August 2026

Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) announced the launch and open enrollment for the Los Angeles County Financial Clinic, a new, no-cost program designed to help entrepreneurs and small businesses strengthen their financial health, pursue pathways to capital, reduce debt, improve credit, and build long-term financial resilience. read more

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the mailing of voter outreach materials to millions of registered voters across the County as part of voter education efforts for the November 3, 2026 General Election.  read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first local death due to West Nile virus for the 2026 mosquito season. A resident of the San Fernando Valley was hospitalized and died from neurological illness caused by severe West Nile virus.  read more

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman has announced that, to encourage whistleblowers to come forward, charges filed against a Los Angeles police officer accused of illegally recording confidential conversations of his colleagues without their knowledge are being reduced to misdemeanors. read more

A 57-year-old Los Angeles man, who was previously convicted in 2005 of murder and released from prison in 2022, has now been charged with three counts of murder in connection with a triple homicide involving the shooting deaths of three men at a Hollywood apartment last month. read more

Mia Overstreet was 15 years old when she ran out into the street to save a stranger from being strangled to death by a stalker in Torrance; Melissa Par helped capture a man who randomly murdered a 17-year-old boy from Mexico visiting his family in Los Angeles. read more

Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and the LA County Film Office released the final 120-day report evaluating the potential economic and workforce impacts of the proposed Paramount Skydance acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. read more

A 36-year-old man was found guilty today for murder in connection with the 2018 fatal shooting of a Trader Joe’s manager during a shootout with police where he held shoppers hostage inside the store for more than three hours. read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) launched the Do Worthwhile Work campaign for youth to inspire and introduce viable mental health-related jobs and career pathways to middle school and high school students as well as young adults. read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urges residents to take steps to stay cool and hydrated as high daytime temperatures and unusually warm overnight conditions are forecast to impact the region. read more