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This segment aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Nov. 19, 2024.

Atlantic Avenue at 52nd Street in Long Beach is closed for a fatal shooting investigation.

This report aired Nov. 19, 2024.

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Officials at Pasadena Humane, a shelter for all types of wildlife including parrots wounded by what appears to be a pellet gun, are working to learn where the birds are being shot and are hoping for charges against the suspect.

Jennifer McGraw reports on Nov. 19, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/5-more-local-wild-parrots-found-dead-in-southern-california/

Travelers will soon be able to enjoy Shake Shack’s famous burgers on select Delta flights beginning next month, with plans to expand throughout the U.S. in 2025. But is it worth it?

Details: https://ktla.com/news/travel/delta-to-begin-serving-shake-shack-on-select-flights/

David Lazarus reports on the KTLA 5 News at 1 on Nov. 19, 2024.

A 46-year-old Riverside County man was taken into custody after a group of vigilante teenagers, one of whom the man had sent nude photographs of himself to, set up a sting to have him arrested late last week.

Shelby Nelson reports on Nov. 19, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/vigilante-teens-in-southern-california-entrap-alleged-sexual-predator/

Tribal representatives in California are calling on President Biden to designate three new national monuments in the Golden State before he leaves office in January. https://trib.al/bOP1B3F

KTLA's David Lazarus covers the latest business and consumer news. Nov. 19, 2024.

Campus police faced off with pro-Gaza demonstrators at UCLA Tuesday afternoon, the latest instance of fiery tensions between protesters and the law enforcement body that polices the university.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/police-again-face-off-with-protesters-on-ucla-campus/

This story aired on the KTLA 5 News at 3 on Nov. 19, 2024/

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. KTLA's Lauren Lyster reports. Nov. 19, 2024.

Story: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-to-become-a-sanctuary-city-for-migrants-in-response-to-trump-threat/

A new soon-to-open jail in Orange County will offer prisoners more rehabilitation and education opportunities and visitors a new way of interacting with incarcerated inmates, all while increasing safety for everyone at the facility.  KTLA 5 Orange County Bureau Chief Chip Yost reports. (Nov. 19, 2024)

KTLA's Andy Riesmeyer has your extended forecast for Southern California. Nov. 19, 2024.

Emergency crews rescued a woman from a tunnel in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday morning. KTLA 5's Rich Prickett reports from Sky5.

Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling, worried not only about their own jobs but the future of the agency that the Trump loyalist has railed against. The president-elect’s pick of the Florida Republican sent a shock throughout the Cabinet department, considering Gaetz’s lack of experience in law enforcement and the fact that he was once the subject of a federal sex trafficking investigation; he is also under investigation for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl at a house party in Florida in 2017. KTLA 5's Eric Spillman reports. (Nov. 19, 2024)