FOX 11 News Los Angeles

A Hollywood stunt man says he's invented a new way to help fight brush fires... a specially-designed tanker truck that blasts water and retardant ahead of oncoming flames. We invited firefighting professionals along for a demonstration. Watch the video report inside the story. Full Story »

Across the nation, more than 800-million cards, letters, and packages were dropped off at the U.S. Post Office on Monday. As Chris Blatchford reports that's why it was the busiest mailing day of the year. Full Story »

Canadian singer Justin Bieber fans were so frenzied that a concert in New York was cancelled and it almost happened again Monday in Commerce. Jane Yamamoto was at the Citadel and has more on what happened in this video report. Full Story »

An area near USC was evacuated Monday afternoon when a suspicious package was found. The package turned out to be a pipe bomb that was attached to a woman's car at 36th and Normandie. Gigi Graciette has the video report. Full Story »

Orange County sheriff's officials say several family members were found dead in a home in an upscale neighborhood of San Clemente on Monday. Just what happened is under investigation. Watch Al Naipo's video report inside the story. Full Story »

Police are surrounding an apartment unit in a Studio City complex where a man has barricaded himself, authorities said. Hal Eisner has the video report. Full Story »

A Los Angeles police audit concludes the department bungled millions of dollars in purchases through policy violations and poor record-keeping. Full Story »

A Southern California high school says one of its student leaders has died from drinking too much alcohol. Watch the video reports inside the story. Full Story »

A man attacked by two pit bulls while out for a walk was hospitalized today Full Story »

Crews worked this morning to clean up a huge mess caused by a broken water main in Silver Lake and restore service to a score of customers, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reported. Full Story »

The search continues for a 21-year-old Orange County man who mysteriously disappeared over the weekend. James Wernke was last seen after taking his girlfriend's dog for a walk in Fullerton on Saturday afternoon. Full Story »

A man was arrested in Bell for allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian, dragging the victim under his car for over a mile, authorities said Sunday. Watch the video report inside the story. Full Story »

Three men and an 11-year-old boy were rescued by helicopter after being stranded overnight in a Pasadena-area canyon by a debris flow brought by the weekend storm. Full Story »

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association named "The Hurt Locker," a gritty drama about bomb-finding soldiers in Iraq, the best movie of 2009 on Sunday. Full Story »

A 23-year-old woman was shot to death in the Westmont area of South Los Angeles late Saturday night, and sheriff's officials have released a photo of the suspect in hopes of getting help tracking him down. Full Story »

James Hughes, suspected in the 1981 slaying of a Cabazon Band of Mission Indians tribal leader and two other people, was extradited this weekend from Florida to Riverside County for prosecution, according to sheriff's officials. Full Story »

A fire broke out in the attic of West Hills Animal Hospital early Sunday morning. Only one of four animals at the facility survived, according to fire officials. Full Story »

Six Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies battled a fire with a garden hose and used a pickaxe to break through security bars to help rescue a woman and her 14-year-old son. Watch the video report inside the story. Full Story »

Angeles Crest Highway remains closed today after landslides along the roadway trapped dozens of vehicles between La Canada Flintridge and the Mount Wilson area on Saturday. Full Story »

Rain in Los Angeles area caused landslides on Angeles Crest Highway near Mount Wilson, trapping dozens of vehicles and forcing authorities to shut down part of the road. Video report from the scene inside the story. Full Story »

For the second straight year, BusinessWeek named Arcadia as the best city for raising children in California. Two other Los Angeles suburbs, Monterey Park and Diamond Bar, were runners-up. Full Story »

The shooting death of a prominent Los Angeles attorney outside his Rolling Hills Estates home remained a mystery today, as homicide detectives looked into his old cases and business dealings to find out if he had any enemies. Full Story »

French rock legend Johnny Hallyday had a botched medical operation in France and is now in a medically induced coma in a Los Angeles hospital as he recovers from surgery to fix the damage, his producer said. Full Story »

Early this year the Garden Grove High School's football team lost a teammate. They kept Kevin Telles in their hearts and took him with them all the way to Friday night's championship game against La Mirada. Ed Laskos was live in Costa Mesa with the outcome. Full Story »

Thousands of Catholics are celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown LA. The three-day celebration commemorates the 478th anniversary of the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe to an Indian peasant in Mexico. Tricia Takasugi has more on the festivities in this video report. Full Story »