Vice Adm. Jerome Adams, the U.S. surgeon general, joined Jessica Holmes and Frank Buckley on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 21 to urge COVID-19 survivors to donate plasma. Adams also urged Lakers star LeBron James to take the vaccine publicly and spread awareness.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, a centrist Democrat who was elected to the Senate in 1992 in the “Year of the Woman” and broke gender barriers throughout her long career in local and national politics, has died. She was 90.

Glen Walker reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News.

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Senator Diane Feinstein has died at the age of 90, according to multiple reports.

Surveillance video captured an out-of-control Ford Mustang going airborne before crashing into a Grand Terrace home Thursday evening.

Despite the fact that the Senate just advanced a measure to fund the government through November, a government shutdown is set to begin Sunday.

“Speaker McCarthy is saying he cares more about the whims of the hard right, the hard hard right, than avoiding a shutdown,” says Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Schumer says the U.S. should not be on the brink of a government shutdown, because Democrats and Republicans reached an agreement on spending back in June. “We all shook hands on this deal,” added Schumer. “But now the speaker and only the speaker is going back on his word.”

Details: https://ktla.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/government-shutdown-odds-grow-as-senate-and-house-advance-separate-plans/

A bear from east Los Angeles County led Fish and Wildlife officials on a chase near San Bernardino, just days after she was captured in Rancho Cucamonga and released into the mountains. The bear was spotted Thursday in a tree at Mary and Darby streets in Muscoy, an area north of San Bernardino.

According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the female bear is between three and four years old, weighing between 250 and 300 pounds, and was originally from the Sierra Madre area. She was captured Sunday in Rancho Cucamonga and released in the San Gabriel Mountains, officials said.

KTLA's Chris Wolfe reports on September 28, 2023.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/traveling-bear-draws-large-crowd-after-climbing-tree-near-san-bernardino/

Security cameras captured the moment a group of smash-and-grab robbers escaped with over $15,000 worth of merchandise in Palmdale on Thursday.

The owners of Kimberly’s Jewelry located on the 440 block of E Palmdale Boulevard said the theft happened around 12:06 p.m. when three masked thieves stormed into the shop. Video shows one suspect immediately spraying the security guard with bear spray before directing the spray toward two other employees.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/smash-and-grab-robbers-storm-palmdale-jewelry-store/

A man was convicted Thursday of murdering a prominent Hollywood sex therapist by throwing her over a balcony in the Hollywood Hills in 2020. Gareth Pursehouse, 41, was found guilty by a jury of murdering his ex-girlfriend, Amie Harwick, 38, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

On Feb. 15, 2020, Harwick was found below a third-floor balcony at her Hollywood Hills home. Harwick had "expressed fear" about Pursehouse before the fatal attack, police said. She had applied for two orders of protection against him at the time.

KTLA's Rick Chambers reports on September 28, 2023.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/ex-boyfriend-convicted-of-murdering-hollywood-hills-sex-therapist/

The debate over capital punishment in California has resurfaced with the family of slain Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer incensed by District Attorney George Gascón's decision not to seek the death penalty for the alleged killer.

“I don’t feel [Gascón] felt my son's life was worth anything,” Kim Clinkumbroomer, his mother, told KTLA's Rich Chambers on Wednesday. “You're telling me that this individual’s life is more important than my son’s.”

KTLA's Mary Beth McDade reports on September 28, 2023.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/slaying-of-california-deputy-reignites-death-penalty-debate/

A man is dead after he was fatally shot during an alleged altercation in a Garden Grove neighborhood on Thursday, leaving residents frightened and shocked. John Fenoglio reports for KTLA 5 News at 10 p.m., September 28, 2023.

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A bear from east Los Angeles County popped up near San Bernardino Thursday, just days after she was captured in Rancho Cucamonga and released into the mountains.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/traveling-bear-draws-large-crowd-after-climbing-tree-near-san-bernardino/

A bear from east Los Angeles County popped up near San Bernardino Thursday, just days after she was captured in Rancho Cucamonga and released into the mountains.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/traveling-bear-draws-large-crowd-after-climbing-tree-near-san-bernardino/

Gil Leyvas reports for the KTLA 5 News at 6 on Sept. 28, 2023.

Gas prices in Southern California continue to climb and now Los Angeles County inspectors are checking to make sure that customers are paying for what they're getting at the pump. Rachel Menitoff reports for KTLA 5 News at 6 p.m., September 28, 2023.

Details: KTLA.com