During a news conference, Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said that the two survivors were taken to a nearby trauma centre in critical but stable condition.
Nov 5, 2026
McDonald's reported a bigger-than-expected decline in U.S. sales as financially stretched consumers cut back on dining out, extending a slowdown.
Manuel Vasquez, 20, and William David Hampton Jr., 19, botched the kidnapping scheme. When Ventura restaurateur Felipe Arambula arrived home to them holding his wife and young children captive, a fight ensued, and Arambula was fatally shot.
According to a criminal complaint, Marisela Nuño was able to secure $4.8 million by filing more than two dozen applications under federal relief programs for several businesses she owns.
SoCal stargazers can brace for a November packed with astronomical events, including the Taurids meteor showers and a close encounter between Jupiter and Mars.
Nov 4, 2026
Two people were charged with concealing a man's death inside his Santa Barbara apartment. They are accused of wrapping his body in a bedroll, stuffing it into a metal container and covering it with plastic wrap.
In Texas, voters in majority-Latino districts near San Antonio and along the border helped Democrats break Republicans' longstanding grip on the state to win the races for governor, lieutenant governor and senator.
Democrats swept California's statewide down-ballot races — no surprise in a state where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by a nearly two-to-one margin, and voters haven't elected a Republican to a statewide office since 2006.
Jacqueline Kelly and her team will report to Letitia James, who was appointed last month by Gov. Kathy Hochul as a special prosecutor overseeing the Cornell probe.
Marissa Roy, a 34-year-old deputy state attorney general, has vowed to use the power of the L.A. city attorney's office to serve as "the people's lawyer," saying she will file lawsuits against predatory landlords, wage-thieving companies and the Trump administration.
U.S. President Donald Trump faces an uphill battle in Washington now that the Democratic Party is projected to win control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress in the midterms.
On Tuesday, voters extended L.A. County's Robert Luna era, electing him to a second consecutive term as sheriff — a feat not seen since Lee Baca's tenure ended in 2014.
Some ballot measures have received decisive action from voters on issues such as public funding for housing and voter identification.