'Cognitive stunting' and the potential threat generative AI poses for children's brains

09/14/26 4:00 PM

As LAUSD starts moratorium, there aren't much data on what AI does to kids. The little information that is available doesn't look good

'Relief is coming': Hot, humid weather will finally break in Southern California

09/11/26 4:44 PM

Friday will kick off a cooling trend across California, bringing relief to the Southland after days of brutal temperatures and abnormal humidity.

'Should be removed': Democrats ramp up calls to impeach Education Secretary McMahon

09/16/26 5:53 PM

She says she's following Trump's mandate to dismantle her department.

'We've lost contact': NBC4 covers its own helicopter tragedy with grief, purpose

09/16/26 6:00 AM

NBC4 news reported on its own news chopper that crashed and burst into flames, killing three.

18-year-old Cal State Fullerton student dies after frat party

09/16/26 5:16 PM

Anthony Joseph Blas was pronounced dead shortly after someone dropped him off at Providence St. Jude Medical Center around midnight, Fullerton police said.

2 homes destroyed, another damaged in Palos fire in La Habra Heights

09/14/26 11:04 PM

A fast-moving brush fire dubbed the Palos fire erupted Monday in the hills near La Habra Heights, destroying at two structures and damaging a third, authorities said.

A Summer Olympics economic windfall is headed for SoCal, a new analysis says

09/15/26 6:30 PM

L.A.-based analysts say the 2028 Olympics will supercharge revenue, jobs and taxes. Projections for the Paris Olympics didn't pan out.

Afghan man tied to Abbey Gate bombing sentenced to 20 years for supporting ISIS

09/16/26 4:30 PM

An Afghan man arrested last year in connection with the Abbey Gate suicide bombing at the Kabul airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was sentenced.

Alden could be without contracted ambulance service for part of 2026

09/16/26 5:54 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The town of Alden will be without contracted ambulance services for at least part of the rest of 2026 after contract negotiations with Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps broke down this week, according to the ambulance company. Lancaster Volunteer Ambulance Corps said its contract with the town will expire at 11:59 p.m. [...]

At least 5 dead in helicopter crash and bus accident in Chatsworth. Driver arrested

09/16/26 1:11 AM

A helicopter crashed into flames Tuesday night in Chatsworth, not far from a serious accident involving a Metro bus that left three people dead.