The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion authored by Supervisors Sheila Kuehl and Hilda Solis to analyze the County’s current policies on bail and pretrial release with an eye to creating a more equitable system that also makes more efficient use of public funds. The Board approved...

“Discover & Go” is a new LA County Library initiative that provides families the opportunity to visit museums in southern California for free. Through Discover & Go, partnering museums and cultural institutions provide the LA County Library a limited number of free passes to library...

Voters have been poised to approve Measure H, having Board of Supervisors Chairman Mark Ridley-Thomas move to streamline the Los Angeles County bureaucracy to make efficient use of the incoming funds to end the crisis of homelessness. He filed a read-in motion, co-authored with Supervisor Janice Hahn,...

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is promoting early intervention for Spanish-speaking and Native American individuals living with mental illness including depression, co-occurring substance use and primary health (integrative) issues. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority...

The County of Los Angeles filed suit Monday against the State of California seeking to invalidate a new law that discriminates against independent voters, strips local control from local voters concerning the process of re-drawing the county’s supervisorial districts, and makes that process much more...

Oswaldo Rafael Cabrera, owner and operator of immigration services business Coalicion Latinoamericana Internacional (CLI), was sentenced to prison for five years and two months for defrauding immigrants. Cabrera pleaded guilty to three felony counts (grand theft, attempted perjury, and conspiracy to...

A large storm system swept through Los Angeles County beginning on February 17, causing damage to homes, properties and businesses. The County requests for residents and business owners impacted by the storm to take action by reporting damages to their homes and businesses by completing a damage assessment...

With the National Weather Service forecasting up to 4 inches of rain in parts of Los Angeles County starting Friday, Supervisor Kathryn Barger encourages residents in hillside communities and fire-impacted areas to take precautions now. Additionally, the Department of Public Works has activated 24-hour...

A series of strong storm systems swept through Los Angeles County between Wednesday, January 18, 2017 and Monday, January 23, 2017 bringing record amounts of rain throughout the area. With about two months of the winter season remaining, it is important residents become familiar with a process the Office...

Edmund G. Brown Jr. Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued Monday two emergency proclamations to secure funding to help communities respond to and recover from severe winter storms that have caused flooding, mudslides, erosion, debris flow and damage to roads and highways. The emergency proclamations issued...