A Sun Valley man charged with slapping an autistic child at a bus stop is set to appear in court on Monday. Scott Sakajian was charged with willful cruelty to a child and battery on a person by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office in connection with a July 1 incident involving 10-year-old Alfredo Morales. The boy had touched the emblem on Sakajian’s Mercedes-Benz sedan while Alfredo and his older sister Claudia were crossing the street.  KTLA 5's Ellina Abovian reports. (Dec. 2, 2024)

Police tracked down and arrested a reckless driving suspect who fled the scene of a crash that left a woman injured in Upland Monday night.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

A Chinese man living illegally in Ontario was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly sent guns, ammunition and military equipment to North Korea by disguising it in shipping containers headed out from Long Beach.

Ellina Abovian reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/chinese-man-living-illegally-in-i-e-tried-to-send-weapons-ammo-to-north-korea-doj/

An arson suspect slammed into a white BMW, killing a 25-year-old woman and injuring two others as he fled from police in Orange County Monday night.

Carlos Herrera reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

Authorities are now saying an overnight shooting at a strip mall in Compton started with an intentional car crash and ended with a murder-suicide. (Dec. 3, 2024)

Authorities may consider Hannah Kobayashi, 30, who vanished in Los Angeles on Nov. 8, a "voluntary missing person," but her family isn't done looking for her.

Annie Rose Ramos reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/missing-maui-womans-family-wants-to-continue-search-even-after-police-declare-her-voluntary-missing-person/

A homeowners group is asking a judge to pause a proposal to build an In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Los Angeles' Woodland Hills neighborhood.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

An overnight shooting at a strip mall in Compton left two people dead, authorities say.  KTLA 5's Ellina Abovian reports. (Dec. 3, 2024)

UCLA students are being warned to lock their doors and windows following a string of off-campus burglaries, including one incident where a student was sleeping inside the residence when burglars broke in.

Erin Myers reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

An investigation is underway after a Tesla crashed head-on into a Metro bus in the Rancho Park neighborhood of Los Angeles early Tuesday morning.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

One person died and four others were injured when a pursuit came to a tragic end in Orange County's Fountain Valley Monday night.

Carlos Herrera reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 3, 2024.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has arrested the father of a 9-year-old Compton boy in the child’s shooting death on Saturday.

Carlos Saucedo reports on Dec. 2, 2024.

Full story: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/father-arrested-in-compton-9-year-olds-fatal-shooting/

A bizarre search and rescue operation unfolded Monday for an occupant of an SUV that reportedly plunged 1,000 feet down a hillside Saturday night in Ventura County.

This report aired on Dec. 2, 2024.

Full story: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/search-underway-for-occupant-of-suv-that-plunged-down-ventura-county-cliffside/