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4+ hour, 57+ min ago (275+ words) The Jonas Brothers place their hand and footprints in cement in Hollywood. Brittany Hope reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. on Wednesday Dec. 3, 2025. Three new sets of famous hand and footprints were added to the cement at the TCL Chinese Theatre when the Jonas Brothers were honored Wednesday in the heart of Hollywood. The brothers -- Kevin, Joe, and Nick -- pressed their hands and footprints into the cement in the forecourt of the theater off Hollywood Boulevard in a tradition that began in 1927. They received a star on the nearby Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023. "When we first visited Los Angeles, this was the first place we went to," Joe Jonas said. "And to see these stars, to see these handprints, and thinking like, 'One day, maybe,' but never this early in our careers." The brothers are in the final weeks of…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago (584+ words) Spike the K-9 is Burbank police's first K-9 to be killed on duty. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. Burbank community members and police officers came together Wednesday for a procession and memorial service to honor and say goodbye to their beloved police dog that was shot and killed during a tense standoff with a gunman last week. Spike the K-9's flag-draped coffin was led in a procession from the Burbank Animal Shelter to the Burbank Police Department as other K-9s and their handlers from different law enforcement agencies joined the community in paying respects to the police dog. More than 30 human officers stood behind the pictures of Spike at the entrance of the police headquarters during the memorial service, with the Belgian Melanois' handler, Officer Corey Salas, and family members wiping away their tears during the memorial service....

6+ hour, 24+ min ago (293+ words) Dash cam footage captured a crash that involved seven vehicles and killed one man in Huntington Beach. Darsha Philips reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Speed was likely a factor behind the seven-car, rollover crash that killed one man and injured three people in Huntington Beach, police said Wednesday based on their preliminary investigation. The Huntington Beach Police Department said the traffic collision that happened Tuesday afternoon at the corner of Heil Avenue and Goldenwest Street was likely caused by a gray Tesla Model 3, which was traveling eastbound on Heil Avenue at a high rate of speed. After the driver lost control of the vehicle at the intersection and crashed into several cars, the Tesla rolled over several times before coming to a stop. Dashcam video also captured the moment the Tesla rammed into another car coming from…...

7+ hour, 9+ min ago (679+ words) Dr. Salvador Plasencia, accused of providing Matthew Perry with ketamine weeks before the actor's fatal overdose, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC4 News at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. One of two doctors charged in the ketamine overdose death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry was sentenced to 30 months in prison Wednesday on federal charges of illegal distribution of the surgical anesthetic. Salvador Plasencia, 44, of Santa Monica, pleaded guilty in July to four federal counts of distribution of ketamine. The dissociative anesthetic drug is used as a therapy for depression and chronic pain, but also has some hallucinogenic effects and can distort sight and sound. The former doctor faced up to 40 years in prison and a fine of at least $2 million, according to his plea agreement, which came with no sentencing guarantees. Plasencia was set for trial in…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago (171+ words) The scene of a stabbing and police shooting Wednesday Dec. 3, 2025 in Lake Balboa. Two family members are dead after a stabbing and police shooting Wednesday morning in Lake Balboa. Police responded at about 8 a.m. to the 17200 block of West Valerio Street in the San Fernando Valley community. LAPD sources told NBC4 Investigates that the stabbing involved a 40-year-old man who attacked his 62-year-old father. Officers opened fire, striking the attacker, authorities said. Both men died at the scene. Details about what led to the attack were not immediately available. At a news conference later Wednesday morning, police said the original call indicated the adult son was assaulting the father. "When the officers arrived they heard a struggle or a fight inside," said Capt. Mike Bland. "They forced entry into the residence. That's when they observed the suspect assaulting the victim and an…...

14+ hour, 31+ min ago (387+ words) THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (KABC) -- After Black Friday and Cyber Monday comes Giving Tuesday, when we're all encouraged to do something for someone else-- someone like 8-year-old Aiden Steiner of Thousand Oaks, and other children like him who are struggling with an extremely rare disease. Steiner loves the same things most kids his age do, but behind his smile is a devastating diagnosis: Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy, or INAD, a rare and terminal disease. "Basically, it's pediatric ALS and Parkinson's combined. It's the worst-case outcome that we could have," said Aiden's mother, Dana Steiner. Experts say there are fewer than 300 children living with the illness worldwide. Aiden's parents believe he is the only known case in Southern California. He suffered through unexplained falls, balance problems and a misdiagnosis of autism until he was diagnosed last year. "Because of this later onset and…...

15+ hour, 8+ min ago (400+ words) A Simi Valley couple were gunned down at their home by the husband's son, who then fled to Chino, set his car on fire and fatally shot himself, police said. The grisly double homicide unfolded around noon Sunday when officers with the Simi Valley Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls for gunfire in the 500 block of Hawks Bill Place. There they found Eric Cordes, 63, and Vicki Cordes, 66, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds inside their garage. The victims were transported to a local hospital and later pronounced dead, police said. Eric Cordes was a "beloved physician" and radiologist at Adventist Health Simi Valley who served the Simi Valley community "with compassion and excellence for nearly 30 years," according to a statement shared by Alice Issai, the hospital's president. The slaying rattled the peaceful residential community " which averages around one homicide a year…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago (455+ words) LOS ANGELES " There was a legends night vibe on Tuesday night at Crypto.com Arena, where An'e Kopitar's Kings stumbled against Alex Ovechkin's Washington Capitals, 3-1. The two captains, who have combined for a staggering 41 years of NHL service, each contributed. Kopitar notched an assist and Ovechkin recorded two helpers. Ovechkin is the NHL's all-time leading goal-scorer, while Kopitar closed the gap to 15 points between him and the Kings' all-time points leader, Marcel Dionne. Adrian Kempe scored the Kings' lone goal. Darcy Kuemper made 22 saves. Tom Wilson, Anthony Beauvillier and Aliaksei Protas each picked up a goal for Washington. Logan Thompson stopped 24 shots. The Kings saw their five-game points streak end and have lost five of their past seven outings. Washington won its eighth game in nine opportunities. With 1:42 to play, the Capitals drove a nail into the Kings' coffin when…...

15+ hour, 47+ min ago (195+ words) Two city sanitation workers were fatally shot in an apparent murder-suicide at the Glendale Water Reclamation Plant in Atwater Village in the early hours of Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call in the 4600 block of West Colorado Boulevard at 5:30 a.m., according to a department spokesperson. There, officers found the suspected victim, a 35-year-old man, and the suspected shooter, a 30-year-old man, suffering from shotgun wounds. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Their identities have not been released. "I am deeply saddened by the shooting deaths of two City Sanitation employees at the LA Glendale Water Reclamation Plant," L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement. "My heart breaks for this loss of life." Bass said there was no ongoing threat to public safety and that the tragedy remained under investigation. The Glendale Water…...

16+ hour, 3+ min ago (285+ words) The news broke quietly, almost like a late-night sigh drifting across time zones, but its impact hit with the weight of a decade's worth of memories. Chris Paul " the Point God, the steady heartbeat of Lob City, the veteran who came back to Los Angeles for one last run " has been sent home by the Los Angeles Clippers in the middle of their road trip." "Just Found Out I'm Being Sent Home " Paul wrote on his IG story." The franchise confirmed what Paul first hinted at on Instagram: his second tenure with the Clippers is over. In a statement shared through ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk, Clippers president Lawrence Frank tried to speak to the heart of the matter, even if the details remained locked away. His numbers this year " 2.9 points and 3.3 assists per game " don't tell the story of who he…...