An investigation is underway after burglars used a vehicle to smash in the front of a shoe store in downtown Los Angeles overnight.

This video aired on the KTLA 5 Morning News on April 1, 2025.

A hit-and-run crash on the 134 Freeway around Eagle Rock unleashed a bizarre chain events, including a manhunt, a police shooting, one arrest and two detained as at least two suspects remain at-large. Mary Beth McDade reports on April 8, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/manhunt-underway-for-possible-armed-suspect-in-los-angeles-neighborhood/

The soccer coach accused of killing a 13-year-old boy whose body was found in a ditch in Ventura County last week is an undocumented immigrant who was previously accused of sexually assaulting minors. Sandra Mitchell reports April 8, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/coach-accused-of-killing-boy-13-is-undocumented-immigrant-l-a-times/

A Roman Catholic priest serving in Downey has been arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor. Carlos Saucedo reports April 8, 2025. Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/downey-priest-arrested-for-sex-abuse-of-minor-archdiocese/

The Supreme Court handing the Trump administration a series of victories, albeit narrow ones, this week, as it overturned lower court rulings regarding the administration's use of an 18th century wartime law to justify the deportations of Venezuelans while also temporarily halting an order that some 16,000 fired probationary workers be reinstated. With more on those rulings, and the implications of the long-term battle between the White House and the judicial branch, Micah Ohlman and Courtney Friel are joined by Loyola Law Professor Jessica Levinson. April 8, 2025.

The KTLA 5 News team covers the day's top local and national news. April 8, 2025.

Around three months after the devastating Palisades fire tore through thousands of structures and prompted the mass evacuation of residents in the Pacific Palisades area, locals are slowly cleaning up and rebuilding their homes and their lives.

KTLA's Sara Welch reports on April 8, 2025.

Mario Edgardo Garcia Aquino, 43, the soccer coach accused of killing a 13-year-old boy whose body was found in a ditch in Ventura County, is an undocumented immigrant who was previously accused of sexually assaulting minors, the Los Angeles Times reports.

KTLA's Chris Wolfe reports on April 8, 2025.

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A dad, returning from the military, surprised his third grader son while in class at a Banning elementary school. KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports live on April 8, 2025. Details: KTLA.com

A multi-vehicle crash on the 134 Freeway near the Los Angeles’ neighborhood of Eagle Rock set off a bizarre chain of events, including a manhunt, that continue to evolve with police locking down the neighborhood.

KTLA's Mary Beth McDade reports on April 8, 2025.

Michael Lugrain, a U.S. Air Force civil engineer, returned home to Riverside County and surprised his son at school.

KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports on April 8, 2025.

At least one suspect is in custody and another is at-large amid a manhunt in Eagle Rock after a three-vehicle traffic collision on a nearby freeway and reports of shots fired, officials with the California Highway Patrol confirmed to KTLA. Sky5 was overhead. Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/manhunt-underway-for-possible-armed-suspect-in-los-angeles-neighborhood/

A music executive who authorities say is a leader of a notorious Los Angeles street gang appeared in court Tuesday to face charges alleging he used his influence to extort wealthy individuals, stole from his charity and murdered a young rapper signed to his label.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/hip-hop-exec-accused-l-a-gang-leader-pleads-not-guilty-to-extortion-murder-charges/

This story aired on the KTLA 5 News at 1 on April 8, 2025.