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A proposal to increase streetlight maintenance assessments was soundly rejected by Los Angeles property owners.

On Friday, the Los Angeles City Council approved spending $544.3 million in "mansion tax" revenue. The funds come from Measure ULA, which taxes LA property sales over $5.3 million.

Miguel Raudes has been in ICE custody in Adelanto for four weeks and counting despite winning his immigration case three years ago.

Inside the roughly 500,000-square-foot facility at 1400 S. Los Palos St. sit an estimated 85 million pounds of meat, poultry, seafood and bread. Fire officials believe nearly half burned. The rest has spoiled without refrigeration since June 17, producing an odor neighbors compare to raw food left on a kitchen counter for a week.

With jurors again insisting they were hopelessly deadlocked, a mistrial was declared Friday in the arson trial of 30-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, accused of setting a blaze that grew into the deadly Palisades Fire, the most destructive fire in Los Angeles history.

A veteran LA City firefighter says the jury got it right in the mistrial of Jonathan Rinderknecht. The firefighter, who asked FOX 11 to protect his identity, says while an arsonist may have started the Lachman Fire on January 1, the LAFD failed to fully extinguish it in the seven days before the devastating Palisades Fire.  FOX 11's Gina Silva tells you more. 

Code enforcement officers uncovered a hidden narcotics production operation inside cargo containers packed with over 800 pounds of methamphetamine.

L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman sought to halt the distribution of $4 billion to victims of childhood sexual abuse amid an investigation into alleged fraud.

Three days after the devastating earthquakes in Venezuela, the death toll has climbed to at least 920, with more than 3,300 injured and tens of thousands still missing. Rescue operations have continued since the 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck the northern shore of the country on Wednesday, with authorities saying 243 people have been saved so far.

TMZ reports it has received another email from a person claiming to know the identities of those responsible for the abduction of Nancy Guthrie. The email has since been forwarded to the FBI.  The 84-year-old mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie has been missing for nearly five months. TMZ's Harvey Levin talks about the new developments.

Master sushi chef Katsuya Uechi, the culinary pioneer who transformed Los Angeles into a world-class destination for Japanese dining, has died at age 67.

Andrés Chait's promotion comes months after Alberto Carvalho's home and office were raided by the FBI. Carvalho was placed on paid administrative leave on February 27, 2026, which was about two days after the FBI raid. The investigation was believed to have stemmed from Carvalho's ties to AllHere, the failed company that led an AI-chatbot project for the LAUSD schools.

Fire crews responded to a fire at a U-Haul facility in the Westlake District on Friday afternoon.