Los Angeles-based production company 41D Film Partners, LLC is turning Randal Simmons’ life story into the movie Man of Valor: The Life, Death and Legacy of LAPD SWAT officer, Randy Simmons. The 27-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran and SWAT officer was killed in the line of duty on February Read more
The main water line that erupted in Studio City over the weekend is right in front of the cream-colored house Ann Nicholas shares with her family. She owns a small business in the neighborhood and was on a business trip when gushing water shot right towards her home. A frantic phone Read more
Families facing the worst, and not knowing what to expect until they get there. Patricia Nazario speaks with one survivor and explains that while some homes were completely destroyed, the blaze inexplicably spared others. As the U.S. Forest Services continues escorting families back to their remote properties Read more
From rural communities in Acton, the line of flames in the Station Fire spread south across 20 miles towards Pasadena, threatening the iconic observatory on Mount Wilson, as well as numerous TV, radio and cell towers on the peak. Patricia Nazario reports, the Southland’s protracted drought makes ideal weather conditions Read more
Still shy of his 18th birthday, Zac Sunderland pulls into port at Marina del Rey after sailing around the world by himself. Patricia Nazario was there and has this live report:
La Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos (NAHJ) tuvo su 27 convención anual en San Juan de Puerto Rico del 24 al 27 de junio del 2009. Docenas de estudiantes desde universidades, a nivel nacional, trabajan juntos con reporteros, productores y fotógrafos expertos para producir historias noticiosas profesionales. Emplean la nueva Read more
Supporters of women’s rights gather downtown Los Angeles to speak out for health access, and Patricia Nazario goes live on The Takeaway:
High winds and hot embers create what fire officials call, “the perfect storm” in the Sayre Fire, so they urge families to evacuate ahead of the flames moving fast across the north San Fernando Valley. As part of the award-winning “Ashes of Oakridge” coverage, Patrica Nazario speaks with one Sylmar Read more
With the deadline of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 extended to December 2018, Metrolink leads the nation as the first commuter rail to run Positive Train Control, or PTC, systemwide. In its official report of the 2008 Metrolink Chatsworth crash, the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, cited that PTC’s GPS Read more
The National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, investigates all railroad collisions in the United States and issues a report after each review. Since 1996, those analyses are online, including the 83-page detailed description of the 2008 Chatsworth Metrolink crash. As Patricia Nazario reports live from the crash, the horrific accident Read more