A local news brief from the KNX newsroom updating the top local stories of the day relevant to Southern Californians.
"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.
Coming up on today's Local: ICE vs. LA in front of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ... Trump & the EU strike a deal ... local guy crank calls 911 many, many times.
Coming up on today's Local: A gross criminal mastermind is back to tormenting SoCal women again ... Trump cracks down on the homeless ... California's senior senator proposes big immigration reform ... and yet another Marvel superhero movie is out.
Coming up on today's Local: A parent's worst nightmare comes true in Long Beach. In Montbello, 2 people were killed and 2 were injured in a hatchet attack, and WWE loses one of its biggest stars. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.
Coming up on today's Local: LA County's juvenile halls about to fall into state control ... LA's Catholic Archbishop raises money for immigrants snatched up by ICE ... the doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry strikes a plea deal ... and Netflix dumps Meghan & Harry.
Coming up on today's Local: the Marines are packing up and shipping out from LA ... disgruntled residents in the Palisades aim frustrations at Mayor Bass ... SoCal airports are slumping ... In-N-Out bails on its California roots
Coming up on today's Local: Tragedy at a LASD training ground ... California's unemployment rate heading in the wrong direction ... Stephen Colbert's writers have questions about the Late Show's cancellation
Coming up on today's Local: the city of Los Angeles is taking Air bnb to court ... an obscure warehouse in Commerce, stuffed to the gills with illegal fireworks, presents just a bit of a safety hazard for neighbors ... it's the end of an era for CBS Late Night ... and keeping the spotlight on the fire survivors of Altadena and the Palisades.
A reporter's notebook of the Local, this time with our man in city hall, Craig Fiegener. We focused on Mayor Karen Bass and her not-so-cordial relations with the president of the United States, who continues to make Los Angeles and California his targets for all kinds of less-than-desirable special treatment.
Coming up on today's Local: While the numbers of people living on LA streets is going down, we're still at crisis levels of homelessness ... ICE immigration raids in Southern California have been slowed, but likely not stopped ... and a teddy bear straight out of the Chucky movies creeps out people in Victorville.
Donald Trump's mass deportations of illegal immigrants seems to be a turn off to most Americans ... it's a full blown party summer weekend here in Southern California ... and can Superman revive the generally tired and listless superhero movie genre?
Coming up on today's Local: Could a federal judge melt ICE raids in LA County? ... there were fresh raids today at a cannabis farm in Ventura County ... an agriculture union calls BS on the idea that Medicare recipients can replace immigrant laborers on farms ... and today's stupid controversy centers around the idea of Superman as an immigrant.
On today's Local: It's a "on the one hand, and on the other hand" kind of a show, where you'll hear from both sides of the intensifying standoff over immigration enforcement in Southern California. And at the end of today's Local, explaining a bit of good news in what is setting up to be a record-low murder rate for the city of Los Angeles.
Coming up on today's Local ... the city and county of Los Angeles draw a legal line in the sand on the Trump administration's immigration raids ... a former ICE special agent defends aggressive immigration enforcement tactics ... those tactics are slowly but surely grinding Southern California's economy to a halt ... and go ahead and keep 'dem dogs wrapped up at the airport, as the TSA drops it's 20-year-old shoes-off policy.
ICE agents raid MacArthur Park, drawing criticism from Mayor Bass and Gov. Newsom, but one U.S. Customs and Border Protection official says they'll be back. Plus. Monday marks the six-month anniversary of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, and not everyone is happy with the pace of the recovery process. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.
The Fourth of July is fast-approaching, and while some are planning to stay home and enjoy fireworks, others are headed out for the holiday weekend. Plus, there are beach warnings residents should know about. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.
Mogul Sean "Diddy' Combs was acquitted of conspiracy and trafficking charges, but convicted of prostitution charges. Fourth of July travel is underway, but officials in Big Bear are concerned about fireworks scaring the eagles. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.
A new study found that there are fewer homeless people in Hollywood and Venice, but more on Skid Row. An L.A. County Supervisor wants L.A. to fire back at the Trump administration's lawsuit, and we're days away from the 4th of July, but there are already warnings about fireworks. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.
Coming up on today's Local: A man arrested in Huntington Park seemed to be poised to go on some kind of criminal spree dressed as an ICE agent ... Republicans in Congress keep the pressure on the city of Los Angeles ... masked up ICE agents, already operating with the charm of Joseph Stalin's secret police, are now forcing the cancellation of summer events around Southern California ... and we'll explain a complicated but important Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship.
An L.A. County supervisor is calling the ICE raids "racist." Also, no, the gas prices are not jumping that high. But California could get a boost in efforts to build housing. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.
ICE agents consistently refusing to show identification during their immigration raids is proving problematic, and there was a big court ruling on insurance coverage for hard-to-see smoke damages. The L.A. Local is sponsored by the LA Car Guy family of dealerships.