It’s Make-A-Wish Wednesday! Wish kid Jaxx Hoppe and his mom Bree joined us live to share details on how the Make-A-Wish Foundation helped bring joy to their family with a trip to Hawaii.

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This segment aired on the KTLA 5 News at Noon on Dec. 11, 2024.

An audit into Los Angeles’ homelessness services has found a slew of problems within the system.

L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia released the Pathways to Permanent Housing Homelessness Audit on Tuesday, which analyzed city-funded interim housing programs that were operational between 2019 and 2023. These included crisis and bridge shelters, A Bridge Home, hotel and motel-based programs and tiny home villages.

KTLA's Omar Lewis reports on Dec. 11, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/audit-finds-1-in-4-shelter-beds-in-los-angeles-went-unused-costing-taxpayers-218-million/

Prosecutors say a gun found with Luigi Mangione matches slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. KTLA's Mary Beth McDade has the latest on the investigation. Dec. 11, 2024.

Hannah Kobayashi, who vanished in Los Angeles last month, was located and is safe, her family said in a statement shared by attorney Sara Azari. What we know: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/missing-woman-who-vanished-in-los-angeles-found-safe-family-says/

Luigi Mangione, suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, contested his extradition to New York at a court hearing Tuesday, though it isn’t expected to delay legal proceedings significantly. Police are investigating a fingerprint found on a recovered cellphone, but have not said whether it matches Mangione. Little new information has come out about a possible motive, though writings found in Mangione’s possession hint at a hatred of corporate greed. He remains jailed in Pennsylvania. KTLA 5's Jacqueline Sarkissian reports. (Dec. 11, 2024)

Southern California will get a couple of chances at receiving measurable rain this week and into the weekend.

Henry DiCarlo has KTLA's forecast on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024.

You might need a bigger cart. At least that’s what Hyundai says of their newly launched partnership with Amazon, where the South Korean automakers now have cars available for purchase. (Dec. 11, 2024)

A wind-driven wildfire burning in Malibu grew by hundreds of acres overnight but crews have managed to gain some containment as of Wednesday morning. Officials held a press conference shortly after 8 a.m. to provide an update to residents on the status of the firefight. (Dec. 11, 2024)

An audit into Los Angeles’ homelessness services has found a slew of problems within the system, including “severe” issues and “vastly inadequate” program management and monitoring. To top it off, over the five-year scope covered in the audit, an average of one in four interim beds – described by officials as “the gateway to permanent housing” – went unused, costing Los Angeles taxpayers an estimated $218 million.  KTLA 5's Omar Lewis reports. (Dec. 11, 2024)

A wind-driven wildfire burning in Malibu grew by more than thousands of acres overnight and was burning in a southwesterly direction Wednesday morning.

KTLA's Carlos Herrera reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Dec. 11, 2024.

The man charged with murder in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare made it clear he wasn’t going to make things easy on authorities, shouting unintelligibly and writhing in the grip of sheriff’s deputies as he was led into court and then objecting to being brought to New York to face trial.

John Fenoglio reports on Dec. 10, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/ap-us-news/ap-man-accused-of-killing-unitedhealthcares-ceo-shouts-on-way-into-courthouse-and-fights-extradition/

Two arrests have been made in the targeted killing of a beloved Woodland Hills doctor earlier this year outside of the clinic where he practiced medicine, officials announced Tuesday.

This report aired on Dec. 10, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/arrests-made-in-ambush-style-murder-of-beloved-southern-california-doctor/

A Chinese national who resides in Brentwood was arrested moments before boarding a flight to China following allegations that he flew a drone over Vandenberg Space Force Base late last month and took photos, officials announced Monday.

This report aired on Dec. 10, 2024.

Details: https://ktla.com/news/california/chinese-national-caught-photographing-vandenberg-space-force-base-from-drone/