Crime and Public Safety

39+ min ago   (487+ words) SACRAMENTO — A private prison company is challenging a new California law requiring detention centers to provide medical care, privacy and other civil rights to people detained by federal immigration authorities. GEO Group, a for-profit prison company, filed a complaint in…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (156+ words) SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Five people, including four LAFD firefighters, were injured Wednesday morning after a fire erupted at a home in Silver Lake, officials said. The fire was reported at 10:48 a.m. in the 2600 block of North Lakewood Avenue, just…...

1+ hour, 47+ min ago   (749+ words) Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath presented a motion Tuesday calling for “bold action” to better protect victims of domestic violence and stalking, seeking to help them more effectively navigate the county’s restraining order system and obtain court-ordered protection. Horvath…...

5+ hour, 35+ min ago   (154+ words) Four firefighters and a civilian were injured after a fire broke out inside a Silver Lake home. Four firefighters were injured in a small explosion and fire after responding to a report of a freon leak at a Silver Lake…...

7+ hour, 58+ min ago   (161+ words) An airline passenger stole an airfield tug and attempted to steal a lavatory truck Tuesday night after breaching a gate at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, authorities said. The unusual series of events unfolded at about 5:30 p.m. when the Delta…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (588+ words) Nick Reiner is expected to face a judge again today over the murder of his parents. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 5 a.m. on Feb. 23, 2026. A hearing over grand jury transcripts in the case of Nick Reiner, indicted on murder…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago   (269+ words) Panettiere's ex-fiancé filed a petition to be the guardian of their daughter. Hayden Panettiere's ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko believes that someone outside of Panettiere's family sold some of her possessions, including her jewelry, to a pawn shop, according to a new…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (150+ words) The 18-year-old had been under investigation for nearly two years. MINNEAPOLIS -- The FBI thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a teenager after agents supplied him with an assault rifle, authorities announced Wednesday. The 18-year-old had been under…...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago   (729+ words) ARCADIA, Calif. (KABC) -- An investigation that spanned more than a year culminated Tuesday with the arrests of an Arcadia couple accused in a surrogacy scandal involving 21 children. Authorities arrested Silvia Zhang, 39, and Guojun Xuan, 66, during a raid at their Arcadia…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago   (262+ words) NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Officials from Saudi Arabia will appear before a federal appeals court in Manhattan on Thursday as families of Sept. 11 victims continue their effort to hold the kingdom accountable for alleged involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. A…...