Filmmaker says LA's permits, fees nearly drove him out of Hollywood

FOX 11's Susan Hirasuna spoke with young filmmaker Austin James Wolff on the City of Los Angeles is not doing enough to keep production within Hollywood.

LA Co. deputies pushed to brink amid mandatory double, triple shifts; 13 suicides reported since 2023

LASD is experiencing a mental health crisis, evidenced by at least 13 suicides among current and recently retired employees since 2023, with deputies being pushed to work mandatory double or triple shifts.

Hannah Kobayashi breaks silence after disappearance
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Hannah Kobayashi, a woman from Hawaii whose disappearance drew national headlines, has broken her silence in a video released to the public.

$4.9 million settlement reached in fatal police shooting
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A multi-million dollar settlement has been reached over the 2023 shooting death of Robert Brown by San Bernardino police.

LASD seeing increase in deputy suicides
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Active and retired members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are speaking out about an alarming increase of suicides among deputies.

Mayor Bass aiming to keep film jobs in LA
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Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive order Tuesday directing city departments to cut regulations and streamline processes for the film and television industry, in an effort to make it easier for studios and independent producers to shoot projects in Los Angeles.

Watts metal company shutting down
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A Watts metal company is shutting down after felony toxic waste plea.

Inside ICE's new push to bypass California's sanctuary policies
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A new federal task force is using arrest warrants to force compliance and target undocumented repeat offenders in LA. FOX News Channel's Bill Melugin was the only reporter allowed to witness those arrests.

OC lawmakers discuss bipartisan Brush Fires Act
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New bipartisan legislation aims to tackle the growing wildfire threat in California. It's called the Brushfires Act, targeting fast moving high-risk fires that Ignite in shrublands, not forests. Two members of Congress from Orange County are behind the proposal, Democrat Dave Min from Costa Mesa and Republican Young Kim from Anaheim Hills. They joined FOX 11 to talk about the act as well as other items such as the SALT tax credit.

Crossing Fire burning parts of Riverside County
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A large fire is burning parts of Riverside County, sparking evacuation warnings for some of its residents.

LA raid leads to feds arresting alleged members of Armenian crime ring

Federal authorities conducted raids in Los Angeles and Florida, arresting 13 alleged members of an Armenian crime syndicate with Russian mafia ties.

LA Zoo elephants secretly removed from exhibit, TMZ reports

Tina and Billy, the last two remaining Asian elephants at the LA Zoo, have reportedly been secretly removed.

Woman shot in apparent road rage shooting
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A woman was injured in a car-to-car shooting possibly stemming from road rage in South Los Angeles and authorities are continuing to search for the suspect involved.

21-year-old cop dies in crash after double-shift
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An off-duty LA County deputy, identified as Daniel V. Chavira, died during a three-vehicle collision in Santa Clarita. FOX 11's crews were told Chavira had just completed a double shift and was on his way home when the crash happened.

Raids across LA County leads to series of arrests
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Federal authorities carried out several raids Tuesday across the Los Angeles area resulting in multiple arrests of alleged members of an organized Armenian crime ring with Russian-Mafia ties.

Digital terrorism + hate report card released
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FOX 11 was joined by Vlad Khaykin of the Simon Wiesenthal Center as he explains how these "digital terror and hate report cards" work.