Police caught up with the driver in the San Fernando Valley Tuesday night.
Twenty-three-year-old Brian McDonald was expected to plead guilty Monday.
Firefighters from Ventura and Los Angeles counties battled heat and dense brush to keep the blaze from spreading.
Several departments are fighting the fire near the Chatsworth Nature Preserve.
The brush fire dubbed the "Burbank Fire, triggered the closure of all traffic lanes of Burbank Boulevard between Woodley Avenue and the 405.
The LAPD plans to ramp up drunken-driving enforcement across the city this weekend.
Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding a man who followed and pestered a young boy at a community pool.
A firefighter was airlifted for treatment following an explosion at a small brush fire at a Sepulveda Basin homeless encampment.
Hundreds gathered and set off fireworks as drivers performed "donuts" and "turnouts."
When she didn't show up for shooting, colleagues became worried. Police say her ex-boyfriend stabbed her repeatedly in her SFV home.
A 35-year-old man who threatened to "exterminate" Jewish people and Asian Americans and harassed a woman pleaded guilty to stalking.
The shooting occurred near the Hansen Dam area, and police are looking for the driver of a black BMW.
Dozens of people were evacuated, and a hazardous materials team was called in to investigate the sources of the vapor.
A 'car shenanigans' YouTuber from the San Fernando Valley caught the attention of millions including the FBI.
From the San Fernando Valley to the Southwest area, the LAPD will be holding DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols.
A 52-year-old man faces more than a decade in prison for a series of threats, targeting FBI agents in Los Angeles.
The crash brought rush hour traffic to a crawl in the Woodland Hills area Tuesday, and police investigated into the evening.
Police set up a perimeter to catch the suspect after he fled on foot in the Winnetka area.
They say that at least one car overturned in the crash and that five of the seven victims were "seriously injured." All were hospitalized.
A former long-time NBC4 producer pleaded guilty for his role in sharing child sexual abuse videos and images in an online chat room.
Firefighters made quick work of an early morning mobile home fire over the holiday weekend.
After a plumber was charged with his coworker's shooting death, investigators connected him to a Granada Hills client's death months before.
A pedestrian was hit by a Metrolink train early Friday morning and killed, authorities said.
At least four vehicles were involved in the crash at a three-way intersection in Sylmar.
Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found by a hiker Thursday morning.
A “TikTok” challenge and a vehicle manufacturing flaw combined to help drive auto thefts up 64 percent since 2019.
The West San Fernando Valley chase reached speeds of 113 miles per hour, and the crash split the Lamborghini and killed the driver.
A 23-year-old Tarzana man who sold fentanyl-laced fake Percocet pills to teens at the mall was sentenced to prison Monday.
Several young people were involved in the crash, which remains under investigation.
A white powdery substance was observed also inside, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The checkpoints are planned in locations in the Valley, Central LA and South LA.
The victim, a 19-year-old man, was a passenger in the vehicle when he was shot repeatedly, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
A man was injured trying to beat back the flames that had engulfed his two-story home in Chatsworth Tuesday.
Paramedics arrive on the scene to find one person dead in the fiery, solo-vehicle crash.
From San Pedro to the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles Police Department will be holding DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols.
The 65-year-old former high school athletic trainer pleaded No Contest and was immediately sentenced to decades in prison.
Police hope someone will recognize the van involved in the hit-and-run crash that killed a 31-year-old woman.
Police are looking for the man behind a brazen attack captured on camera.
Police arrived to find a completely destroyed electrical box on the side of the road, with an overturned car sitting just feet away.
Authorities are looking for the driver of a white van who struck and killed a woman in the early morning hours Monday.