A local news brief from the KNX newsroom updating the top local stories of the day relevant to Southern Californians.
Coming up on today's Local: Pete Hegseth gives generals & admirals a pep talk on fitness & grooming ... a call for young men volunteers to mentor other young men ... Dodgers open their World Series title defense.
On today's Local: Sinclair and Nexstar end their boycott against Jimmy Kimmel, L.A. County leaders will take up an independent report on the failure to evacuate residents in the Palisades and Eaton Fires, and Disneyland is getting into the Halloween spirit.
Coming up on today's Local: TikTok embarks on its new incarnation ... rebates coming for most California utility customers ... yeehaw, the Stagecoach lineup is here!
Coming up on today's Local: Jimmy Kimmel's defiant return to the airwaves ... an Inglewood man wins millions who spent years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Coming up on today's Local: LA (in theory) closes a $1 billion budget deficit and avoids major city worker layoffs ... the economics behind the Kimmel tug-of-war between ABC, the FCC and local affiliate owners ... and why we're all mostly going on autopilot.
Coming up on today's Local: Trump & RFK Jr. blame Tylenol for autism ... Bill Nye the Science Guy gets the Hollywood star treatment ... Fall is in the (humid SoCal) air.
Coming up on today's Local: Clayton Kershaw pitches his last regular season home game ... 1st amendment debates rage after Jimmy Kimmel's forced absence ... big tribute on tap this weekend for Charlie Kirk.
Coming up on today's Local: sure-fire Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of this season ... tensions and passions are high, debates aplenty after ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel of the air.
Coming up on today's Local: LA street vendors ask the state for protection from ICE ... body found in the trunk of singer's abandoned car identified as a long-missing person .. Hollywood studios sue a Chinese AI company
Coming up on today's Local: Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber and Krol G are your 2026 Coachella headliners ... official charges filed and more information out about Charlie Kirk's accused killer ... the Menendez brothers will remain stuck in prison for the foreseeable future.
Coming up on today's Local: The Governator argues against the politically charged congressional redistricting proposition ... the Emmys hits its highest ratings in years ... LA's city council asks why rebuilding in Pacific Palisades is going so agonizingly slow.
Coming up on today's Local: How Cedars-Sinai helped to save a entertainment reporting legend ... TV's brightest stars gear up for the Emmys ... bidding farewell to a different kind of legend, a cephalopod in Long Beach.
Coming up on today's Local: Santa Monica's city government owns up to the hard truth, "when you're broke, you're broke" ... the infamous trash house is back in full effect in the Fairfax district.
Coming up on today's Local: why ICE enforcement in California looks so different than in Texas ... more bodies found in the trunks of cars ... if FireAid charitable funds actually making it to LA county fire victims?
Coming up on today's Local: On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court lifting a temporary restraining order on ICE raids against immigrants, the Trump administration border czar and deportations specialist tells us what comes next for federal agents back on the streets of LA.
Coming up on today's Local: An Inland Empire nudist colony in danger of being forced to put their clothes back on ... Oasis rocks the Rose Bowl this weekend ... another hellish weekend upcoming on the 405.
L.A. native and Rams president Kevin Demoff joins the show to discuss his instrumental role in moving the Rams back to Los Angeles in 2016, clearing the way for Sofi Stadium to become an L.A. landmark. Demoff discusses the importance of continuing to grow his L.A. fan base and takes us through how he built a Super Bowl winning organization, and why he's excited about the Rams in 2025 and beyond.
Coming up on today's Local: Clippers officially under NBA investigation for under-the-table endorsement deal for Kawhi Leonard ... RFK jr. roasted medium rare by Senate committee after CDC upheaval ... 405 chaos this weekend will make CDC chaos look tame by comparison.
Coming up on today's Local: victims of Jeffrey Epstein stand tall as Trump continues to dodge ... "Ketamine Queen" officially dethroned in death of Matthew Perry ... did the Clippers circumvent the NBA salary cap?
Coming up on today's Local: Trumpus non Posse Comitatus ... likely $1.5 billion will be up for grabs in Wednesday's Powerball lottery ... a wedding grinch walks off with a massive amount of gifts from a Glendale ceremony.
"Something Offbeat" is back with a roundup of weird news. This week, we've got stories from Los Angeles to Stonehenge from The Dave Glover show on KMOX, the Dana and Parks show on KMBZ and KNX News' LA Local.
Coming up on today's Local: Will you be the one to win the $1 billion Powerball jackpot ... Korean soccer superstar makes his LAFC debut this weekend ... getting away on Labor Day
Coming up on today's Local: parents of an Orange County teenager who committed suicide are suing OpenAI ... yet another mass shooting, yet again targeting young children ... LA proper loses more Olympic events in 2028.
Coming up on today's Local: prolific shoplifters & thieves targeting Home Depot busted in Ventura ... investigators now confident that missing 7-month-old baby is dead ... just as COVID is surging, Trump pulls back access to vaccines.
Coming up on today's Local: Yup, he's free from jail and sniffing butts yet again ... the 405 freeway somehow even more frustrating than usual ... flipping out over a flip-iPhone
Coming up on today's Local: HVAC technicians working their tails off in a heatwave ... demands for cops walking the beat in downtown LA ... desperately needed probation officers in short supply
Coming up on today's Local: Calls are growing for L.A.'s school district to help a student detained by federal immigration agents. Today is supposed to be hot, hot, hot, and with that comes extra risk of wildfire. If you're in the market for a new car, you should probably buy one soon.
Coming up on today's Local: ranking LA's freeways, from bad to worse ... spend a night in the Poltergeist house, if you dare! ... and go back to school with students who lost everything in Altadena.
Coming up on today's Local: a 7-month old boy remains missing, with suspicions turning back on the parents ... health insurance through Covered California is likely going up ... now is the time to go EV shopping!
Coming up on today's Local: Awaiting Newsom's proposed new congressional districts ... the 2nd place Dodgers look for redemption against the Padres ... man ignores TLC, chases waterfalls, learns hard lesson.
Coming up on today's Local: ICE agents crash Newsom's redistricting party ... LAUSD students head back to class ... what in the heck is fiber maxxing?!
Coming up on today's Local: it's an anxious back-to-school week for the immigrant students of LAUSD ... crazy guy in Van Nuys is harassing his neighbors with a giant train horn ... Jewish groups calls BS on Trump's alleged anti-Semitism crusade.
Coming up on today's Local: California voters will get a chance to reform the state's insurance industry ... activists looking to smother explosion of smoke shops in LA ... Taylor Swift drops a new album, on national vinyl day--ahh the synergy!!!
Coming up on today's Local: Earthquakes are supposed to be unpredictable, but what if a recent satellite launch could change that? ... Trump picks on another major U.S. city ... the University of California system prepares for legal battle with the Trump admin.
Coming up on today's Local: the water is still shut off for people in Granada Hills & Porter Ranch ... thieves target popular dolls in La Puente ... and can LAUSD cafeteria food pass the Pete Demetriou taste test?
Coming up on today's Local: Another ICE raid in Los Angeles, San Fernando Valley residents have their water shut off, and this year's wildfires are deadlier than the official number suggests
Coming up on today's Local: Legal weed shops get priced out, UCLA stands up to President Trump, a cool new law, and a beloved South L.A. taco truck is assaulted.
Coming up on today's Local: Two people were killed and several people were injured in a shooting in downtown L.A., the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rules against the Trump administration, and you remember how to do the "stingray shuffle," right?
Coming up on today's Local: Waymos won't shut up in their recharging lot ... Encino homeowners pointing fingers over robberies and a high profile double murder ... California sues Trump for the 3rd time this week
Coming up on today's Local: encampment clearing in Van Nuys raises questions about LA's long-term homeless strategy ... more National Guard troops march out of DTLA ... Encino residents fed up with city's response on break-ins.
Coming up on today's Local: former NBA star & SoCal native runs into yet more trouble ... things you CAN'T say in front of LA's city council ... the CA vs. TX congressional redistricting grudge match gets serious.
Coming up on today's Local: a former SoCal high school football player targets NFL HQ in mass shooting ... dog owners put on alert around the Venice canals ... California property insurance rates likely going up yet again.