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Tiger Woods was driving at nearly double the legal limit when the golf superstar crashed and flipped an SUV in Southern California, the sheriff said.

The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch are among the top nominees for next month’s iHeartRadio Music Awards.

One of the most wanted fugitives in the United States is being sought in the Los Angeles area after escaping from an Ohio prison in 1973, authorities confirmed Saturday.

A kidnapping witnessed on a Zoom call is how investigators learned about a crime spree in Southern California, and it ended with the discovery of two homicide victims, along with a man detained by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

In California, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to open tiny homes to people struggling with homelessness. Founder and CEO Ken Craft joined NBCLX to explain how tiny homes help restore dignity, safety and a sense of autonomy to its residents.

 A South Bay man was sentenced Thursday to 212 years in federal prison for defrauding insurance companies after driving his two disabled children and ex-wife off a pier at the Port of Los Angeles to collect on accidental death policies, a scheme the judge called “evil and diabolical.”

A new report excoriates Los Angeles police for the department’s actions during protests following the death of George Floyd last summer, blaming the agency for a litany of missteps that should have been addressed after mishandling previous demonstrations. Protests across the city were largely peaceful, with pockets of violence. Hundreds were injured or accused police of violating their rights during...

An L.A. program called Step Up on Second is driven by the philosophy that stable housing is the first step to changing the lives of people struggling with chronic homelessness and mental illness. The program, which was supported by Kobe Bryant before his death, operates a motel-turned-shelter that offers full studio apartments to the people it serves. Among those helped...

Poet Amanda Gorman said she was racially profiled outside her apartment when a security guard tailed her on her walk home, NBC News reports. Though she did not disclose where the incident happened in her post to her social media Friday night, Gorman’s Twitter profile lists her location as Los Angeles. “He demanded if I lived there because ‘you look suspicious.’...

When she was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport last November, prosecutors said 23-year-old Yaazmina Payton had attempted to stow away on an American Airlines flight so that she could go see rapper Jay-Z in Los Angeles.

A woman who says she attempted to stow away on an American Airlines flight, to see rapper Jay Z in Los Angeles evaded TSA security at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport twice in two days. NBC 5 Investigates Phil Rogers reports

A lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles against comedian Chris D’Elia alleges he violated federal child sexual exploitation and child pornography laws by victimizing an underage girl he invited to his hotel room.

Uber employee and recent Stanford grad Grace O’Brien used the free time she had due to the Covid-19 pandemic to create Peggs, a plant-based egg substitute.

Tiger Woods is on the mend.  Three days after a car crash that left him with significant injuries, the professional golfer’s team said he’s in “good spirits” and thankful for the good wishes from fans around the world. According to a new statement shared on social media on Friday, Tiger underwent additional procedures after being transported to a second Los Angeles hospital.  “Tiger has moved to Cedars-Sinai...

An American Airlines flight was diverted to Phoenix after two women got into a fight with another passenger who asked them to stop using a racial slur, police said

Paul R. Williams was the architect behind some of the most iconic buildings in Los Angeles and the homes of many of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 20th century. The Los Angeles County Courthouse, Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, the Los Angeles International Airport are just a few of the designs that sprang from his imagination. But despite the...

Golf superstar Tiger Woods was injured Tuesday in Los Angeles when his car crashed and rolled over, authorities said.

Imagine it’s the 1940s and you’ve given years of your life to redesigning one of the most iconic hotels in the United States.
Imagine it’s then hailed by your peers as a modern-day marvel. Now, imagine you’re not even allowed to stay there because you’re Black.

A skateboarding world champion is among five people prosecutors in Southern California have charged with organizing parties that were possible superspreader events amid the pandemic. Nyjah Huston, a four-time world skateboarding champion, and Edward Essa, the owner of a home in the Fairfax District in Los Angeles, held a party last month with at least 40 people that was shut…