LA County

Illegal pot grows were already a problem in the High Desert, but during the pandemic, the number increased, and now officials say with scarce water resources in Southern California, it’s a drought problem too.

Attorneys for LA County are asking that a federal judge order the production of Vanessa Bryant’s therapy records going back to 2010, which they believe are central to her lawsuit alleging emotional distress caused by the circulation of crash site photos.

In the face of steadily increasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, Los Angeles County will again require people to wear masks in indoor settings beginning Saturday night, regardless of their vaccination status, health officials announced Thursday.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon said Tuesday his office would review past prosecutions that involved a retired LAPD homicide detective, who was apparently recorded on cell phone video in Valencia using a racial slur during an argument that followed a minor traffic collision.

The B.1.1.7 specimen, submitted by a clinical facility, was sequenced as part of routine surveillance by the county’s Public Health Laboratory. The first confirmed case of B.1.1.7 was logged on January 16, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

As the pandemic strains hospital resources across the country, some may have to consider activating “crisis standards of care.” Here’s what that means.

Two people are dying of COVID-19 every hour in California’s most populous county as the state set daily records for newly reported cases and deaths and hospitals struggle to keep up with the surge of coronavirus patients.

Barbara Ferrer, the L.A. County public health director, on Wednesday fought back tears as she delivered an update on the 8,000 Angelenos lost to the coronavirus.

They’re used to explaining speeches and press conferences, but American Sign Language interpreters are saying the coronavirus pandemic has presented the most difficult and inspiring assignment of their careers. “This is something that is literally life or death,” said Rorri Burton, one of the interpreters contracted by Green Translations who have been delivering Los Angeles County’s coronavirus updates to...

The scandal enveloping U.S. Rep. Katie Hill comes at a time when there seem to be few hard rules about conduct and consequence for public officials.

Los Angeles County will pay $53 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged tens of thousands of women were given invasive group strip searches at a jail, according to court filings Tuesday.

An indictment unsealed in Los Angeles charged nine people accused of participating in voting fraud schemes — in which homeless people were allegedly offered cash or cigarettes in exchange for forged signatures on initiative petitions and voter registration forms.

A woman who went to the midnight showing of “Avengers: Endgame” at an Orange County movie theater last week was diagnosed with measles, and now health officials are warning others in the crowd that they may have been exposed.

LA County’s Library Director, Skye Patrick, was recently named the 2019 Librarian of the Year. Her success comes from transforming the libraries of Los Angeles – creating education programs and formatting each of the 87 libraries for the communities they serve.

Authorities in Los Angeles said this week they had finally assembled enough evidence to link the killing of a young father, shot while camping at Malibu Creek State Park, to the arrest of a reputed serial burglar, caught last October in a steep, brush-covered ravine near the park while armed with a rifle.

It wasn’t a surprise to Wendell Phillips, co-owner of Spunky’s Rescue Ranch, that Donovan the horse didn’t budge when flames from the 98,000-acre Woolsey Fire started licking at the Decker Canyon property. Phillips and three other horses had to evacuate without Donovan when the fire, which started in Ventura County before quickly burning into LA County and toward the ocean,...

For months rat-infested trash has been piling up on Ceres Avenue, a street that connects downtown LA’s bustling produce and garment districts. Now, health officials say accumulations of trash like this could be a cause of an outbreak of the bacterial disease typhus.

Ex-NBA player Rasual Butler, who played for the LA Clippers and Miami Heat, and a woman in his car were killed in an early morning Studio City crash, the LA County Coroner confirmed Wednesday.

Donations are needed after massive fires broke out in Southern California this week, forcing the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people and destroying hundreds of homes.