NEWS RELEASES

Los Angeles County residents 65 and older now have access to an additional dose of the updated (2023-2024 Formula) COVID-19 vaccine that provides added protection to residents who are at increased risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19.

The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) announced media logistics for Election Day and Election Night activities in the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters:

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters:

Los Angeles County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell was joined by a host of local officials, community members, and health care workers to mark the start of construction of a new nine-story hospital building on the campus of Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters:

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced that 525 additional Vote Centers will open for the Presidential Primary Election on Saturday, March 2.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today the exonerations and release of Jofama Coleman and Abel Soto, each of whom spent two decades in prison for a murder they did not commit in May 2003.

After years living in tents or RVs in unincorporated Lennox, Walnut Park and Firestone Park, and in the City of Hawthorne, all 27 people recently moved into a new apartment complex called The Dalton, thanks in part to a newly expanded effort to increase the affordable housing stock countywide through master leasing.

On February 20, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes City Council requested the Governor consider proclaiming a State of Emergency to suspend and waive state permitting requirements to allow the City to immediately begin work on landslide stabilization measures. The City Council’s request included requesting the President declare a federal disaster to deploy FEMA resources.

Recently, the Department of Public Health (DPH) received a Proposition 65 Notice from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) regarding the threatened illegal discharge of hazardous waste from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill.

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) wishes to provide clarifying information regarding the fatal dog attack in Compton, California, on February 16.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced 119 Vote Centers will open this Saturday, February 24, for the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election.

Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit yesterday against food delivery company Grubhub alleging false and deceptive advertising, misrepresentation and unfair business practices that financially harm consumers, delivery drivers and restaurants.

The Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) and Supervisor Kathryn Barger are proud to announce an upcoming spay/neuter clinic in the Antelope Valley.

The County of Los Angeles Fire Department posted the priority recruitment and exam for Fire Fighter Trainee.

The following statement is from LA County Probation Chief Guillermo Viera Rosa on Thursday’s meeting of the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC):

In a heartbreaking development, a distressing discovery was made at the 900 Block of North Thorson Avenue, in Compton, California where the significant other of a victim found them deceased in his backyard earlier today.

Los Angeles County is partnering with Treehouse Impact Group to acquire a 29-unit property to provide interim housing for youth and young adults, including those who have been in the foster care system, by tapping new Homekey 3.0 grants announced by the State of California. 

Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program brought 25 people experiencing homelessness off the streets of Santa Monica and into safe interim housing, where they will receive supportive services and other resources to help them transition out of homelessness and into permanent housing. 

On Monday, March 18, 2024, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and the Commission for Women will hold its 39th Annual Women of the Year Awards and Commemorative Celebration, “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.”

Statement on behalf of LA Department of Health Services, which operates both Harbor UCLA Medical Center and Los Angeles General Medical Center where several of the victims are being treated following the disastrous explosion in Wilmington, CA that injured LA Firefighters.

The Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced 177 couples were married on Valentine’s Day.  

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is celebrating the first anniversary of its Tea Time program in Monterey Park.

With emergency powers, LA County served nearly 38,000 people in interim housing, permanently housed more than 23,600 people, doubled the number of mental health outreach teams, and prevented over 11,000 people from becoming homeless.