15 overpass, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Office.
The 46-year-old man was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by a sedan at the intersection of Ramon Expressway and Redlands Avenue at around 4 p.m. on Friday.
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.
The CDC recommends that at least 95% of students have the MMR vaccine in order to lower the risk of measles outbreaks at their school, but a recent KCAL News investigation shows that hundreds of SoCal schools are well below that number.
For months, migrants have arrived in Los Angeles on controversial buses chartered from Texas. With a lack of coordination from the Lone Star state, community groups stepped in to help bring things under control and helped hundreds across Southern California.
Airlines are suspending or canceling flights into Houston as Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas.
Paramount Global, the owner of Paramount Pictures and CBS, will merge with a media company founded by David Ellison.
President Biden has been adamant that he will stay in the race, but Sen. Lindsey Graham said he believes "before this is all said and done, that President Biden most likely will be replaced."
The former CBS News journalist and author of "Battle Scars" talks about the ever-present stresses that American military personnel face serving overseas, and how PTSD need not be permanent.
Alec Baldwin is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter in the Oct. 21, 2021, shooting death of Haylna Hutchins.
President Biden has been adamant that he will stay in the race, but Sen. Lindsey Graham said he believes "before this is all said and done, that President Biden most likely will be replaced."
President Biden spoke at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ in northwest Philadelphia before traveling to Harrisburg Sunday afternoon.
"Let me say this as clearly as I can: I'm staying in the race," President Biden said during a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday.
An Israeli delegation headed by Mossad Director David Barnea is traveling to Qatar in a continuation of talks on a potential cease-fire and hostage deal.
Following debate, age factors in, and race shifts in Trump's direction after the first 2024 presidential debate.
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.
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 Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced on Monday that there was a "concerning increase" of mpox, or monkeypox, cases that have been reported in the last two weeks.
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 California Supreme Court has removed a measure from the state's November ballot that would have made it harder to raise taxes.
Colorado wants to welcome more celebrities and movie stars to the Front Range. The state submitted a proposal to host the Sundance Film Festival in Boulder starting in 2027.
California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk.
Los Angeles FC's match against the Houston Dynamo has been postponed because of continuous inclement weather surrounding Shell Energy Stadium on Sunday.
Christian Yelich and Blake Perkins both homered, had three hits and drove in three runs as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-2 Sunday to snap a seven-game losing streak at Dodger Stadium.
Shohei Ohtani led the way for the six Dodgers named to the MLB All-Star Game on Sunday, second only to the Philadelphia Phillies' seven players.
Hayden Wesneski threw 6 1/3 innings, Michael Busch hit a two-run home run and the Chicago Cubs shut out the Los Angeles Angels.
The 47-year-old won 16 world championships over his nearly 20 years in the WWE, going toe-to-toe with the likes of Kurt Angle, Triple H and Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson.
Alec Baldwin is charged with felony involuntary manslaughter in the Oct. 21, 2021, shooting death of Haylna Hutchins.
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Actor Danny Trejo was caught on camera during a fight at a Fourth of July parade in Sunland-Tujunga after he was apparently hit by a water balloon thrown by someone watching the event.
It's the dawn of a new era at the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest. Patrick Bertoletti is the new men's champion, and Miki Sudo set a new record and retained the women's division title.
Attorneys for Alec Baldwin's "Rust" said the incentive would have been used to pay a settlement to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' family.
Excessive heat warnings have been issued for much of the Inland Empire in areas such as Riverside, leaving the region with increased risks as the wildfire season begins in California.
Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Compton.
The driver in a hit-and-run crash that left three family members in critical condition in Garden Grove is suspected of driving under the influence.
A family was out on a bike ride in Garden Grove when a man hit them from behind. KCAL's Tina Patel has the latest on the investigation.
Dense fog along the coast with temperatures warming in these areas in the coming days while the summer heat continues further inland across the Valleys.
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.