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When a motorcyclist, suspected of fatally shooting a San Bernardino County deputy, ran away from authorities in October, he created a dangerous situation for other drivers along the 210 Freeway in Upland, traveling nearly at 200 miles per hour. What brought the pursuit to a full stop was quick-thinking actions by an off-duty detective with the San ...

While more than 10 million Southern Californians will travel during the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season, some immigrant families, including those living legally in the U.S. are wondering whether it will be safe for them to leave the country amid travel restrictions by the Trump administration. One Long Beach family is one of the people reco...

LAPD officers were searching Thursday for two robbery suspects they say assaulted two teens at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park. First responders were called to the shopping mall around 4:42 p.m. to reports of a stabbing. Authorities say two thieves robbed two teens of their chains near the entrance of the mall. When the teens attempted to...

An investigation is underway in Hollywood Thursday following a deadly police shooting at an apartment complex in Hollywood. The shooting was reported around 3:44 p.m. while officers responded to a call of a “suicidal subject” near Fernwood Avenue and Bronson Avenue. The responding officers discovered upon arrival that the man was armed ...

A driver died after his or her truck collided with a Metrolink train In Camarillo Thursday afternoon, Ventura County fire officials said. The crash happened on Las Posas Road near 5th Street near a railroad crossing, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. The driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. There was no one else insi...

A Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death to avoid capture was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in U.S. prison for his money laundering role in one of his home country’s largest and most violent narcotics trafficking organizations. Cristian Fernando Gutierrez-Ochoa was living in California under a phony identity when he was a...

A Glendale physician is accused of defrauding Medicare by deceitful claims for Botox injections and falsifying medical records, the U.S. Justice Department announced Thursday. A federal grand jury has indicted Dr. Violetta Mailyan for submitting more than $45 in fake Medicare claims although the Botox injections were not medically necessary or neve...

Metrolink, Southern California’s regional rail agency, announced Thursday it will offer $10 holiday day passes providing unlimited rides throughout the region on Christmas and New Year’s Day. The SoCal Day Pass permits unlimited rides across Metrolink’s 545-mile rail system and six-county network — including the Arrow servic...

Authorities are looking for additional victims after a school district official in the Brea area was accused of sending sexual messages to minors, the Brea Police Department said Thursday. Police said Chris Becerra, a board trustee with the Brea Olinda Unified School District, was arrested Thursday for possessing child pornography and annoying or m...

More Southern Californians are expected to hit the road for the year-end holidays this year despite higher gas prices and airfares, according to Auto Club of Southern California. Among 10.2 million people who are slated to hit the road ahead of Christmas, over 87% of them (8.9 million people) will travel by car, Auto Club’s projection said. Despite...

A pursuit that began in the Santa Clarita Valley ended in Burbank Thursday.

A small plane crashed in a building at Van Nuys Airport after it was stolen from a flight school, NBC4 Investigates has learned. A trespassing suspect broke into the LA Flight Academy at about 4 a.m. at the general aviation airport in the west San Fernando Valley and took the single-engine Cessna, Los Angeles Airport Police said. One person was&#82...

A procession honored a 30-year-old California Highway Patrol Officer Thursday who was killed in a crash over the weekend. Eric Voss died Saturday following the off-duty crash when he was riding his personal motorcycle. Voss served with the CHP for more than five years. He was a registered organ, eye, and tissue donor. The procession Thursday began ...

Two reindeer caused quite the traffic jam as they strolled through the 5 Freeway in Pacoima early Saturday morning.