UPDATED, 1:05 PM:Â Local officials announced today an unprecedented closure or all beaches, piers, trailheads and bike paths in the county until at least April 19, effective immediately:
Public trails and trailheads, beaches, piers, beach bike paths and beach access points in LA County are temporarily CLOSED through…
2ND UPDATE, 12: 50 PM: Three more people have died of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County in the past 24 hours, local officials said in their daily update today, bringing the total to 13. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of Public Health for L.A. County, also said that 138 new cases were reported since Tuesday’s update.
She…
Los Angeles County public health officials say two more people in the county have died from coronavirus, while 59 new cases have been identified.
These latest figures, released Saturday, bring the confirmed total cases across the county to 351 and four deaths.
In another development Saturday night, the Los Angeles…
Los Angeles County public health officials today announced the region’s biggest single-day jump in confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Sixty-one new cases were reported, making it 101 in the past 48 hours and 292 overall, and two deaths from COVID-19 have been reported in the county.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of…
The LAPD and the Sheriff's Department won't be tossing strolling citizens behind bars anytime soon under the new Safer at Home rules, but L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti today made it very clear the latest health order over the coronavirus has inched one of America's biggest cities toward a lockdown
"Today is a day that will…
UPDATED with transcript of County health director’s comments:Los Angeles County has issued new orders to help stem the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
At a late afternoon briefing Thursday, officials announced the "Safer at Home" public order as a way to increase social distancing in the county. The order…
Los Angeles County public health officials have confirmed a second person in the county has died from coronavirus.
The person who died lived in a “small community” near Pasadena, was between 30 and 50 years old and had an unspecified underlying health condition, said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, head of the county Department…
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva admitted Monday he has known for weeks that deputies took photos of the crash site where Kobe Bryant and eight others were killed, and said he ordered department personnel to delete the images from their personal devices.
“That was my number one priority, to make sure those…
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has issued a statement saying Sheriff Alex Villanueva is “deeply disturbed” by news reports that deputies snapped and passed around photos from last month’s helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight others.
“The Sheriff’s Department is aware of recent media reports…
The Southern California man who stole an iconic Marilyn Monroe statue from Hollywood was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to pay more than $14,000, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
Austin Mikel Clay, 25, entered an open no contest plea to one felony count each of grand theft of…
Updated at 7:45 p.m. with details on arrests:
Four people were arrested Monday following an Earth Dayprotest at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told Deadline.
During the demonstration, two protesters were shown on local television scaling the iconic…
