NEWS RELEASES

Los Angeles County has sued State Farm, alleging unfair business practices in the company’s handling of insurance claims filed by policyholders affected by the January 2025 Eaton and Palisades Fires.

A 32-year-old man was found guilty today of fatally shooting Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in broad daylight three years ago in Palmdale.

According to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), a multi-day high ozone (smog) event is expected to affect some Los Angeles County regions due to a heatwave.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced that the RR/CC is recruiting bilingual community members to serve as Election Workers at Vote Centers across the County for the upcoming November 3, 2026 General Election.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At a time when more than 3,000 family households are experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles County, Family Solutions Centers (FSCs) are critical hubs connecting thousands of families with urgent services. However, due to state and federal funding cuts to homelessness and housing programs, many faced potential closures.

For the second time this year, sitting Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price has been ordered by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge to stand trial on 12 felony public corruption charges including embezzlement of public funds, perjury and financial conflicts of interest.

According to the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD), a Smoke Advisory has been issued for portions of Los Angeles County due to smoke from the Ridge Fire near Gorman, which began at 2:30 PM and has burned approximately 1000 acres as of 5:30 PM on Friday, August 7.