Long Beach's "Treecycling" program allows residents to recycle Christmas trees for free from Dec. 26, 2023, to Jan. 12, 2024, turning them into mulch or fuel.

The LAPD seeks public assistance using surveillance footage to capture suspects in a Hollywood attempted murder after an incident outside Hyde Sunset nightclub.

Lancaster, California's First-Time Home Buyer Program offers down payment assistance, helping the Birt family and others buy homes and build generational wealth.

Border Patrol agents arrested a Guatemalan man with a child rape conviction at a Highway 86 checkpoint, previously deported and re-entered the US illegally.

Authorities seek Klinton Allister Dion for a string of Anti-Semitic vandalism in Burbank and Glendale, with charges potentially leading to 20 years in prison.

Jarris Silagi was charged for attacking a Jewish couple in Beverly Hills. The DA condemned the violence as possible antisemitism. If convicted, Silagi faces life in prison.

Glendale Police set up a DUI checkpoint to deter impaired driving, cautioning against drunk or drugged driving. The undisclosed location will operate from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Friday. Offenders face severe fines and loss of driving privileges.

The Long Beach Department of Health & Human Services is hosting a donation drive-thru for the homeless on December 16, requesting warm clothes, hygiene kits, and other items.

A pedestrian was fatally hit by a vehicle near Cal State Long Beach; the causes are under investigation and the street was closed but has since reopened.

Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in Compton, where a man was shot and later pronounced dead at a hospital. The identity of both the victim and the suspect remains undisclosed. Public assistance has been requested.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has successfully located Amandita Bradford Baum, a missing 73-year-old woman with dementia from Hawthorne.

Two missing juveniles, Nevaeh Martinez and D’Angelo Hill, were found safe thanks to community and law enforcement efforts, as announced by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Former CEO of the Hollywood-based Youth Policy Institute, Howard Dixon Slingerland, was sentenced to six months in prison for embezzling funds and tax evasion.