Roberto Muniz

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has removed all eligibility requirements for the mpox (monkeypox) vaccine, making it available to anyone needing protection against the disease without having to disclose any information on personal risk. While mpox cases have declined from their Summer 2022 peak, new cases are still reported each week in Los Angeles County. read more

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that former film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted today of three counts of sexual assault against a woman. read more

A law firm hired to conduct an independent investigation and audit of LA County contracts has established an online form for members of the public and the County workforce to share information that may be relevant to the review. read more

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Joel Nebel was charged today with unlawfully firing his handgun at his home last year. read more

The County of Los Angeles and Mayor Eric Garcetti today welcomed the release of the Just Transition Strategy – a first-ever framework for creating a pathway for workers in oil drilling to find new employment as the City and County begin phasing out oil extraction in Los Angeles. read more

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger and the Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) with leaders from the State of California Employment Development Department and JVS SoCal celebrated the re-opening of LA County’s newly redesigned America’s Job Center of California (AJCC) in the Antelope Valley. DEO is reopening this Job Center serving the Antelope Valley community following extensive renovations and enhancements, with the goal of connecting residents to quality jobs and supporting post-pandemic economic recovery.   read more

A non-denominational interfaith virtual burial ceremony was held today by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, L.A. County Department of Health Services, Department of Decedent Affairs and LAC+USC Medical Center Chaplains at the Los Angeles County Crematory and Cemetery to remember and honor the unclaimed dead. Local faith leaders presided over the burial of 1624 decedents who were laid to rest in a single mass grave. read more

The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (LACCHR) released its annual hate crime report for Los Angeles County in 2021, showing hate crimes have reached the highest level in 19 years. read more

Recognizing that food insecurity among Los Angeles County residents has long been at a crisis level — and has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic — the Los Angeles County Food Equity Roundtable today issued an aggressive action plan for transforming the region’s disconnected food system.   read more

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan certified the final results for the 2022 General Election. read more