The Latest Breaking News from Los Angeles County

School districts across LA County go mask optional; Los Angeles Unified is an exception

LOS ANGELES — Monday marked the first day since most schools reopened in spring 2021 that students across Los Angeles County have the option to remove their masks in class — although the L.A. Unified School District is an exception.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2022

LA County offering free anti-COVID pills to newly infected people

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County this week launched the “test to treat” COVID-19 program announced by President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address, which offers anti-COVID pills for free to newly infected people who get tested, or show their test results, at select pharmacies with on-site…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 13, 2022

Widespread sexual abuse of girls plagued LA County detention camp, women allege

LOS ANGELES — At least 20 women say they were sexually assaulted over the course of a dozen years at Camp Scott, Los Angeles County's all-girls juvenile detention facility, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 9, 2022

LA deputies fatally shoot man who attacked another with garden claw in Bellflower

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a man in Bellflower early Thursday after he stabbed another individual with a 3-foot garden claw, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 3, 2022

LA County bars, offices, gyms can drop mask rules with COVID vaccine verification

LOS ANGELES — Fully vaccinated individuals will soon be able to shed their masks indoors at Los Angeles County establishments that screen the inoculation status of visitors and patrons, health officials said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 24, 2022

Greater Los Angeles homeless count resumes after pandemic-related hiatus

LOS ANGELES — After a yearlong hiatus during the pandemic, thousands of volunteers will fan out across Los Angeles County this week to conduct the annual count of the region's homeless population.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 21, 2022

Sheriff's deputy testifies he attended seven 'inking parties' linked to Compton group

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy associated with the gang-like group of deputies with matching tattoos from Compton station testified that he has attended about seven so-called inking parties since he first saw the image on a shirt more than a decade ago.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2022

LA County's daily count of new coronavirus cases continues to decline

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County public health officials on Saturday reported 3,221 new cases of the coronavirus and 85 related deaths, as infections continued to decline following a surge fueled by the omicron variant.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2022

Los Angeles DA Gascón backtracks on policies on juveniles, life sentences

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors can now seek to try juveniles as adults and pursue life sentences against defendants in certain cases, according to memos issued Friday by Dist. Atty. George Gascón, marking a major shift in his all-or-nothing stances on certain criminal justice reform issues.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 19, 2022

LA County forecasts indoor mask mandate easing by late March

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County’s indoor mask mandate will likely be lifted by the end of next month, a top health official said this week, though that timetable could potentially be even shorter should the federal guidance on face coverings change.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 19, 2022