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  • 4 days ago | ktla.com | Mary Beth McDade |Marc Sternfield

    Masked federal agents aggressively detained two employees at a Torrance car wash Sunday afternoon, sparking a confrontation with the business owner and concern from family members who say they don’t know where their loved ones are. The owner of Bubble Bath Car Wash told KTLA that about 20 agents swarmed his business. Video shows agents pushing the owner inside the car wash tunnel as he questioned their identities and authority. “Who are you?

  • Mar 28, 2025 | ktla.com | Tony Kurzweil |Mary Beth McDade

    A community is in shock after a 14-year-old boy in Irvine died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound that has resulted in an adult facing criminal charges. Officers and emergency medical personnel responded to a home in the area of Heathergreen and Weepingwood around 2:40 p.m. Thursday on reports of a juvenile suffering from a gunshot wound. “When officers arrived, they found an injured juvenile and immediately began rendering medical aid.

  • Jan 31, 2025 | ktla.com | Mary Beth McDade |Lisa Bartley

    For the first time, KTLA cameras are able to show you what may be the closest look yet at the origins of the deadly Palisades Fire. KTLA hiked into the hills above the Highlands neighborhood of Pacific Palisades and found a blackened slope dotted with orange ribbons used by the ATF to process fire investigation scenes. It’s just off a popular hiking trail that offers sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean.

  • Oct 19, 2024 | ktla.com | Austin Turner |Mary Beth McDade

    Kevin Costner wants to be known for more than just his roles on the big screen. He knows he’s lucky for his fame and status as a massive star in the entertainment world, and now he wants to pay it forward to those whose world’s have been shattered by recent hurricanes in Florida, the Carolinas and the rest of the South. Costner’s bandmates in Kevin Costner & Modern West saw the damage done by hurricanes Helene and Milton and decided to use their platform to help those in need.

  • Oct 18, 2024 | ktla.com | Austin Turner |Mary Beth McDade

    Friends, family and community members gathered on Thursday evening to honor the four Pepperdine students killed by a driver on Pacific Coast Highway on the one-year anniversary of the crash. The four women had their lives tragically cut short when they were hit by 22-year-old Fraser Brohm after he lost control of his vehicle in the 21600 block of PCH, near La Costa Beach and east of the Malibu Pier on Oct. 17, 2023.

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