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Coroner's officials today released the names of the three people who were killed when a car traveling at high speed crashed into a tree in East Los Angeles and caught fire.

The widow and three children of a man who died about a month after his wheelchair fell off a ramp while he was being put on a Delta Air Lines jet bound from Los Angeles International Airport to Hawaii are suing the airline for wrongful death and negligence.

A Philippine national living in Los Angeles was arrested today on federal charges alleging he ran a large-scale marriage fraud scheme that allegedly arranged hundreds of sham marriages used to circumvent immigration laws.

Eleven people were rescued today after becoming stuck on a ride that lost power at Universal Studios.

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled today honoring Ashanti for a career that has included a string of hits and eight Grammy nominations.

A man was shot to death today near the Metro A Line's Firestone Station.

The three-day 47th running of the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach begins today with qualifying for the Porsche Carrera Cup North America and IMSA races and the start of the drifting competition. 

The BA.2 subvariant is now believed to be the dominant COVID-19 strain circulating in Los Angeles County, which has seen an uptick in daily infection numbers -- though hospitalization figures remain low and the death rate keeps declining, the public health director said.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors will meet today to determine what disciplinary action, if any, will be taken against actor Will Smith over his on-stage smack of comedian Chris Rock during this year's Oscars ceremony.  

A motorcyclist led officers on a nearly hourlong chase today from the South Los Angeles area to Orange County, where the biker was taken into custody while stopped at a gas station.