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Public health officials today confirmed four more cases of coronavirus in Los Angeles County, bringing the county's total to 11.
Stressing that they were acting out of "an abundance of caution" and not panic, Los Angeles County officials today declared a state of emergency for the novel coronavirus, as six new cases of the disease were revealed in the county in the last 48 hours.
Jackie Lacey's husband, was caught on video pointing a handgun out the front door and ordering protestors to leave his property this morning.
In an effort to widen access for more middle and low-income students, USC will eliminate tuition for families earning $80,000 or less annually and will no longer consider home equity in financial aid calculations, it was reported today.
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration and against the wishes of Los Angeles city leaders today, could make it more difficult for undocumented immigrants to gain citizenship status if they use public benefits or housing.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators began the arduous -- and likely months-long -- task today of determining what caused the Calabasas helicopter crash that killed him and eight others, including his 13-year-old daughter.
Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people, including one of Bryant's daughters, were killed today when a helicopter crashed along a hillside in Calabasas. Bryant was 41.
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was ordered today to turn himself in no later than Feb. 5 to begin serving a three-year federal prison sentence for obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.
A 54-year-old homeless man was found dead today of apparent natural causes just outside City Hall East in downtown Los Angeles.
Councilman Mitch O'Farrell and the city's Bureau of Sanitation today reminded all Los Angeles restaurant managers that starting Tuesday, they will be required to withhold plastic straws unless a customer requests them.
The number of hate crimes reported in Los Angeles County in 2018 was the highest it has been in a decade and continued a five-year trend of increases, according to a report released today.
The Los Angeles, Riverside and San Diego metropolitan areas have the most homes in the Western United States considered to be at high or extreme risk of being damaged or destroyed in a wildfire, according to a report released today.