Spectrum News 1 SoCal

07/28/2025

"In Focus SoCal" host Tanya McRae talks to Soo Jin Lee, LMFT and executive director of the Yellow Chair Collective, about unique mental health challenges facing people of color.
Watch the full "In Focus" interview here: http://specne.ws/fWn3dW

07/28/2025

Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg — whose family name graces everything from a performing arts center to a wildlife crossing — has died. She was 86.

Learn more about her legacy:

She died of lung cancer

07/28/2025

"In Focus SoCal" host Tanya McRae speaks with LA Councilmember John Lee about a pilot program to prevent thieves from stealing copper wire from streetlights.
Watch the interview here: http://specne.ws/rzdfJj

07/25/2025

Sen. Alex Padilla reintroduced a bill that would update an almost 100-year-old law and make more immigrants eligible for permanent residency.

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The bill would update a law known as the Registry Act

07/25/2025

For the second consecutive night, protesters clashed with LAPD officers during a demonstration against immigration detentions in downtown LA.

Learn more about what took place outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center:

One person was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon

07/24/2025

An LAPD sergeant, who was killed when he and a motorist were struck on the 405 Freeway near Bel-Air, was eulogized at his funeral today in Covina as a selfless man who died in the act of service.

Learn more about the service for the fallen sergeant:

Sgt. Shiou Deng was killed June 23

07/23/2025

Citing repeated operational failures at two LA County juvenile halls, AG Rob Bonta said his office will move to establish a receivership for the county's troubled juvenile detention system.

Learn more about the proposal:

Janice Hahn supported the proposal

07/23/2025

A doctor pleaded guilty to giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to his overdose death. Dr. Salvador Plasencia became the fourth of five people charged in connection with Perry's death to plead guilty.

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Plasencia, 43, was to have gone on trial in August

07/23/2025

Prosecutors charged Fernando Ramirez, the driver accused of intentionally ramming his car into a crowd outside an LA nightclub over the weekend, with 37 counts of attempted murder.

If convicted, he could face multiple life sentences.

The crash was reported Saturday

07/22/2025

The discovery of human remains in the Eaton Fire burn area raises the wildfire’s death toll to 19 in Altadena, LA County officials said.

The total death toll related to January’s wildfires is now 31, with 12 in the Palisades Fire.

The Eaton Fire ignited Jan. 7

07/21/2025

In a new episode of "In Focus SoCal," host Tanya McRae speaks with Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur about the expansion of California's film and television tax credit program.

Watch the full "In Focus" interview here: http://specne.ws/YQHwtf

07/21/2025

In a new episode of "In Focus SoCal," host Tanya McRae talks to LGBTQ+ advocate Bridget McCarthy with the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention about the elimination of the 998 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline's specialized service for LGBTQ+ youth.

Watch the full interview here: http://specne.ws/NvbKdV