Patricia Morgan

The California Court of Appeal has granted the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office petition to overturn a Superior Court ruling that allowed mental health diversion for a man accused of a vicious, racially charged assault in Santa Monica. read more

A jury has found Jose Antonio Echeverria also known as Klepto and Dallas Stone Pineda aka Trippy guilty of all charges and allegations in the 2015 murders of two teenage girls whose bodies were discovered near a hiking trail in Montecito Heights. read more

LA County Library’s first-ever Next Chapter Writers’ Summit will take place on Sunday, October 5, 2025, from 10 am to 6:30 pm at West Hollywood Library, West Hollywood Park, and the West Hollywood Aquatic Center. read more

Two men from Los Angeles and a woman from Louisiana have been charged with falsely claiming they were residents of Altadena and the Pacific Palisades and fraudulently obtaining more than $40,000 in disaster assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency intended for victims of the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires. read more

Community members, County and City leaders gathered on Wednesday, September 17 at Claremont Helen Renwick Library to celebrate its rededication and honor the woman whose name now graces the building. read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has identified the first cases of human West Nile virus (WNV) infection in Los Angeles County for the 2025 season. read more

Lowe’s, a national home improvement and hardware retailer with 110 stores in California, has been ordered by the Court to pay $1 million to resolve a civil lawsuit alleging the company charged prices higher than the lowest advertised or posted price and falsely advertised accurate prices for products. read more

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced that the 2026 Draft Election Administration Plan (EAP) is available for public review and comment on LAVOTE.GOV/EAP. read more

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge today rejected in its entirety Curren Price’s motion to dismiss felony public corruption charges filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, ruling that the case will move forward with a preliminary hearing on Nov. 3. read more

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health urges residents to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness – such as heat exhaustion, heat stroke, and heat cramps – as high temperatures are forecast to impact the region today. read more