LA County Told to Pause $4B in Abuse Payouts as DA Probes Fraud Claims January 30, 2026 By Maxwell Adler Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman asked the county to hold off on making initial payments for a landmark...
LA County Reaches New $828 Million Deal With Abuse Victims October 20, 2025 By Maxwell Adler Los Angeles County reached a tentative agreement to pay an additional $828 million to victims of childhood sexual abuse who...
LA County Officials Approved Emergency Declaration Over Immigration Raids October 16, 2025 By Christopher Weber and Jaimie Ding Los Angeles County officials voted this week to declare a state of emergency that gives them power to provide assistance...
LA County to Pay $2.7M to Teen Attacked in ‘Gladiator Fights’ June 6, 2025 Los Angeles County agreed to pay $2.7 million to a teenager who was attacked by at least six other young...
Inside LA County’s $4B Agreement to Settle Sex Abuse Claims at Juvenile Facilities April 8, 2025 By Michael R. Blood and Amy Taxin Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities...
Los Angeles County Sues PepsiCo and Coca-Cola Over Plastic Pollution November 1, 2024 By Nate Raymond Los Angeles County has sued beverage makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with...
Family of Los Angeles Deputy Killed in Ambush Plans to Sue Over Forced Overtime December 1, 2023 By Christopher Weber The parents of a Los Angeles County deputy who was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car plan...
California Wildfires: Where Do We Go From Here? January 2, 2019 By Tom Jeffery, Senior Hazard Scientist The last few months of 2018 were record-setting and heartbreaking for the survivors of wildfires in California. The Camp Fire...
Southern California Fires Burn Structures, Stop Oil Field Operations August 18, 2015 Crews working through the night stopped the spread of two Los Angeles County fires in Southern California that burned several...