Murrieta police say they caught a suspect who allegedly bought tools, removed the batteries and returned the empties — a method investigators link to about $350,000 in losses nationwide.

Onni Group has started demolition at the Marina Shores site on PCH to make way for a five‑story, 600‑unit apartment complex. The teardown starts visible construction on a six‑acre parcel.

Detectives released three composite sketches after reopening the 2007 Rancho Cucamonga homicide of Eliseo Salas. Investigators are asking for witnesses to come forward.

Kern County deputies stopped two box trucks in Mojave and seized two stolen trailers loaded with about $1 million in LEGO products; three people were arrested.

Parents say an encampment under the I‑110 near 61st Street Elementary keeps reappearing after cleanups, leaving trash and hazards on a route children use. Neighbors want a longer‑term plan.

A 35-year-old woman was killed at her Sylmar home Wednesday night; LAPD says her boyfriend fled and is being sought.

County officials identified the man killed in a late-night Lynwood shooting as 32-year-old Salvador Ortega Sandoval. Detectives are asking anyone with information or footage to contact LASD Homicide.

A Woodland Hills man was sentenced to 18 years for running a network of clinics that prosecutors say funneled thousands of illegal oxycodone pills nationwide.

An Amazon cargo container aboard a Union Pacific freight train caught fire near E. Valley Boulevard in downtown Los Angeles Thursday evening; LAFD responded and the cause is under investigation.

LA28 pledged to direct 75% of its addressable contracts to Greater Los Angeles vendors and 25% to small businesses, and offered training and registration guidance for suppliers.

Tishman Speyer has posted new plans to replace a 2018 five‑story approval at 1318 Lincoln with an eight‑story, 110‑unit building; a virtual meeting is scheduled for April 16.

A California bill would let drivers install EPA‑approved E‑85 conversion kits, opening a cheaper fuel option; the measure just cleared a key Assembly committee. Supporters promise savings while regulators weigh emissions and enforcement trade‑offs.

KB Home says it will move its corporate headquarters from Westwood to Tempe in spring 2027, while pledging to keep a sizable California presence. The company cites lower costs and greater centrality for the shift.