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A local emergency is in effect in Newport Beach after much of the Balboa Peninsula flooded this morning.

A study by the University of Toronto found that humans sleep soundly next to their dogs! We asked an expert for their thoughts. Completely unrelated, but does anyone speak dog?

Music: Happy Family by More than Family

Our KNX Heroes of the Week, LAPD Officers Joseph Murphy and Yevgeny Shipley, turned a tragic moment into a heroic display of teamwork and saved a man’s life!
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This weekend has everything from racing wiener dogs to a Halloween costume contest for your pup!

Music: Habanera Cruise by Tiki Tiki

The legendary Mike Ditka has died. Ditka was the first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He also rose to national prominence after leading the '85 Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl victory. He was 86 years old.

Big waves are battering the low sea wall on the Long Beach Peninsula, flooding the area and threatening the homes there.

A brush fire called the Danny Fire is burning out of control in Gorman and has led to the closure of the 5 freeway in both directions over the Grapevine.

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Long Beach Police is seeking the public's help to identify a man involved in a deadly hit-and-run that took place on Sept. 4 at West Pacific Coast Highway and Canal Ave.

Thursday night can take you from Italian food history to country music to a 1930s-inspired magic show!

Music: Breeze groove by _91nova

The Feds, with the help of LAPD cops, say they've upended the most powerful drug gangs that have been operating in L.A.'s Skid Row.

The Pentagon has announced that the Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be executed by firing squad and that it will be live-streamed in December. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people and injuring 32 others in a shooting at the military base in 2009.

Local police and FBI agents swarmed an area of Skid Row and made more than 20 arrests as part of a drug raid on Thursday morning. Joint raids hit homes across the city before dawn, followed by a midmorning sweep in downtown L.A. centered around Fifth and Crocker.

Following a historic 265 days at sea without a single port visit, the USS Abraham Lincoln returned to San Diego on Thursday, where 5,000 sailors were reunited with celebrating families.

Video: AP

The Trump Administration is accusing Microsoft of abusing a program that helps foreign workers apply for green cards and is suspending the company from it. Vice President Vance claims Microsoft laid off 6,000 workers and then benefited from the program.

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The four astronauts of NASA's Crew-12 mission landed safely in the ocean off Los Angeles following eight months on the International Space Station. Their space capsule hit speeds of 17,500 miles per hour before parachuting into the Pacific.

Video: SpaceX/NASA

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and at City of Hope Orange County, more than two dozen survivors were celebrated today during a special 'pink coat' ceremony.

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The Museum of Tolerance lit its Los Angeles building in blue on Tuesday night to mark the third anniversary of the October 7th attacks. The building will stay blue for 72 hours.

There are growing questions about how death row inmate Christa Pike survived a lethal injection. Her attorney, Randy Spivey said Pike is now awake after being unconscious for several days. The state is conducting a review of what went wrong.

A 55-year-old man from L.A. has been charged with killing a Culver City bus driver last week. Prosecutors say Jose Antonio Zayas is a convicted felon and shot Bruce Rodriguez after asking him to stop the bus so he could get off.

Photo: LAPD Gang and Narcotics Division

A piece of Southern California’s space history is getting a second life in Downey. A full-size space shuttle mockup that helped shape NASA’s shuttle program is being restored and will eventually go on display.