A fire burning in a four-story residential structure was knocked down in Van Nuys Sunday. Around 5:35 p.m. Sunday, crews responded to the 6700 block of North Sylmar Avenue, east of the San Diego (405) Freeway,

Spectrum believes cable-cutters were looking for copper and — though they found none — they severed fiber-optic cables, causing a widespread internet outage.

Extra crews were brought in, and Spectrum said service had been restored to the Ventura area by 9 a.m. Some local residents, however, reported service interruptions throughout the day. Most customers in the Los Angeles area also had service restored by Sunday night, officials said.

A body was discovered near the on-ramp of a major freeway in Van Nuys Sunday. Officials received reports of a deceased individual near the Haskell Avenue on-ramp to the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway,

An investigation is underway after a dead body was discovered near an on-ramp of a freeway in L.A. County. According to officials at the California Highway Patrol, authorities received a