WATCH: Son of former top Iranian official seen living comfortable life in Los Angeles

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The son of a former top-level Iranian official, who acted as the spokesperson for hostage takers occupying Tehran’s U.S. Embassy in 1979, is yet another relative of Iran’s hard-lined Islamist regime caught living a comfortable and affluent Western lifestyle in Los Angeles.  Petitioners have been calling for … Read more

Trial to begin in lawsuit over fatal Los Angeles police shooting of 14-year-old girl in 2021

LOS ANGELES — A wrongful-death lawsuit filed against the Los Angeles Police Department for an officer’s fatal shooting of a 14-year-old girl in a clothing store is set to begin trial Wednesday. Valentina Orellana-Peralta was shopping for Christmas clothes with her mother at a Burlington store in the San Fernando Valley’s North Hollywood neighborhood on … Read more

El Paso, Los Angeles among the most polluted cities in the U.S. in 2025, new report says

El Paso and Los Angeles were among the most polluted areas in the United States last year, according to a new air quality report that evaluated pollution levels around the world in 2025.  The report is the latest iteration of a global analysis that the Swiss technology company IQAir publishes annually. This one centered on … Read more

State records show 89 hospice companies at one Los Angeles office plaza. We went to look for ourselves.

The Merabi Professional Medical Plaza, a three-story, 32,000 square foot stucco and glass office building in Los Angeles, is home to a salon, a law office, a modeling agency, a realty corporation and, also, 89 licensed hospice companies.  Patient advocate Sheila Clark, who has worked to expose allegations of widespread Medicare fraud in the hospice … Read more

Blistering summerlike temps are coming to Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — It’s still technically winter, but it’s starting to feel like summer in Southern California with forecasters predicting unseasonably hot weather, including temperatures around 93 degrees (33.8 Celsius) in downtown Los Angeles. It’s expected to be about 20 degrees warmer than normal for mid-March, the National Weather Service said. That means people will … Read more

Woman identified in shooting at Rihanna’s Los Angeles house

Los Angeles police on Monday identified a 35-year-old Florida woman as the alleged shooter who opened fire on Rihanna’s Southern California home with an AR-15-style rifle. Ivanna Lisette Ortiz was booked into custody on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with the Sunday afternoon incident at the property just outside Beverly Hills, police said. The … Read more

Attorneys for suspect in Los Angeles’ Palisades Fire seek his release based on new evidence

LOS ANGELES — Defense attorneys for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles will hold a news conference Thursday to call for his release from jail in light of new evidence they say shows he is not responsible for the blaze. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was charged in October with starting … Read more

Los Angeles school superintendent placed on paid leave during federal probe

LOS ANGELES — Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles public schools in the nation’s second-largest district, was put on paid leave Friday, two days after the FBI served search warrants at his home and the district’s headquarters. Authorities have not provided details of the nature of the investigation involving the school district, which serves … Read more