Compton

Hundreds of employees at Foster Farms’ Compton poultry plant are preparing to strike after rejecting the company’s latest contract proposal.

Residents in a Compton neighborhood are searching through what’s left of their belongings after a fire that burned for about two hours in a commercial yard spread to homes and garages.

Firefighters battled a large commercial fire that spread to multiple structures in Compton Wednesday.

The shooting occurred at about 5:50 a.m. in the 1600 block of East Kay Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Firefighters took four hours to douse a fire at an industrial business area Friday in Compton.

The car was moving at extremely slow speeds in a residential neighborhood until it came to a stop in a driveway. As a standoff was brewing, the driver’s side front door popped open and a man fell out of the front seat onto the ground.

It’s one of the oldest cemeteries in Los Angeles. Established in 1871, Woodlawn Cemetery in Compton holds history behind its gates that could very soon be lost. That’s because until recently, its gates had been closed shut, the owners’ license revoked and property taxes nearing a million dollars left unpaid. But it was Mother’s Day 2020 when a small...

An adventurous pup that had been missing for nearly five years was finally reunited with her owner Tuesday.

In a bizarre turn of events in Compton, authorities confirmed Tuesday that a carjacker who died was shot by his intended victim in Compton before being hit by a passing vehicle that kept going. The shooting was reported at 8:40 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Compton Boulevard and Santa Fe Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s...

A 19-year-old rising star athlete from Compton was shot and killed while sitting in his car, parked along Alondra Boulevard.

With in-person early voting underway, the Compton cowboys saddled up to the polls Sunday to encourage voting.

Attempted murder charges have been filed in an attack on two LA County Sheriff’s Department deputies who were shot while seated in a patrol car at a transit station in Compton. Officials announced the charges against Deonte Lee Murray at a Wednesday news conference. He was arrested Sept. 15 after a stakeout, car chase, and search in Lynwood that Sheriff…

A woman and her children have been sleeping at a motel since they were caught in the middle of a standoff in Lynwood as LA County Sheriff’s followed a man wanted for a carjacking and weapons charges. New surveillance video shows LA Sheriff’s deputies at the home in Lynwood chasing the man. But multiple law enforcement sources tell NBCLA...

One of the two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot in an attack last weekend has been released from the hospital, the sheriff said Wednesday.

Disturbing new video shows a 31-year-old deputy tending to her partner, who’s 24 years old, as she hides them both behind a column after a man fired a gun at the two LA County sheriff’s deputies sitting in their patrol cruiser Saturday night in Compton. The shocking video emerged Monday as the reward for information leading to the shooter...

A $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a gunman who shot and wounded two LA County sheriff’s deputies in what the sheriff described as an “ambush” in Compton. The shooting was captured on surveillance video, but few identifying details can be seen. The man is described only as being between 28 and…

Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are in critical condition Sunday with multiple gunshot wounds after a gunman approached their patrol car outside a Compton train station and struck them repeatedly with gunfire. The attack occurred at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Line station at Willowbrook Avenue and Palmer Street. “Two deputies were ambushed in a cowardly fashion,”...

A land developer and contractor were issued notices of violations Friday after allegedly spilling about two gallons of a harmless chemical odorant in Compton, prompting people more than 20 miles away to complain about the pungent smell.

A Southern California man who spent 19 years in prison for a gang-related shooting will be released, a judge ordered Friday. Emon Barnes, 34, of Compton, is expected to be freed next week from San Quentin State Prison after the judge approved a re-sentencing request from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Barnes was 15 when he was arrested…

A protest in Compton Sunday by dozens of demonstrators called for the arrest of the deputy who fatally shot 18-year-old Andres Guardado in the back five times near Gardena in June. The protesters marched about three miles from East Rancho Dominguez Park to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Compton station. The demonstration began around noon with about 50...