Dominion Energy residential bills could rise by up to 50% in the next 15 years. While it is increasing energy production to meet demand, it said that will come at a cost to consumers.

The California Highway Patrol is turning to the public for help in identifying the driver of a pickup truck involved in a fatal collision with a motorcyclist in August. The hit-and-run occurred on the westbound span of the 91 Freeway near Gypsum Canyon Road in Yorba Linda on Aug. 30 around 11 p.m.

KTLA's Rick Chambers reports on Oct. 17, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/driver-sought-in-deadly-hit-and-run-involving-motorcyclist-on-orange-county-freeway/

A 15-year-old boy out for a bite to eat with friends in a ride-share was left paralyzed from the chest down after a violent crash involving a police pursuit suspect who may have been under the influence in Rancho Cucamonga earlier this month.  

Sandra Mitchell reports on Oct. 17, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/innocent-southern-california-boy-15-paralyzed-in-violent-police-pursuit-crash/

A candlelight vigil was held on Thursday night as friends family and community members gathered to remember the deaths of four Pepperdine University students who were struck and killed by a speeding driver while walking along Pacific Coast Highway in October 2023.

The vigil, which was hosted by the City of Malibu, aimed to focus on “healing and supporting one another as the community continues to advocate for safer streets.”

KTLA's Mary Beth McDade reports on Oct. 17, 2024.

Video captures a robbery suspect threatening workers with a crow bar at a Home Depot in Upland. (Upland Police)

The 25th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival will take place from October 17-24, 2024.

KTLA's Olivia de Bortoli reports on Oct. 17, 2024.

Details: https://newportbeachfilmfest.com/

Crowds gathered along the streets of Downey on Thursday to catch sight of a full-size original space shuttle prototype named the “Inspiration” being transported. The model was built in 1972 as part of Rockwell International's bid to build NASA's space shuttles.

The life-size model is being moved to a renovation facility ahead of its final location in a new exhibit hall at the Columbia Memorial Space Center.

KTLA's Ellina Abovian reports on Oct. 17, 2024.

Israeli forces in Gaza killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war, the military said Thursday. Troops appeared to have run across him unknowingly in a battle, only to discover afterward that a body in the rubble was Israel’s most wanted man.

Israeli leaders celebrated his killing as a settling of scores just over a year after Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in Israel and kidnapped 250 others in an attack that stunned the country. They also presented it as a turning point in the campaign to destroy Hamas, urging the group to surrender and release some 100 hostages still in Gaza.

KTLA's Samantha Cortese reports on Oct. 17, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/ap-international/ap-palestinian-officials-say-an-israeli-strike-on-a-school-turned-shelter-in-northern-gaza-killed-15/

Nurses at a Riverside County hospital are protesting plans to shut down the facility’s labor and delivery department.

In August, officials at the Hemet Global Medical Center in Hemet announced they would be closing the obstetrics department due to low volume and a physician shortage. Nurses are protesting the move over concerns that pregnant patients, many of whom are from underserved communities, would have nowhere close by to seek medical care.

KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports on Oct. 17, 2024.

An “Olympic athlete turned drug lord” and 15 others have been charged in a superseding indictment for allegedly running a transnational drug trafficking operation that routinely shipped large amounts of cocaine from Colombia to Canada via Southern California while orchestrating four murders “in furtherance” of their other crimes, officials say.  KTLA 5's Carlos Saucedo reports. (Oct. 17, 2024)

Authorities were searching for an armed man who robbed a bank in Orange County Thursday afternoon, prompting a nearby elementary school to be placed on lockdown after a shot was fired. KTLA 5's Orange County Bureau Chief Chip Yost reports. (Oct. 17, 2024)

A gunshot was fired at during a robbery at a bank in Orange County Thursday, causing a nearby elementary school to be placed on lockdown. KTLA 5's Gil Leyvas reports from Sky5. (Oct. 16, 2024)

So, is this money being well-spent? Many politicians and policy experts, including Governor Newsom, clearly have doubts. October 2024.