The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health supports the West Coast Health Alliance’s (WCHA) commitment to grounding vaccination recommendations in transparent, evidence‑informed review processes and guidance from established medical and health organizations. read more

A 21-year-old man, angered by the end of a romantic relationship, has pleaded guilty to the 2024 murders of four people inside a Lancaster home and then setting the residence on fire. read more

Deijae Devon Jester, convicted as a juvenile in the 2020 murder of rapper and songwriter Bashar Barakah Jackson, known professionally as Pop Smoke, was sentenced to four years in County Jail for distributing fentanyl while serving time in a Los Angeles County juvenile detention facility. read more

The Los Angeles County Probation Department this week transitioned more than 20 young men from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey to Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar as part of the continued implementation of the court-approved Los Padrinos Depopulation Plan. read more

The U.S. Department of State has activated a support team from the County Los Angeles Fire Department’s (LACoFD) international Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, known as USA-2, to respond to the devastating 7.4 earthquake that hit Colombia on August 10, 2026. read more

A man who allegedly attempted to buy sex from a 14-year-old girl was held to answer on conspiracy charges on July 30, the same day the Office charged convicted human sex trafficker Jihad Jones with murdering a man on the Figueroa Corridor in an unsolved 2021 case. read more

A grand jury indictment was unsealed today charging Nick Reiner with the murder of his parents, Hollywood actor-director Rob Reiner and photographer-producer Michele Singer Reiner last December in their Brentwood home. read more

It’s that time of year again: packing lunches, organizing backpacks, and getting young people ready for back‑to‑school. As nearly 1.3 million K-12 students across the greater Los Angeles County Region return to campus, traffic volumes naturally increase, especially during morning drop‑off and afternoon pick‑up hours. Los Angeles County Public Works strongly urges residents and motorists to stay alert as traffic volumes change. read more