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Andrea Morris collapsed at work and was placed in a medically induced coma after her sudden cardiac arrest and lack of oxygen to her brain.

A judge will soon decide whether an hospital in Upland will pay for work comp for a nurse who suffered a stroke during her shift. The I-Team’s Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024.

A stretch of Hollywood Boulevard just east of the famous Walk of Fame had been covered with homeless tents for years, until LA was about to host a huge event that brought thousands of people to the area.

The NBC4 I-Team and Telemundo 52 Investiga sit down with California’s Insurance Commissioner and find out about the statewide action being taken concerning silicosis, based on our continued reporting.

A 36-year-old man who was diagnosed with silicosis, an incurable lung disease that commonly affects stone-cutting workers, was denied coverage from his employer. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024.

A hotline meant for handling child abuse or neglect allegations in LA County is seeing more calls for help than in the past few years. But as it turns out, many of those calls don’t require an investigation, but instead need other help. Lolita Lopez reports for the I-Team at 6 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2024.

A Fullerton mother who reached out to NBC4 got a $6,000 bill from SoCal Edison cleared thanks to the I-Team. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.

A Los Angeles woman raised concerns about public safety after she was violently assaulted while walking her dog in the middle of a day in the Fairfax neighborhood.

A woman says a car rental company charged her for damage she didn’t cause during a trip to Southern California, and her credit card company didn’t have her back.

When a woman was charged an extra fee from a car rental company she used, she disputed the transaction on her credit card but found her bank didn’t support her. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Wednesday, July 10, 2024.

Illegal fireworks are causing hundreds of fires every year in the city of Los Angeles. Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on June 25, 2024. 

Nearly every weekend lately, groups of young people shoot off dozens of illegal fireworks on a quiet street next to Los Angeles’ Harbor Gateway neighborhood, and one of the mortars landed on the roof of a house on the corner of Denver Avenue and 158th Street.

The investigative arm of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners has clarified that an investigation into a complaint that former LAPD Chief Michel Moore directed an investigation of Mayor Karen Bass over her receipt of a USC scholarship was closed without a formal finding by the Commission because of Moore’s early retirement in January.

The woman accused of killing a man and injuring two others had been arrested on a gun charge but avoided jail time. The I-Team’s Eric Leonard reports. 

Some fires at Los Angeles homeless encampment are apparently started when the homeless tap into city electrical wires to bring power to their tents.

While landline services may be some people’s lifeline in an emergency, AT&T appears to want to pivot away from them in California. The I-Team’s Carolyn Johnson reports on March  18, 2024.

Vart Mosikian spends a lot of time these days in her childhood home in Montebello. Her elderly mother is sick. But Vart can’t be there all the time, so the home’s landline is crucial.  “For me to know that my mom or the caregiver can’t pick up the phone and call 911 is stressful,” said Mosikian. But that’s what...

There have been dozens of new criminal filings at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall since July 2023, the NBCLA I-Team learned. The I-Team’s Lolita Lopez reports on March 13, 2024.

The plastic surgeon known as Dr. Laguna has reached a multi-million-dollar settlement with dozens of his former patients, and what happened to one of them is highlighted in a new accusation by the Medical Board.

The parents of a man who ended his life while seeking treatment at an Orange County mental health facility is opening up about their grief and family’s experience in hopes of preventing future tragedies. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Feb. 2, 2024.