The LA Local

How did a stowaway get on board a flight from Denmark to LAX without a passport, or even a ticket? Plus, why is it so difficult to get car insurance these days in California, and what's being done about it? The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy Family of Dealerships. 

Beverly Hills police have made an arrest in an attack on a Jewish couple as they walked to synagogue, the latest in what is being called a "tsunami" of anti-Semitic incidents. Plus, does the LAPD really need so many helicopters? And could Shohei Ohtani's contract cost Dodger Stadium its name? The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy Family of Dealerships. 

Scary moments at a press conference this week when a news photographer collapsed, and the first person to jump to his aid was... the mayor herself. Hear a firsthand account of how it happened. Plus, health care workers were supposed to get a big minimum wage increase next year... why it may not happen. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy Family of Dealerships. 

Approaching a year in office, we dig into whether Mayor Bass has lived up to her campaign promise when it comes to housing the homeless. Plus, a car tumbles off a cliff in Brentwood, SAG-AFTRA members sue the union over Covid restrictions, and Hannukah starts tonight, but it looks a bit different this year in Los Angeles. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy Family of Dealerships. 

Redondo Union High School will reopen with new security measures after two separate incidents of loaded guns on campus. School officials say it's a sign the system worked. Remembering TV icon Norman Lear, the "single biggest influence in the history of the medium." And the system to track shelter beds for the homeless in L.A. doesn't work - so what's being done about it? The LA Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy Family of Dealerships. Feedback? [email protected]. 

The huge hangar fire in Tustin is finally out, and officials are using a nasty-sounding tactic to make sure the air stays safe. Plus, the rent freeze is finally over for hundreds of thousands in L.A. - so how much can the rent rise? And Mayor Bass is touting her efforts to make the city friendly for business, so have things really changed? The LA Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy Family of Dealerships. 

Capone the bulldog, stolen in a terrifying robbery in West Hollywood, is back with his family, and they're ecstatic to have him home. Plus, how the police caught the suspect in the serial killings of homeless people, who is now being held without bail. 

A killer has murdered three homeless people as they slept on the streets in different parts of L.A. over four days. We have the latest on the investigation with LAPD Chief Michel Moore, and exclusive details on the unprecedented campaign to get the word out: don't sleep on the streets alone. Plus, a recap of the very unusual debate between Govs. Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis. 

Some new research from UCLA links the power of positive thinking to a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease. Plus, a judge will decide whether to block Temecula's schools from enforcing a policy barring the teaching of race and LGBTQ history. And what happens when Google Maps leads you into a dust storm in the desert?

More than a year after the racist recording scandal broke, the L.A. City Council has voted unanimously to strip itself of redistricting powers. We go in depth on how the next steps will work. Plus, a brazen murder at L.A. Live in the middle of dinner, Bob Iger admits missteps at Disney, and are 'secret' musicals the big thing now at the box office? The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy Family of Dealerships.