NEWS RELEASES

The LA County Department of Arts and Culture (Arts and Culture) is thrilled to announce the launch of the Public Artists in Development (PAiD) program, a multi-year initiative funded by the Mellon Foundation that aims to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of public art while supporting the sustainability of the LA County creative economy with artists’ needs in mind.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today that Deonte Lee Murray was found guilty by a jury for attempting to murder two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies while they sat in their car outside the Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center on September 12, 2020.

In honor of Banned Books Week (October 1 – 7, 2023), LA County Library is officially launching its Books Unbanned digital card for teens ages 13 – 18 throughout the state. The card allows teens to borrow up to 5 digital titles at a time and is good for one year.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, LA County Planning, and the LA County Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) are pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa Reyes as the County’s first ever “Life Sciences Liaison” for unincorporated communities, as part of the County’s overall efforts to expand development projects, investments, and equitable high-road career opportunities in the life science industry.

As the new updated COVID-19 vaccine becomes available across Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) encourages residents to make a plan to get vaccinated in order to have the best protection against severe illness, hospitalization, long COVID and death from COVID-19.