Sunday's plane crash near Tehachapi in Kern County has resulted in a rapidly spreading brush fire. More than 4,000 acres have burned in the blaze, and 30 homes have been forced to evacuate. more ›

The NTSB is investigating a small plane that crashed in Riverside County near Corona on Saturday, killing two people, according to ABC Local. more ›

Authorities say a woman and two children were killed in Sunday's fiery plane crash of a Cessna 210 near a San Bernardino County airport, reports the OC Register. Said a spokesman for the FAA, the small single-engine aircraft departed John Wayne Airport and for Henderson Executive Airport in Las Vegas when it crashed. more ›

Officials say a twin-engine plane crashed near Long Beach Airport on Wednesday morning, reports LA Now. Though few details were immediately available, an FAA spokesman said the aircraft caught fire after crashing. more ›

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A small plane crash on Santa Catalina Island Sunday afternoon left three people injured and ignited a brush fire. The incident occurred around 3:40 p.m. when a twin-engine Cessna 310 experienced a failed engine as it left the the island's "Airport in the Sky," crashing about a half-mile away, according to the Associated Press. more ›

A small plane crashed early this evening at Penmar Golf Course in Venice, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. more ›

When El Monte Assistant Principal Bobby Salcedo was kidnapped and later executed in Mexico during the holidays, LAist's phone rang--someone had a story idea for us. "Would you like to write a story about kidnap and ransom insurance?" more ›

The missing charter plane bound to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana from Catalina was found this morning on top of a hill just west of the island's airport. Three burned bodies were found inside. The LA Times found that the pilot, Mark Hogland, was not licensed to fly commercial flights like the one he allegedly was doing when the plane crash. more ›

A small airplane crashed at Santa Monica Airport around 5:05 p.m. tonight leaving at least two people dead inside. "The single-engine airplane crashed during take-off at the west end of the airport runway," according to Ian Gregor, Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson, per KABC. Upon impact, the plane was engulfed in flames. No one on the ground was hurt. It's been a crazy and unfortunate two days in Los Angeles. Twitter user Marc Chambers summed it all up: "Plane crash at santa monica airport, u-haul chase, murder/suicide yesterday ... its the apocalypse." A police officer also died early this morning in a head on crash on the 10 freeway. more ›

According to MTV News, Adam DJ AM Goldstein has been released from the hospital and is back in Los Angeles. A spokesperson for DJ AM said, "While he is deeply saddened by the events, he is thankful for all of the love and support he has been receiving from fans and friends worldwide. We ask that you continue to respect his privacy as he rests and heals and mourns the loss of his friends." Travis Barker has had multiple surgeries and is still being treated at the Augusta Burn Center for the injuries he sustained in the plane crash last Saturday. more ›

The Van Nuys-bound Learjet carrying DJ AM and former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker that crashed Saturday morning killing four others has sad twist. One of the victims, Chris Baker who was Barker's personal assistant, lost his brother last month. "Baker's death was the second tragedy to hit the family. Last month, Baker's 24-year-old brother, Rob, was killed in a motorcycle in Sacramento," the SacBee reported. more ›

According to E! Online Travis Barker and DJ AM have been critically injured in a private plane crash in South Carolina. The plane, bound for Van Nuys, went off the runway and crashed in a nearby road. Four people died in the crash including pilot, Sarah Lemmon, co-pilot James Bland, and Travis Barker's assistant Chris Baker. more ›

A Southwest flight and a Skywest turboprop had a close call runway incursion Sunday morning. Albeit considered minor, it was the eighth such incident since October. more ›

At least four people were critically injured after a twin-engine Cessna 310 airplane crashed in the 500 block of West Cypress in Compton this afternoon. more ›

• As was reported today on LAist, the writer's strike, which cost the city about $1 billion, is nearly over. We all know how involved Mayor V has been nudging the two sides back together. Oh, wait. But at least he weighed in today: "This agreement is a blockbuster for the Los Angeles economy. It will put thousands of writers, set designers, caterers, and behind-the-scenes workers back on the job this week." Blockbuster! HA!
• Election central: Barack Obama added a Grammy to his momentous weekend and Hillary Clinton sacked her campaign manager today. Obama won the award for his oratorically smooth stylins, reading Audacity of Hope and Clinton announced today that she replaced her campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle with longtime aide Maggie Williams in what has had to be a long weekend for beset by four resounding primary and caucus wins by Obama in Washington, Maine, Louisiana and Nebraska.
• The rest of the Grammy winners can be found here and you'll be happy to know that Jimmy Sturr And His Orchestra took the prize for best polka album.
• Is Scientology a cult? Blogging.la found a few Anonymous people who might think so at a demonstration outside the L. Ron Hubbard center on Sunset today.
• A week after a plane crashed into the mountains near Banning Pass, rescuers reported Sunday that they have found the plane more than 11 miles from the site where it was originally reported missing. The fate of all four people on the plane is still unknown.
• Six kids and three adults from southern California fell ill today in D.C., where the group of students from West Covina and their chaperone's were visiting the White House. Insert [Bush Makes Me Sick, Too] joke here.
• From the turnabout is fair play department: A former Internal Revenue Service officer working as a tax preparer in Inglewood has been arrested in connection with an alleged scheme to defraud the government by filing false tax returns. How big of an economic stimulus check do you think he's getting?

Hi plane that crashed into some houses in Upland! Hi LAist. Ow. Whats up? Not me, I'm crashed into the roof of some guy's garage. Oooo. You sure are. What the heck are you doing up there? Hurtin', bro. Hurtin. Eff! I was minding my own business flying around here in Upland and we were making our approach to Cable Airport and the flight instructor said "ok now watch, this is how you do it."... more ›

Driving through the Valley down Saticoy, just West of Shoup in Canoga Park, we stumbled across a plane crash! Flaming pieces of a jet smashed into a home, luggage and body parts strewn about, and police tape everywhere. We pulled over to see what we could do and realized that all of it was just an elaborate Halloween decoration. All we can say is wow, this is dedcation! Video after the jump!... more ›