It’s time to dream big and help Special Olympics! Tickets are on sale now for the Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) Dream Big Raffle. For $150, each ticket helps fund year-round programs for athletes with intellectual disabilities, and you can win big prizes too. Dream Big Raffle is the biggest fundraiser for SOSC and features over 2,800 prizes, including luxury vehicles, cash, vacations, and a grand prize choice between a custom Southern California home or $1 million in cash. Olivia de Bortoli tours the dream house and meets two Special Olympics athletes.

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Authorities are searching for suspects and working to confirm if two home invasion robberies that took place overnight in Los Angeles are related.  KTLA 5's Carlos Herrera reports. (April 19, 2025)

Pasadena residents are being warned after elevated lead levels have been found in at least two local parks. KTLA's Rick Chambers reports on April 18, 2025. Details: KTLA.com

Officers pursued a high-speed suspect driver in Los Angeles County Friday night.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/live-police-pursue-suspect-driver-in-l-a-county/

New details have emerged about a Maryland man who was deported to El Salvador. KTLA's John Fenoglio reports live on April 18, 2025. Details: https://ktla.com/news/ap-us-news/ap-maryland-senator-is-returning-to-us-after-pushing-for-abrego-garcias-release-and-meeting-with-him/

An international student attending UCLA has been detained at the U.S.-Mexico border as the administration of President Donald Trump continues to cancel student visas across the nation. KTLA's Mary Beth McDade reports on April 18, 2025. Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/international-ucla-student-detained-at-u-s-mexico-border/

Police pursued an armed robbery suspect in L.A.County on Friday night.

Gil Leyvas reports from Sky5.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/officers-in-pursuit-of-possible-armed-robbery-suspect-in-los-angeles/

The Los Angeles Mission hosted its annual Easter supper by providing thousands of free hot meals, along with many Easter baskets and more to those in need.

KTLA's Ellina Abovian reports on April 18, 2025.

Details: https://losangelesmission.org/

An international student attending UCLA has been detained at the U.S.-Mexico border as the administration of President Donald Trump continues to cancel student visas across the nation. In a statement, via the university's student-run newspaper The Daily Bruin, UCLA Vice Chancellor for Strategic Communications Mary Osako confirmed that a graduate student was in custody.

KTLA's Sandra Mitchell reports on April 18, 2025.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/international-ucla-student-detained-at-u-s-mexico-border/

This week, interim LAFD chief Ronnie Villanueva released a memo, indicating that nearly a third of fires in LA over the past six years involved homeless people. Rubbish fires, meanwhile, surged some 475% between 2014 and 2024 to 31,965. The increase ia putting a strain on resources and personnel within the fire department. With more on the crisis, the strain, and morale within the department, Micah Ohlman and Cher Calvin are joined by Freddy Escobar, President of the United Firefighters of Los Angeles. April 18, 2025.

April 21, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is set to release her highly-anticipated budget proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year. This, as the city faces a billion dollar deficit, with the City Administrator warning that thousands of layoffs are possible in order to fill that hole. In his latest column for Westside Current, Jon Regardie previews some of the tough decisions that may need to be made during the city's "epic budget meltdown." Regardie joins Cher Calvin and Micah Ohlman with more. April 18, 2025.

A Simi Valley woman was caught on camera assaulting a 7-month pregnant street vendor after berating her with racist remarks. KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff reports on April 18, 2025. Details: KTLA.com.

Family members are grieving after a Christian Barragan, 37, of Riverside, was killed when a suspected DUI driver crashed into him at high speeds in downtown Riverside on April 16.

KTLA's Shelby Nelson reports on April 18, 2025.