NEWS RELEASES

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the sixth post-Election Night ballot count update for 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:

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the fifth post-Election Night ballot count update for the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election.

On March 7, 2024, during an investigation being conducted by investigators with the Los Angeles County Probation Department’s Juvenile Safety and Welfare Task Force into a phone recovered from a youth housed at Dorothy Kirby Center, the department’s Chief Safety and Security Officer became aware of a sexual relationship involving an on-duty female Probation Officer with a male youth detainee. 

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the fourth post-Election Night ballot count update for the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the third post-Election Night ballot count update for the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election.

The Los Angeles County Probation Department has received and thoroughly reviewed the recent report issued by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the escape on November 4, 2023, from Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall (LPJH). 

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the second post-Election Night ballot count update for the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today the exoneration and release of Ronald Velasquez Jr., who spent nearly a quarter century in prison for a murder he did not commit, and the exoneration of Abraham Villalobos, who was wrongfully convicted for the same crime and languished in prison for 15 years.

The Department of Public Health’s Office of Violence Prevention (OVP), in partnership with the California Community Foundation (CCF), has awarded 56 grants totaling $25 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to community-based organizations across Los Angeles County dedicated to violence prevention.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the semi-final results for the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election.

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced that Vote Centers and Ballot Drop Boxes are closed for the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election. 

Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced Vote Centers are open for the last day of voting in the March 5, 2024 Presidential Primary Election.

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.