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A teenager who was native to Southern California died after being stabbed to death by her boyfriend in Illinois, her father tells KTLA 5 News. Jon Prince reached out to KTLA on Tuesday morning, saying that his daughter, 17-year-old Cadence Prince, was stabbed multiple times by her boyfriend on Sunday night in O’Fallon, Illinois, which is located 18 miles east of downtown St. Louis, Missouri, in southwestern Illinois. ... According to Jon, detectives with the O’Fallon Police Department told him that after the stabbing, the boyfriend called his grandparents — who are said to be his legal guardians — and...

The cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease have been confirmed over the last eight months, and it’s unclear if these cases are linked at this time, according to the Hood River County Health Department on Friday. The Oregonian/OregonLive, which was the first to report on the cases, says two of the cases have resulted in deaths. Nexstar’s KOIN reached out to the Hood River County Health Department for confirmation but did not immediately receive a response. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is the result of a prion, a type of infectious protein, triggering a body’s normal proteins to misfold, according to the Centers for Disease...

Christopher Hawley, a recent graduate of San Diego State University, was with his younger brother, Alex, and their cousin at Six Flags Magic Mountain on June 23, 2022, when the trio climbed aboard X2. The disorienting coaster, which is designed with rotating seats that move independently as the ride progresses, features a 215-foot drop, sudden flips and rotations all while reaching speeds of up to 76 miles per hour. As Christopher, Alex and their cousin neared the end of the ride, the coaster “suddenly, abruptly and violently jolted to a halt,” jarring the 22-year-old and the other two boys in...

Last month’s massive Southern California wildfires have John Legend and his wife Chrissy Teigen debating whether or not they want to stay in the Golden State. In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, Legend revealed that the couple have considered moving back to New York following the “collective trauma” of the deadly fires. The “Get Lifted” singer said he and his family were returning home from vacation on Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire broke out, and they were shocked to see “the flames and billowing smoke.” Their “fears grew” when the Sunset Fire started in the...

What started as a peaceful protest turned bloody when a person was stabbed in Los Angeles on Friday after a group of students walked out of school for the fourth day to protest immigration policies set forth by President Donald Trump.

A community remains on alert after surveillance cameras captured a naked suspect lurking around the backyard of an Inland Empire home. In a video posted to Instagram by @morenovalleymatters, the male suspect was seen walking around the backyard of a Moreno Valley home on the 24000 block of Patrician Court on Dec. 10 at around 8:20 p.m. At one point, he tried opening a door to gain access to the home, but the door was locked. He spent the rest of the night lounging on a makeshift bed he created by pushing two outdoor patio chairs together. The homeowners were...

The Los Angeles City Council officially declared the city a “sanctuary” for migrants on Tuesday, barring the use of city resources or personnel to assist federal immigration enforcement. Council members passed the ordinance unanimously, 13-0, strengthening previous policies by explicitly prohibiting the direct or indirect sharing of data with federal immigration authorities. The vote follows President-elect Donald Trump’s recent vow to use the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations of illegal immigrants. “Immigrants make up the very fabric of Los Angeles, and they deserve to feel safe and protected in the city they call home, no matter who is...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday jointly announced additional funding to combat homelessness. The $827 million in state funding will better connect people experiencing homelessness to shelters and services, the officials said. That money will go to 37 regional grantees that represent 100 local communities and organizations across the state, Newsom’s office said in a news release. “The funding comes with strong accountability measures and reporting requirements to ensure funding is used effectively and outcomes can be tracked and measured,” the release added.

hicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday refused to say whether he will return $150,000 Chicago rapper Lil Durk contributed to the mayor’s political committee, a day after the artist was arrested in an alleged murder-for-hire plot. Johnson suggested he had no immediate intention to give back the money when asked how he would handle the sizable contribution from Durk Devontay Banks, who rose to stardom from Chicago rapping under the name Lil Durk. “You are asking me if I should make a judgment on a Black man before a full trial has actually come to fruition,” the mayor said at...

Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk was arrested Thursday in connection with a fatal ambush near Los Angeles’ Beverly Center shopping mall two years ago. The artist — real name Durk Devontay Banks — was taken into custody near Miami and is being held without bail, the Los Angeles Times reports. Prosecutors say Lil Durk ordered the killing of fellow rapper Quando Rondo, with whom Durk and his associates have had a violent, yearslong feud.

The Los Angeles man convicted of shooting and killing a 15-year-old in Long Beach in 2022 was reportedly sentenced to 16 years in prison. Simmons was in discussions to buy Cardenas’ iPhone when Simmons suddenly tried to run with the device, prompting Cardenas to open fire at the fleeing teen. The jury decided that Cardenas was provoked into shooting and reduced the original murder charge to manslaughter.

Election Day is rapidly approaching, bringing with it the possibility that one Orange County city will soon allow noncitizens to vote in local elections. Measure DD, which is on the Nov. 5 ballot in Santa Ana, would allow “noncitizen City residents to vote in all City of Santa Ana municipal elections” beginning in November 2028, the city says on its website.

A mother was hauled out of Disney California Adventure Park alongside her hysterical children after she tried passing the kids off as toddlers so they could sneak into the park for free. Footage posted to TikTok on Wednesday captured the unidentified mother surrounded by Disney security and being led out of the park in cuffs by Anaheim police officers. Her two young girls are seen holding onto their mother on both sides, bawling their eyes out and shouting “Help!” in Spanish. Another officer is seen pushing a side-by-side stroller behind them during the incident. The video, which has racked up...

A San Gabriel Valley woman pleaded guilty to defrauding over $150 million from the U.S. Postal Service. Lijuan “Angela” Chen, 51, of Walnut, carried out the scheme by using counterfeit postage to ship tens of millions of packages, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. From November 2019 to May 2023, Chen and her accomplice, Chuanhua “Hugh” Hu, 51, owned and operated a package shipping business in the City of Industry.

The discovery last month of a Chinese COVID biolab in California shocked the nation, but likely came as no surprise to the state’s Democrat governor, Gavin Newsom.Gov. Gavin Newsom and President Joe Biden share a moment. / PHOTO: APHe helped fund it.The now-notorious secret facility, which contained a massive stockpile of “infectious agents,” including coronavirus, and nearly a thousand dead lab mice and vials of unidentified biological fluids, also likely came as no surprise to the Biden administration.The FDA last year issued a recall warning for nearly 54,000 COVID rapid tests manufactured by the company that owned the lab.Fresno County...

The State of California is one step closer to paying reparations to Black residents whose ancestry goes back to the American slave trade. The California Reparations Task Force released estimates, as well as breakdowns of the methodology used to determine the amounts, on Monday ahead of a critical vote that will take place later this week. The possible payments reflect the work of economists who advised the task force and who were asked to estimate the total financial losses suffered by Black Californians impacted by slavery and institutional racism. As outlined by the San Francisco Chronicle, an eligible resident who...

UCLA’s SETI group will launch a new project on Tuesday that allows the public to assist scientists in classifying radio signals that could be signs of extraterrestrial life, a news release said. Participants will then be asked to select an image, provided by researchers, that closely resembles the radio signal they previously saw. The goal is to match the signals to the “common classes of radio frequency interference,” a news release said. Scientists with the group have observed about 42,000 stars and over 64 million radio signals and have technology that discards about 99.5% of the signals that are either...

The suspect in a triple homicide in Riverside, who was shot and killed by deputies with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Friday, has been identified as a 28-year-old man who used to be employed with the Virginia State Police. Authorities with the Riverside Police Department said that around 11 a.m. on Nov. 25, officers had been dispatched to a welfare check of a young a woman who appeared to be in distress while getting into a red Kia Soul with a man in the 11200 block of Price Court and leaving with him. While officers were responding, reports of...

During Saturday’s weekend morning show, Mester, Romero’s co-anchor, went off script with an emotional speech. He apologized, on behalf of the station, to viewers and said the handling of Romero’s exit “was rude, it was cruel, it was inappropriate and we are so sorry.” Many viewers had applauded Mester’s ad-libbed message, but not long after his defense of Romero, Mester was suspended, drawing even more criticism of how KTLA handled the situation. “Mark was 100% in the right,” tweeted one user. “It’s like you guys are begging to lose all your viewers with this kind of behavior.” However, newsroom employees...

If you use Google Chrome as an internet browser, beware: Your information could be compromised. Google issued an alert warning billions of Chrome users that the browser has been successfully targeted by hackers, and listed 30 security flaws, including seven deemed to have a “High” threat level. It is unclear who hacked the firm, and whether any users’ security was put at risk. Google said further hack details are currently being restricted by the company “until a majority of users are updated with a fix.”