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Speeding BMW Pursuit Driver Taken Into Custody in Whittier After Multiple Crashes in Chaotic Pursuit
Officers are pursuing a BMW driver who has slammed into at least one car while speeding on streets near downtown Los Angeles.
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BMW Recalls About 357K Vehicles for Takata Air Bag Inflators
BMW is recalling nearly 357,000 older vehicles in the U.S. to replace dangerous Takata front air bag inflators. The inflators are among 10 million sold to 14 automakers that Takata is recalling. It’s the last recall that the bankrupt Takata agreed to in a 2015 settlement with U.S. safety regulators. The U.S. government released details of three BMW recalls on…
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Accused Ringleader Pleads Guilty in $400K GoFundMe Scheme
The New Jersey man prosecutors say was in the middle of a scheme to bilk thousands of GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran has pleaded guilty and faces years behind bars.
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Deadly Defect Found in Another Version of Takata Airbags
A new and distinct problem has been discovered in air bags made by the now bankrupt company Takata which has led to at least one death. The recently discovered malfunction is different than the defect that led to at least 24 deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide, though the result, like the earlier issue, leads to air bags that can…
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Mother, Daughter Escape Fire in Oceanside
A mother and daughter were able to escape a fire that left one injured in Oceanside. NBC 7’s Dave Summers has more.
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Automakers Side With Trump in Legal Fight With California
General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota and many others in the auto industry are siding with the Trump administration in a lawsuit over whether California has the right to set its own greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy standards. The three companies, plus a trade association called the Association of Global Automakers, said Monday they plan to intervene in a lawsuit...
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LISTEN: Philadelphia Eagles Star Fletcher Cox Tells Police He's About to Kill Intruder on 9-1-1 Call
Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Fletcher Cox told a police dispatcher on Oct. 16 that he would kill an intruder if police didn’t arrive soon enough, according to audio from a 911 call.
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Federal Charges for Man at Center of $400,000 Homeless GoFundMe Scheme
The New Jersey man prosecutors say is in the middle of a scheme to bilk thousands of GoFundMe donors out of more than $400,000 with a fake feel-good story about a homeless veteran now faces federal charges.
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Lake Elsinore Driver Slams Into Motorcycle in Road Rage Incident
The custom-built Harley Davidson motorcycle sustained thousands of dollars in damage.
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Trump Challenges California's Power to Control Auto Pollution
The Trump administration on Friday began an all-out challenge to California’s authority to set its own automotive emissions standards as government agencies opened an antitrust investigation and told state officials that they appear to be violating the law in a deal with four automakers to reduce pollution. The U.S. Justice Department opened an antitrust probe into the July deal between...
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U.S. Citizen Facing Smuggling Charges in Connection with Bodies Found in Trunk
A U.S. citizen has been arrested and faces smuggling charges in connection with the discovery of three dead bodies in the trunk of a BMW parked in Bay Terraces last month.
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Politics of Climate Change Put Corporations in Tough Spot
The polarizing politics of climate change have forced companies to choose between supporting the Trump administration’s deregulation policies that could boost profits or opposing them to win over environmentally conscious consumers. That dynamic played out again Thursday when President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency sought to revoke regulations on methane gas emissions from oil facilities. British Petroleum, ExxonMobil and Royal...
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Justin Thomas Hangs On to Win BMW Championship
Staked to a six-shot lead, Justin Thomas spent more time Sunday worrying about what could go wrong than ending 12 months without winning.
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Teen Crashes BMW Leaving Gaping Hole in Carmel Valley Home
A teenager on his way back to an end of summer party in Carmel Valley crashed his BMW through the wall of a house, leaving the homeowner and witnesses shocked.
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3 Bodies Found in Car's Trunk in Bay Terraces
Three bodies were found in the trunk of a car in the Bay Terraces neighborhood of San Diego Sunday prompting a police investigation.
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Officer Accused of Sex Crimes Found Dead After Welfare Check
Following his absence in court on the day of his arraignment, SDPD Sgt. Joseph Ruvido was found dead in his apartment after a welfare check . NBC 7’s Dave Summers has the story.
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Woman Says Contaminated Fuel Damaged Her New Car
When you go to the gas pump you expect that what you put in the tank won’t damage your car.
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California Skirts Trump, Signs Mileage Deal With 4 Companies
Four major automakers have reached a deal with California to toughen standards for gas mileage and greenhouse gas emissions, bypassing the Trump administration’s push to relax mileage standards nationwide instead.
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Woman, Daughter Found in Mexico by Authorities Investigating Carson Killing
A woman suspected in a Carson killing was taken into custody in Mexico and turned over to U.S. authorities, and her teenage daughter who had been the subject of an Amber Alert was safely recovered, officials said Wednesday.
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Fact Check: Trump's Repeated Falsehood on Auto Plants
In launching his reelection campaign, President Donald Trump repeated a claim about new auto plants that he made a year-and-a-half ago. It’s still not true, and it fits a pattern of Trump falsely boasting of unexpected or unusual gains in the auto industry.