The KTLA 5 News team covers the day's top local and national stories.

It’s been over half a year since the devastating Palisades Fire swept through the Pacific Palisades, charring over 23,000 acres and leaving a dozen people dead in its wake.  KTLA 5's John Fenoglio reports. (Aug. 26, 2025)

A new study ranking the dirtiest cities in America had a field day with California, which took both first and second place while filling four of the top ten spots.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Aug. 27, 2025.

A gang-related shooting left one man dead and another wounded at a South Los Angeles area strip mall just hours after a similar incident less than two miles away injured five.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on Aug. 27, 2025.

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department were searching for an unknown number of suspects believed to be involved in a shooting that left one person injured. This report aired Aug. 26, 2025.

Detectives in San Bernardino may have caught a break in a more than two-year-old missing persons case that they are now investigating as a possible homicide. Mary Beth McDade reports Aug. 25, 2025.

Five people were injured when gunfire erupted at a shopping plaza in the Vermont Knolls area of South Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon. KTLA's Lindsey Pena reports on Aug. 26, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/south-los-angeles-shooting-wounds-5/

Public health officials sounding the alarm, as cases of COVID-19 are again on the rise across California. Test positivity rates are now over 12% in Los Angeles County and 14% in Orange County, those rates among some of the highest in the nation. With more on the surge in cases, Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman are joined by Dr. Anne Rimoin, Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Health. Dr. Rimoin also reveals what viewers need to know about the newly detected case of plague in California and the record number of cases now being detected of Valley Fever. August 26, 2025.

Murder charges were filed on Tuesday as Jake and Rebecca Haro, the parents of missing and presumed dead 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro, were scheduled to make their first court appearance. KTLA's Jillian Smuckler reports on Aug. 26, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/parents-of-missing-california-7-month-old-emmanuel-haro-due-in-court/

Officials held a press conference where Mayor Karen Bass and LAPD officials provided more details after five people were hospitalzed when gunfire erupted in the Vermont Vista area of South Los Angeles Tuesday afternoon.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/south-los-angeles-shooting-wounds-5/

Nearly eight months after a deadly wildfire destroyed a large part of the Pacific Palisades community, a local spiritual center, Lake Shrine, will begin welcoming back visitors to its meditation gardens. KTLA’s Courtney Friel reports.

Details: https://lakeshrine.org/

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are engaged. The singer posted the romantic moment to her Instagram on Tuesday morning. KTLA's Rachel Menitoff reports on Aug. 26, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/entertainment/taylor-swift-and-travis-kelce-are-engaged/

KTLA's Gil Leyvas reports from strip mall in South Los Angeles where at least 5 people were shot Tuesday afternoon. Aug. 26, 2025.