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Check fraud has exploded since the pandemic, but there are ways to protect your money. The I-Team’s Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024.

The NBC4 I-Team and NBC data analysts reviewed reports of coyote interactions to the California Department of Fish and Wildfire and discovered what areas are reporting most sightings in LA County. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Sept. 26, 2024.

SoCal plastic surgeon Arian Mowlavi is facing two felony counts of battery with serious bodily injury related to two patients, but before his arraignment Wednesday he submitted a financial declaration requesting the court appoint a public defender. Carolyn Johnson reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Sept. 25, 2024.

Heat is the leading cause of climate-related deaths in the country, but knowing how deadly it is? That’s not as clear. 

Experts are calling for more resources to track extreme heat in Southern California. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

For years, one residential section of Hollywood had been plagued by homeless encampments that brought trash, drugs and fires to the area. But now the area remains tent-free.

A residential section of Hollywood is now homeless tent free after being plagued by encampments that brought trash, drugs and fires to the area. The I-Team’s Joel Grover reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sep. 19, 2024. 

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 sudden cardiac arrest 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.