NEWS RELEASES

Today, the Los Angeles County Public Defender partnered with City of Compton Mayor Emma Sharif to host the Independence Through Expungement Fair at the Dollarhide Community Center.

We are deeply saddened by the federal administration’s decision to bar undocumented Californians from accessing critical federally funded health and social service programs. 

The Justice, Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD) has been recognized with eight 2025 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo), honoring innovative, effective county programs that strengthen services and improve outcomes for Los Angeles County residents.

An armed off-duty U.S. Border Patrol Officer was charged with assaulting a Long Beach police officer and resisting arrest in the Shoreline Village parking lot in the city of Long Beach on July 7, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.

Los Angeles General Medical Center, a public hospital run by the L.A. County Department of Health Services, is seeking the media and public’s help in identifying a patient who has been hospitalized since 07/07/2025.

A new report from the California Policy Lab at UCLA shows promising early results from LA County’s Homelessness Prevention Unit (HPU).

A 29-year-old Long Beach man has been charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office with crimes occurring from April to July 2025 involving violently raping a woman in Long Beach, attempting to rape a woman in Santa Monica, and attacking a man in Long Beach as part of a hate crime.

The Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office (LACPDO) has been honored with two Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo), recognizing outstanding innovation in local government.

The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued a heat advisory as high temperatures have been forecast for the following areas:

A 26-year-old man has been charged with shooting at two Los Angeles police officers, injuring one of them, near Exposition Park this past Saturday.

Global fast fashion retailer Shein will pay $700,000 to settle a civil lawsuit brought by the District Attorney’s Offices of Napa, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sonoma counties.

Today, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell and partners Dalberg LLC and UCLA Labor Center proudly announced the launch of the County’s $17.8 million High Road Training Partnership (HRTP) Fund, issuing grants to 19 awardees that will train over 1,800 workers and create pathways to quality jobs in high-growth sectors across LA County.

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC)  is beginning to see the impact of recent immigration and deportation enforcement actions on family pets.

Los Angeles County filed court documents today—alongside the cities of Los Angeles, Culver City, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pasadena, Pico Rivera, Santa Monica, and West Hollywood —seeking an end to warrantless seizures and arrests and relief from wide-ranging economic damages caused by Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids authorized by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  

On Tuesday, July 8, 2025, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) activated the County of Los Angeles Fire Department’s (LACoFD’s) canine teams for deployment to assist in the aftermath of catastrophic flooding impacting central Texas.

A husband has been charged with murder and arson in connection with the death of his wife, whose body was found in their burning San Marino home in January.

Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of Sarah Mahin as the first Director of the new Department of Homeless Services and Housing (DHSH), the County’s consolidated department focused on homelessness solutions.

Marking six months since the devasting January 2025 windstorm and wildfires, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) is reaffirming its commitment to the region’s economic recovery by announcing the launch of a countywide public awareness campaign, “Shop Local. Dine Local. Recover Local.,” to support small and micro businesses reeling from the economic impacts, such as losses to property, revenue, and customers in fire impacted communities. 

Los Angeles County has created the foundation for a flexible, coordinated operational plan to support businesses and residents as debris removal winds down and rebuilding accelerates.

On November 5, 2024, Measure E, a special funding measure for the County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LACoFD), was approved by voters.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced that the National Association of Counties (NACo) recognized the RR/CC for 11 innovative departmental programs across four categories — Information Technology, Planning, Personnel Management and Training, and Civic Education and Public Information. 

Los Angeles County leaders are announcing bold new steps to help those affected by the January wildfires, including lowering construction costs, cutting taxes for property owners, speeding up the rebuilding process and protecting communities from future fire danger as Los Angeles enters a new phase of community rebuilding. 

The Care First and Community Investment (CFCI) Advisory Committee is seeking recommendations from the community to allocate funding into projects that uplift the mission of CFCI and Measure J through direct community investment and alternatives to incarceration, especially in chronically under-resourced communities across Los Angeles County.

Seven members of a South American crime ring were charged with burglarizing two jewelry stores, stealing over $1 million in jewelry from a Glendale shop and disabling 911 and internet service to more than a million homes and hospitals during a La Verne break-in.

The Los Angeles County Probation Department has successfully completed the planned transfer of youth from Campus Kilpatrick to Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall, as part of the Department’s phased depopulation strategy for Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall.