The LA Local

The LAPD has issued an alert due to the spike in home burglaries on the Westside and what steps could the city of Los Angeles take to prevent copper theft.   

People gather in Trabuco Canyon at Cook's Corner to honor those killed in a mass shooting one year ago today. Also, Robert Kennedy, Jr. endorses former President Trump. 

The city gets a court order to clean up the notorious hoarder compound in Sun Valley. An 8 year old girl narrowly escapes a knife-wielding kidnapper in Santa Monica. The real consequences of police staffing shortages come into focus with longer response times. Stubhub refunds billions after a settlement with California. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships. 

Vice President Kamala Harris accepts her party's nomination for president on the final night of the DNC and Long Beach is facing a police shortage. 

We chat with a DNC delegate from Orange County ahead of the closing of the convention and VP Kamala Harris's key speech. The LAPD makes an arrest at a notorious hoarder property, but it's unclear how he's connected. A growing chorus says L.A.'s homeless cleanups aren't a real solution. And the movie trailer one Hollywood studio doesn't want you to see. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships. 

Vice President Kamala Harris will close out the Democratic National Convention this evening as she accepts the party's nomination for president and a big beach homeless encampment in LA is about to be cleared out.

Many of the cats were sick and hungry. Also this evening: Johnny Wactor's brother talks exclusively to KNX News about arrests in the actor's murder; and toxic levels of lead found in tap water in Watts.

Lance Wactor reacts to the charges filed against four men his brother's death, and tells KNX News's Jon Baird what he thinks of the revelation that they were talking about the killing in jail. The city of L.A. is spending half a million dollars to display Olympic flags at City Hall. A famed punk rock hangout is leaving its longtime space behind. And the cause of Richard Simmons's death is revealed. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships. 

A standoff between a man in a van and the LA County Sheriff's Department closes a section of PCH in Malibu and the Obamas fire up the DNC in Chicago. 

RPV city leaders learn the slide is deeper and faster-moving than originally thought. Also this evening: Artificial Intelligence will help monitor bike lanes in Santa Monica; and California takes a central role at the DNC.