Moreno, born in Orange County, joined the Angel City Air helicopter team in 2010, the same year she earned a broadcast journalism and political science degree from Chapman University. She reported for several Southern California news outlets and began flying with Marciniw in 2023, the NBC4 website said.
Marciniw grew up in Southern California and graduated from Burbank High School in 1974.
Losing five Angelenos is very painful, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. And I know this community of Chatsworth, hit hard, will be grieving for some time.
NBC4 and Telemundo 52 Los Angeles said in a statement they are deeply saddened and extended heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of those who lost their lives.
Gov. Gavin Newsom thanked the emergency crews responding to both crashes and said in a post on X that our hearts are with the victims and families.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration said personnel will arrive Wednesday to begin an investigation into the cause of the helicopter crash.
There have been at least eight fatal crashes involving news helicopters in the U.S. since 2000, killing 16 people, according to a review of federal accident records and news accounts.
They include a 2023 crash in a New Jersey forest that killed the pilot and a photographer aboard a helicopter used by Philadelphia station WPVI and a 2022 crash beside a Charlotte, North Carolina, interstate that killed a pilot and meteorologist during a training flight for WBTV.
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This story has been updated to correct that Marciniw, not Moreno, graduated from Burbank High School.
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Golden reported from Seattle.