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Acres of LA County sewage sludge threaten to contaminate Tulare Lake floodwaters

KETTLEMAN CITY, Calif. — Here at the western edge of the Tulare Lake Basin dwells a smelly industrial site the size of 150 football fields. Roughly eight times a day, its operations are replenished with a truckload of human waste from the residents of Los Angeles County.

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LA County ends COVID-19 emergency, a milestone as case rate falls to 20-month low

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LA County ends COVID-19 emergency, a milestone as case rate falls to 20-month low

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County is officially ending its COVID-19 emergency declaration Friday, a milestone that comes as the region’s coronavirus case rate has fallen to its lowest level since summer 2021.

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Fatigue, cough and brain fog. For many in LA County, long COVID limited daily life

Most Los Angeles County residents who have been afflicted with long COVID reported experiencing symptoms severe enough to limit their daily activities for more than four weeks after they became infected, according to a recent survey.

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She didn't need the risky surgery. LA County doctors talked her into it anyway, lawsuit says

LOS ANGELES — After a stay at a Los Angeles County public hospital, Bernetta Higgins was home and feeling better when one of the surgeons called.

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George Gascón loses retaliation case, a grim omen for the LA County district attorney

LOS ANGELES — An L.A. County prosecutor on Monday was awarded $1.5 million in a retaliation lawsuit against District Attorney George Gascón. It is a grim omen for the county's top prosecutor, who faces at least a dozen similar civil claims.

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It's hard to find a job if you've been in jail. A new program in LA County is trying to fix that

LOS ANGELES — The tight job market has made it easier for millions of Americans to find work in recent years — unless they have a criminal record.

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LA County to end COVID-19 emergency March 31

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will end its COVID-19 emergency declaration at the end of March — the latest region to take that step amid stabilizing and improving pandemic conditions.

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LA County supervisors call for probation chief’s ouster after video of violent restraint of teen

LOS ANGELES — A majority of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and members of an oversight panel called for the ouster of the head of the Probation Department this week after the Los Angeles Times published a disturbing video showing staff at a juvenile facility violently restraining a teenage…

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LA County-run hospitals could expand free and discounted care

LOS ANGELES — Hospitals run by Los Angeles County could make free care available to more of their financially strapped patients under a new proposal aimed at expanding relief from medical bills.

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LA County sheriff creates new office to 'eradicate all deputy gangs'

LOS ANGELES — Facing long-standing allegations of “appalling” conditions inside the county’s jails and violent deputy “gangs” operating on its streets, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna on Wednesday announced the appointment of a former federal prosecutor to oversee a new office designed to combat those problems within the department.

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LA County sheriff's helicopters buzz lowest over Black homes, advocates say, and they're out to prove it

LOS ANGELES — Law enforcement helicopters routinely buzz around Greater Los Angeles. But in certain neighborhoods, they swoop in — low and loud. So say two community groups that are studying the effects of helicopters on the health of county residents.

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LA County passes gun control measures after mass shootings

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a series of gun control measures Tuesday on the heels of last month's mass shooting in Monterey Park, just 8 miles away from the boardroom.

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On third anniversary of COVID’s arrival, LA County ‘in a much better place’

LOS ANGELES — Three years to the day after reporting its first confirmed case of COVID-19, Los Angeles County is “in a much better place” in the pandemic — hard-won progress a top health official attributed to vaccination, community immunity resulting from the virus’ rampant spread and development of tools…

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LA County COVID-19 deaths hit new winter high. Why?

LOS ANGELES — The number of COVID-19 deaths reported weekly in Los Angeles County has hit the highest point of the season, underscoring the continued deadly risks of a disease that has ripped through the community for nearly three years.

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Will XBB.1.5, the latest omicron subvariant, fuel another California COVID surge? What we know

LOS ANGELES — The latest omicron subvariant — perhaps the most infectious yet — has gained a foothold in California, a potentially problematic development given the possibility of a post-holiday spike.

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With state of emergency on homelessness, LA County officials look for red tape to cut

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an emergency declaration aimed at dramatically speeding up services to the tens of thousands of people living in encampments and vehicles.

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Family to sell Bruce's Beach property back to LA County for nearly $20 million

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors announced Tuesday that the Bruce family had decided to sell back Bruce's Beach to L.A. County for nearly $20 million.

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California hospitals still stressed as flu, RSV, COVID remain at high levels

LOS ANGELES — The start of the year is bringing with it a mild reprieve in the so-called “tripledemic,” but some Southern California hospitals remain stressed by the still-high circulation of flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

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Workers in LA County should wear masks indoors to prevent COVID surge, officials say

LOS ANGELES — Faced with the possibility of another COVID-19 surge stemming from parties and travel over the winter holiday season, Los Angeles County health officials are urging workers and students to wear masks in indoor public settings for at least 10 days once they return to work and school.

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Hundreds of former juvenile detainees sue LA over decades of sexual abuse

Nearly 280 former juvenile detainees claim the LA County Probation Department failed to stop the rampant abuse

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Nearly 300 sue over alleged sexual abuse at LA County juvenile halls and camps

LOS ANGELES — For five decades, boys and girls in Los Angeles County juvenile camps and detention halls have suffered repeated sexual assaults at the hands of probation and detention officers, according to a lawsuit filed by nearly 300 former detainees.

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Weekly LA County COVID deaths top summer surge. ‘There’s a whole lot of winter left’

LOS ANGELES — Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Los Angeles County are higher than at any point during the summer surge, illustrating the persistent toll the pandemic continues to exact amid concerns that cases could surge again this winter.

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LA County coronavirus threat eases for now, but a second wave after Christmas possible

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County have stabilized, pushing off the prospect of a new indoor mask mandate shortly after New Year’s Day, but a second wave associated with Christmas and other gatherings remains possible.

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‘A lot of viruses running around’: LA County hospital beds at lowest availability since pandemic began

LOS ANGELES — The number of available Los Angeles County hospital beds has fallen to its lowest level of the pandemic, the result not only of the enduring threat of COVID-19 and the reemergence of flu and RSV, but also the needs of a populace that put off nonemergency care.

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