L.A. County leaders vote to end fee for transporting bodies

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to eliminate a $400 fee that had been charged by the ...

Map shows California wastewater sampling sites monitoring for bird flu. Most of the locations are in the Bay Area, with sites scattered around the Sacramento area and Northern California, on the Central Coast and in Los Angeles County. There is only one site in the lower San Joaquin Valley, which includes Kings, Tulare and Kern counties.

In the Central Valley lack of wastewater testing for bird flu a blind spot

January 6, 2025

As the H5N1 bird flu virus continues to rip throughout California’s dairy herds and commercial poultry flocks, a Central Valley ...

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Orange County firefighter dies of cardiac arrest amid fire

January 6, 2025

An Orange County firefighter died Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest at the scene of an early-morning blaze in Laguna Niguel. ...

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L.A. County sheriff’s computer dispatch system back online

January 4, 2025

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department implemented a “temporary fix” Friday to get its computer dispatch system back online after ...

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Los Angeles County DA says he has not made a decision about resentencing Menendez brothers

January 4, 2025

Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor said Friday that he had not made a decision about whether the prison sentences for ...

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A North Carolina county pummeled by Hurricane Helene suffers another blow

December 30, 2024

County officials said that with the loss of the bridges, more than 20 residents would be unreachable by first responders ...

Maps of Los Angeles County showing support for Proposition 47 and Proposition 36 by neighborhood. Neighborhoods that voted both “Yes on Prop. 47” in 2014 and “Yes on Prop. 36” in 2024 include Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Monica and Long Beach. Neighborhoods that voted “No on Prop. 47” in 2014 and “Yes on Prop. 36” in 2024 include Santa Clarita, San Dimas, Glendora, La Verne and La Mirada. Neighborhoods that voted “Yes on Prop. 47” in 2014 and “No on Prop. 36” in 2024 include Hollywood, Culver City and Inglewood.

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Maps of support for L.A. County Dist. Atty. Hochman and Proposition 36 show shifts in opinion on criminal justice

December 30, 2024

California and Los Angeles County are getting tougher on crime.The stiffer penalties on some drug and theft crimes that voters ...

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Judge holds off on ordering shutdown of L.A. County’s juvenile hall

December 23, 2024

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall will remain open until at least early January after a judge held off on ordering the ...

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Driver fleeing police hits, kills driver in Orange County

December 19, 2024

A woman died after a theft suspect crashed into her car while fleeing police in La Palma on Wednesday afternoon, ...

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Alameda County family sues Amazon One Medical over father’s death

December 19, 2024

An Alameda County family is suing Amazon One Medical, alleging a 45-year-old father of two collapsed and died shortly after ...

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