Los Angeles, Ca
1 dead after planes collide mid-air in Los Angeles County
The Los Angeles County Fire Department is investigating after two small planes collided mid-air in Lancaster on Sunday afternoon.
A call regarding two downed planes came in at 12:53 p.m., an L.A. County Fire Department spokesperson told KTLA.
County fire officials later confirmed that the planes did collide mid-air. One pilot was killed while the other reported no injuries.
One of the planes crash landed on Avenue G near 60th Street East, fire officials said, and CHP confirmed to KTLA that the other aircraft crashed near 47th Street East and Avenue F, which is approximately two miles to the southeast.
In an update issued about two hours after the collision, the FAA stated that the two planes involved were two single-engine aircraft: a Nanchang CJ-6 and a Yakovlev Yak-52.
The pilots were the only ones in their respective planes, the FAA added.
Witnesses told KTLA that the pilot of one of the planes was walking around outside, appearing distressed, after his plane crashed.
“He said he was alright, but he said it was terrible,” one witness said.
That pilot is cooperating with investigators, authorities said.
The crash, which happened in a relatively remote area, could have caused more damage had it occurred directly over homes.
“If it was over the city of L.A. or something, there would have been a lot of people,” another witness said. “It was a blessing actually in disguise that it happened over here.”
CHP, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department are at the scene handling the investigation. In addition, the NTSB will also conduct their own probe into the cause of the crash.
The name of the deceased pilot was not yet released as of Sunday evening.
This is a developing story. Stay with KTLA for updates.
Luis Zuñiga contributed to this report.
If you live or want to live in Los Angeles, the city controller has released a new dashboard highlighting some of the city’s most notorious problem rental properties, a tool designed to help renters avoid future headaches.
“This project comes at a time when tenants are reporting harassment and illegal evictions violating the City’s Rent Stabilization Ordinance, Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance and Tenant Anti‑Harassment Ordinance, but very few of the complaints end up leading to strong enforcement or real accountability,” L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said in a media release Thursday.
The new Top 100 Problem Rental Properties dashboard includes a searchable database of all residential addresses with reported housing violation cases within the city of Los Angeles, a ranked list of the 100 addresses with the most violations and an interactive map.
“There has never before been an uncomplicated way for anyone to look up years’ worth of violations by address,” Mejia said in the release.
Data for the dashboard was compiled from multiple sources, including the Los Angeles Housing Department, Los Angeles City Planning and the L.A. County Assessor’s Office, according to the controller’s office.
The release also identified the top three addresses with the highest number of reported housing violations:
1. 636 1/2 North Hill Place, Chinatown
192 housing violation cases
2. 11700 West Wilshire Boulevard, Sawtelle
166 housing violation cases
3. 6650 West Forest Lawn Drive, Hollywood Hills
113 housing violation cases
“Our new dashboard is an easy‑to‑understand public tool that we hope will help renters and organizers document patterns of harm, as well as put pressure on both landlords and the City to act,” Mejia said. “Everyone deserves safe, stable and dignified housing.”
Authorities discovered millions of dollars worth of counterfeit luxury goods in a downtown Los Angeles bust.
On May 14, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at two locations — a retail store in the 500 Block of South Los Angeles Street and a commercial warehouse in the 500 Block of Main Street.
Inside the warehouse, deputies found a significant amount of counterfeit luxury merchandise. In total, the retail value of the goods was estimated between $5 million and $10 million.
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Authorities discovered a warehouse filled with counterfeit luxury goods worth an estimated $5-$10 million in a downtown Los Angeles bust operation on May 14, 2026. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)
Two unidentified suspects, a man and a woman, were taken into custody.
“This remains an active investigation,” LASD said. “Additional arrests or charges are possible as the case progresses.”
Anyone with information on the case is asked to call LASD’s Major Crimes Bureau’s Tip Line at 562-946-7893.
Anonymous tips can be provided to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at lacrimestoppers.org.
At least one person was critically injured in a house fire that erupted in Montebello early Thursday morning.
Crews responded to the blaze engulfing a detached unit in the 100 block of South 5th Street near West Whittier Boulevard around 5 a.m.
Flames quickly spread to a nearby electrical pole, blowing a fuse and knocking out power in the area. Sparks could be seen as a loud pop was heard in a Citizen.com video later obtained by KTLA.
At least one person was believed to be in critical condition due to burn injuries, though officials have not released further details.
There was no immediate word on a possible cause of the fire.
A neighbor told KTLA that three people lived inside the home, including a child.
This is a developing story.
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