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.

Two young children are dead and more than a dozen others are injured after a gunman fired shots through the windows of a Minneapolis Catholic church during a Wednesday morning Mass, police said during a press conference. The suspected shooter is dead. Aug. 27, 2025.

Story: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/suspect-contained-after-shooting-reported-at-minneapolis-catholic-school-authorities/

A small fortune is still available for one Southern California resident to win, if they want to test their luck. And while the grand prize can conceivably be won anywhere in the U.S., there is one L.A.-area store in particular that seems to produce winners more often than others, and that is Blue Bird Liquor in Hawthorne.  KTLA 5's Omar Lewis reports. (Aug. 27, 2025)

A fatal shooting that led to a pursuit and standoff with law enforcement has ended with the arrests of at least three suspects in Compton on Wednesday morning.

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

OpenAI is being sued by the parents of an Orange County teen who died by suicide, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged and guided their son toward self-harm through repeated, unsafe interactions.

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/

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/