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In our coverage of Hispanic Heritage Month, we profile Maria Gomez whose curiosity and hunger for knowledge turned into good business, and now she’s also paying it forward.

Authorities believe alcohol and excessive speed may have been factors in a crash that decapitated two people in Granada Hills early Sunday morning, when a car slammed into the back of a big rig on the 5 Freeway.

Leptospirosis, a bacterial infection that can cause kidney failure, is becoming an epidemic for dogs on the west side of LA County.

LA City Council President, Nury Martinez and LA Family Housing are bringing the holidays home for the new residents of Parthenia Place in North Hills.

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board of Commissioners approved the final configuration Thursday of the East San Fernando Valley Corridor project, the first rail line to service the area since the 1950s.

A husband put together a barbecue surprise for his wife, an ER nurse, and the overnight staff who are putting their lives on the line during the coronavirus pandemic. Dustin Neff, husband to Carlee, a registered nurse at Providence Holy Cross in Mission Hills, describes himself as “social media-challenged.” On Monday evening, he rolled up out of the blue with…

A 4-month-old baby boy was killed and two other children remain hospitalized following a suspected DUI crash involving two SUVs on a North Hills street. The head-on crash was reported at about midnight in the 15200 block of West Nordhoff Street in the west San Fernando Valley community. A white sport utility vehicle driven by the children’s mother crossed into…

Rapper YG was arrested as deputies served a warrant before dawn Friday at his San Fernando Valley home.

A brush fire erupted in the Sepulveda Basin Thursday amid red-flag fire conditions, darkening 60 acres and sending a thick plume of black smoke into the air at the start of the afternoon commute.

Firefighters working under a red flag warning Sunday continued the process of containing the Saddleridge Fire in the northern San Fernando Valley and looking for hot spots to put out as low humidity and gusty winds returned.

A San Diego woman was waiting anxiously Friday behind evacuation lines set for the 800-plus-acre fire burning in Calimesa to hear from officials what she can already feel in her heart: That her 89-year-old mother perished alone in the flames.

A San Diego woman believes her mother was killed in the Sandalwood Fire burning in Calimesa. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has the story.

A man accused of fatally shooting his father, brother and two other people in a crime rampage across Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley was captured Thursday afternoon after more than 13 hours on the run.

Authorities are circulating images of a suspect sought for allegedly stopping a religious service at a church in the San Fernando Valley on June 9 by pacing and performing Nazi salutes.

A woman accused of leading law enforcement on a bizarre chase in a motorhome from the Santa Clarita area to Tarzana — with two dogs inside the RV — was charged Thursday with nine felonies, including animal cruelty.

There’s a stretch of sidewalk tucked under the 405 Freeway in the shadow of the West Los Angeles skyline that about 40 people call home. At least once per week, police order them out of the area and block of the area so city sanitation workers can get to work. It’s the start of a seemingly endless cycle that consumes...

A San Fernando Valley animal rescue agency is offering a $10,000 reward in the case of a severely abused puppy found in a Riverside County trash bin.

A reckless driver heading the wrong way on the northbound 5 Freeway nearly hit multiple commuters’ cars, and had already struck officer vehicles multiple times since the chase began in the San Fernando Valley area Friday night.

A driver busted out some dance moves before he was arrested at the end of a chase Tuesday night on several Southern California freeways.