NEWS RELEASES

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the opening of four pop-up Vote Centers in Boyle Heights ahead of the November 4 Statewide Special Election.

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 tomorrow.

As Halloween approaches, the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) wants to remind pet owners in our community to keep their beloved four-legged family members safe during this festive season.

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) is actively addressing a recent outbreak of canine distemper in the Lancaster area, which has been manifested by dogs brought to the Lancaster Animal Care Center.

Investigators from the County of Los Angeles Department of Consumer and Business Affairs (DCBA) assisted in a statewide investigation which has led to a nearly $250,000 settlement from a national restaurant chain.

Chipotle Mexican Grill, a national restaurant chain with over 500 stores in California, has settled a consumer protection lawsuit alleging it failed to allow California consumers to cash out Chipotle gift cards with a remaining balance of less than $10.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced that 111 Vote Centers will open Saturday, October 25, for the 2025 Statewide Special Election.

With its massive rock formations jutting diagonally into the heavens, there’s something otherworldly – call it a primordial vibe – about Vasquez Rocks Natural Area.

The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) and the Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE) are reopening their $100,000 Economic Opportunity Grant Program for Chambers of Commerce to provide capacity for small, hyperlocal chambers to keep their doors open and provide technical assistance to the small business community facing continued economic disruptions, including the pandemic, fire recovery, and immigration enforcement actions.

Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. was ordered to permanently shut down its Watts recycling facility and pay $2 million in restitution and fines after admitting to illegally dumping hazardous waste at an unpermitted site.

The Justice, Care and Opportunities Department (JCOD) is aware that a former department employee has been charged in a criminal case relating to alleged conduct that occurred prior to the creation of JCOD. 

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating the possibility of a local spread of Clade I mpox cases after confirming its second case in an adult with no recent travel to regions where this virus is typically found.

A second major settlement agreement has been reached in more than 400 cases filed against LA County under AB 218, which lifted the statute of limitations on claims of childhood sexual abuse.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan reminds eligible voters that Monday, October 20, is the deadline to register to vote and receive a Vote by Mail ballot for the November 4, 2025 Statewide Special Election. 

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed its first case of clade I mpox in an adult with no recent travel to regions where this virus is typically found.

The first major storm of the 2025-26 storm season produced over three inches of rainfall in areas of Los Angeles County, adding more than 700 million gallons to local water supplies.

Today, in a press conference held in Grand Park, Los Angeles County leaders launched the newest technology available to residents through L.A. Found, a County program that helps find people with Alzheimer’s, autism, dementia, or other cognitive conditions who may wander and go missing.

The Los Angeles County Quality and Productivity Commission honored several departmental project teams today for their work in demonstrating excellence, efficiency, effectiveness, and inclusion in County government at the 38th Annual Productivity and Quality Awards Ceremony.  

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged 13 Los Angeles County employees from seven different agencies with felony grand theft for stealing a combined $437,383 in state unemployment benefits between 2020 and 2023.

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating the first case of locally acquired dengue for the 2025 mosquito season in a resident of the San Gabriel Valley.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged 30-year-old Sizhe Weng, also known as Steven Weng, with drugging and raping multiple women between 2021 and 2024 while enrolled as a doctoral student at the University of Southern California.

October 18-25 is Flood Preparedness Week across California, marking a critical time for Los Angeles County residents to raise their awareness of flood risk near their homes and workplaces in advance of upcoming winter storms. 

LA County Library is pleased to announce the launch of The Californians Powering America, a compelling photography exhibit in partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project and Magnum Photos.

In the aftermath of the 2025 Wildfires, thousands of households faced devastating loss.

The National Weather Service has upgraded the severity of an early season winter storm that will arrive in Los Angeles County tonight, bringing heavy rain, wind gusts, thunderstorms and the potential for mudslides and debris flows in recent burn scar areas.