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Power lines strung alongside Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center sparked the Getty Fire that’s burned through 656 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains west of the 405 freeway and has destroyed a dozen homes, city officials confirmed Tuesday.

Residents said Los Angeles City officials ignored their repeated complaints about the homeless encampment in a South LA alley, until there was a fire last Thursday that spread to several nearby houses.

Mourners are expected to pay their respects Thursday for a memorial for slain rapper Nipsey Hussle at Staples Center and officials are advising fans with tickets to arrive early and those without to stay away from Staples and L.A. LIVE.

A memorial service for slain rapper and philantropist Nipsey Hussle is scheduled for Thursday, Staples Center officials told NBC4.

One woman is dead after a gunman being chased by police entered a Silver Lake-area Trader Joe’s Saturday afternoon, held several people hostage and engaged in an hours-long standoff with police before eventually surrendering.

Los Angeles has struck a tentative deal with the International Olympic Committee to host the 2028 summer Games, the leaders of the city’s Olympic bid announced Monday.

The International Olympic Committee says it has formally proposed picking the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time this year. Los Angeles and Paris now seem certain to both be awarded a Summer Games in September as the IOC tries to safeguard its signature event for the next decade.

The 14 people killed were different in every way imaginable. Men and women. Younger and older. White, black, Hispanic and Asian. Single and married. Here are the stories of the 14 victims in the San Bernardino shooting rampage as told from their loved ones. Among the killed — fathers, husbands, partners, the innocent.

An activist group on Tuesday blasted Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for abruptly ending a chaotic and tense town hall-style meeting about crime at a South LA church.

German prosecutors on Friday closed their investigation into the alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone by the National Security Agency, saying they have been unable to find evidence that would stand up in court, Reuters reported. Read More

The City of Los Angeles boasts more than 450 public parks. In one of them, NBC4 viewers alerted our crews to a newly seeded soccer field they thought was being water far too often.

Steve Ballmer on Tuesday left Microsoft’s Board of Directors, citing new commitments as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, a day after publicly stepping into his role with the team.