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Student journalists in the Pacific Palisades who’ve already lost so much are able to keep one of their passions alive — thanks to college students on the other side of the country.Our sister station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia caught up with the folks at Temple University who are providing a unique opportunity to help Palisades students on the road to recovery.With running a student newspaper in a city like Philadelphia, there’s no shortage of big stories.”With Temple, we’re right in the middle of it all,” said Samuel O’Neal, Editor-in-Chief of The Temple News.This week, though, some of the biggest stories in…

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, who was shot and injured by Los Angeles police and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pointing a gun at officers, appeared in court Wednesday.Jillian Shriner was released after posting $1 million bond.The shooting happened in Eagle Rock last month when the LAPD was assisting California Highway Patrol officers in their search for three suspects in a hit-and-run on the 134 Freeway. Police released bodycam video last week showing the moment officers opened fire on the 51-year-old author.LAPD released bodycam video showing the moment officers opened fire on…

ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) — Time stopped on Jan. 7, 2025, in the town of Altadena, California.That evening, hurricane-force winds propelled the Eaton Fire through the 42,000-person town in Los Angeles County, leaving little but rubble in its wake. A thick gray smoke lingered in the air for days. And for many residents, it never really left.When you drive through Altadena now, you’ll see holiday string lights still wrapped around the town’s famous cedars on Christmas Tree Lane. Where houses once stood, you’ll find lone chimneys and an occasional, half-melted lawn sign declaring support for candidates from last year’s presidential election.Thursday,…

NORTH HILLS (KABC) — Hope the Mission is collaborating with Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel’s office to host “Meatball Madness” in support of fighting against food insecurity in Los Angeles. The event will take place Sunday, May 4, 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.Meatball Madness’ goal is to produce 250,000 meatballs in the matter of nine hours. Each meatball symbolizes the capacity it takes to feed each and every individual in Los Angeles who are struggling with hunger, and even homelessness. The joint collaboration is to demonstrate the forces that are needed to tackle the homeless epidemic that is currently going on in the…

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Thousands of union members and immigrant-rights supporters on Thursday flooded the streets of Southern California to mark International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day.A coalition of unions and other groups kicked off the day with a rally at 9 a.m. in downtown at Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street. The group then marched east on Olympic and north on Los Angeles Street, heading toward the Metropolitan Detention Center.The focus was standing in solidarity with immigrant communities, while also condemning the Trump administration’s actions impacting immigrants and working people.”We haven’t seen these numbers in a very long…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) — Rauw Alejandro made history as the first Latin artist to sell out the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles for three consecutive nights, part of his acclaimed Cosa Nuestra World Tour.The Latin GRAMMY-winning and 4x GRAMMY-nominated Puerto Rican star delivered electrifying performances to thousands of fans, many dressed in Cosa Nuestra’s 1960s-inspired dress code.Los Angeles was also the first stop to feature special guests, with Marconi Impara and Yan Block joining Alejandro to perform their hit “Espresso Martini” on Sunday and Monday night.Before the shows, Alejandro surprised fans at a pop-up with Complex LA, handing out exclusive…

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will make their case to a judge Friday that Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman should be removed from the brothers’ resentencing case.The family of the Menendez brothers claim Hochman is biased, saying he’s already demoted two prosecutors who’ve supported their resentencing.Hochman, who opposes their resentencing, last week filed an opposition to the recusal motion by attorneys for the Menendez brothers.He called the efforts to remove him from the case a “drastic and desperate step” that is “devoid of merit.””Disagreeing…

ALTADENA, Calif. (KABC) — Do two transmission towers hold the answers to how one of the most destructive disasters in California history began?On Thursday, the Southern California Edison (SCE) tower in La Canada Flintridge was taken apart by airborne moving crews.A sky crane helicopter started the process of moving the tower to a staging area in three separate pieces. SCE says the three pieces of the tower will be dismantled and eventually moved into a warehouse.”It is a very careful process, and it is supervised,” said SCE Spokesperson Dave Eisenhower.Also in that warehouse will be the transmission tower from Eaton…

HONOLULU (KABC) — A man released from prison after serving less than a year of his five-year sentence for a series of road-rage attacks in Southern California has been arrested again for a similar offense in Honolulu, Hawaii.According to the Honolulu Police Department, a driver in a gray Tesla sped past an 18-year-old driver who was parking her vehicle on Wednesday. The 18-year-old and the Tesla driver exchanged words, and the Tesla driver allegedly got out of his vehicle and assaulted both the young woman and her mother. Police said he then fled in the gray Tesla.The Tesla driver was…

SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Residents in Silver Lake say copper thieves have been vandalizing street lights and leaving them in the dark – and fixing the problem doesn’t seem to help for very long.For several blocks around Micheltorena Street, the street lights are out.”We’ve been having a lot of difficulty with a lot of the neighbors just walking up and down the street,” said Steven Jennett, who reached out to Eyewitness News.He said copper thieves are going through the area and ripping out the wires.There have been other incidents of copper wire theft in Los Angeles. AT&T says…