Valley Village

The medical examiner has released the cause of death of a 4-year-old girl who was left in a van in Valley Village in May after a school carpool drop-off. The cause of death was environmental hyperthermia — the body’s absorption of heat, causing a dangerous rise in core temperature — after the girl was left in an enclosed automobile, according…

Valley Village residents are mourning the death of a 4-year-old child who was found inside a car. Keenan Willard reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Police are investigating the death of a 4-year-old child who was left in a car in Valley Village. Keenan Willard reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.

Police are investigating the death of a young child who was allegedly left in a car in Valley Village, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

A Los Angeles city dump truck was partially suspended over the side of a concrete flood channel Thursday in the Valley Village area. LAFD crews were working to recover the unoccupied truck from what the agency described a “precarious position.” The truck appeared to have crashed through a chain link fence before coming to a stop with its front wheels…

Two men were sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for a 2024 attempted burglary of a Valley Village home, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office exclusively told NBC4 Investigates Thursday. The homeowner was inside the home on July 8, 2024 when the men broke into the house on Addison Street near Colfax Avenue. The property owner fired his…

Prosecutors have now charged Erick Escamilla with the 2022 murder of an 81-year-old woman and the 2022 attempted murder of another man. Investigative Reporter Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Prosecutors have now charged Erick Escamilla with the 2022 murder of an 81-year-old woman and the 2022 attempted murder of another man.

The man, nude from the waist down, entered the home through the unlocked back door Thursday morning. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 5, 2025.

Another trespasser in Valley Village unnerved neighbors a month weeks after an intruder broke into an apartment before killing the resident inside. 

Police arrested 27-year-old Erick Escamilla who now faces murder and burglary charges for a killing at a Valley Village apartment. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on May 9, 2025.

A 27-year-old man arrested in the killing of a Valley Village resident entered the victim’s apartment through the skylight of a vacant unit at the San Fernando Valley residential complex, police said Friday. Erick Escamilla, 27, was arrested Thursday at a hospital in connection with the killing of 53-year-old Menashe Hidra, who was also known as Manny. Details about why…

The LAPD announced they made an arrest Thursday for the murder of a 53-year-old man at his apartment in Valley Village. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on May 9, 2025.

The man is accused of breaking into the Valley Village apartment before killing a resident. This video was broadcast during the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2025.

Authorities arrested a man they say is connected to the killing of a Valley Village resident inside their apartment home.

Burbank police say they are looking for more victims of a Valley Village man who is accused of luring underage girls with drugs and alcohol.

Burbank police say a Valley Village man used at least 5 Instagram handles to lure underage girls to meet him in person for sex, and believe there could be more. Macy Jenkins reports for the NBC4 News at 7 p.m. on May 1, 2025.

Some people who live at the Ashton Sherman Village Apartments said they’ve complained to management about a lack of security. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

The man broke into the apartment and killed a resident inside following a violent struggle, police said. This video was broadcast during Today In LA at 6 a.m. on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

The alleged killer broke into the victim’s apartment, police said.