LA County homeless encampments to get toilets and wash basins as hepatitis A threat looms

A homeless man takes food from a trash can in Los Angeles' Skid Row area, home to the nation's largest concentration of homeless people, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Los Angeles. At least 10 cities have declared official states of emergency, and California declared a statewide emergency due to a hepatitis A outbreak linked to homeless encampments.

Looming GOP tax-reform decision puts LA County leaders on alert

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors members, from left, Sheila Kuehl, Kathryn Barger, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Janice Hahn and Hilda L. Solis represent parts of the sprawling county. As Senate leaders move closer to taking a floor vote next week on their version of the Republican tax reform measure, Los Angeles County leaders have directed their lobbyists in Washington, D.C. to oppose provisions of their proposal.

Herea s how much it would cost to repair the storm-damaged gap in Highway 39 above Azusa

Shirley Casas Choate, chief deputy district director of Caltrans, left, Rep. Grace Napolitano, middle and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger complete helicopter tour of Highway 39 north of Azusa. They flew out of San Gabriel Valley Airport on Monday, Oct. 16, 2017.

Fundraising battle tightens as race for Santa Clarita House seat heats up

Rep. Steve Knight, R-Santa Clarita, speaks Jan. 21, 2016, during a state legislative hearing in Granada Hills about the Aliso Canyon natural gas leak. Democrats hoping to knock off Republican Congressman Steve Knight in north Los Angeles County got a new shot of optimism from the latest round of campaign fundraising reports.

California Governor Declares State Of Emergency After Largest Fire In LA History Rages Out Of Control

California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for the Los Angeles County Area on Sunday after the largest fire in the city's history began to rage out of control. The fire started Friday and has since consumed 5,895 acres , pushing hundreds of residents out of their homes near the Burbank area in Southern California, CNN reports.

Pomona Valley Hospital personnel get training on new helipad

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center staff take part in onsite training atop the new helipad at the hospital Friday August 11, 2017. The new helipad, which is atop a new parking structure at the hospital, is expected to be fully functional in approximately one month and is located next to the emergency and trauma center.

Fed up with a trash islands,a LA County leaders consider ban on some food containers

A study to examine a wide-ranging ban on the use of take-out containers, plastic cups and single-use straws was approved unanimously by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, but not before several people spoke out in opposition to the idea.

Carrie Fisher Was On Cocaine, Opiates, Ecstasy

Los Angeles County coroner's report released on Monday revealed a mixture of drugs that were in actress Carrie Fisher's system when she went into cardiac arrest on an L.A.-bound flight and later died. Fisher's toxicology review found evidence of cocaine, methadone, MDMA , alcohol and opiates when she was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital on Dec. 23, a toxicology report showed.

Jimmy Gomez poised to beat Robert Lee Ahn in California special election

Latino voters appear poised to power one of their own, California Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez, to victory Tuesday in a special congressional election that has turned into a test of the power of two ascendant minority communities. Both finalists for the seat are Democrats who emerged from the April primary as the top two vote-getters in this decidedly blue district in Los Angeles County.

As Trump, GOP seek to replace Obamacare, Southern California holds its breath a ” again

In the Santa Clarita Valley, where hospitals and specialists were once few and far between, Teresa Savaikie said the Affordable Care Act helped keep her and her family from losing their home as she fought two, stage 3 colon cancer tumors. In the San Gabriel Valley, where there are more hospitals and specialists, Mike Merkel said the Affordable Care Act pushed his wife, Nina, who was diagnosed with breast cancer, out of the City of Hope, where she had been a patient and into a maze of providers and specialists all across the region.

LA County leaders will weigh legal defense fund, other measures to help undocumented immigrants

A trio of motions aimed at protecting undocumented immigrants and others threatened with deportation, including putting $1 million into a legal defense fund, are scheduled to be voted on Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. City and county officials first proposed the ideas late last year in response to President Donald Trump's pre-election remarks about deporting people who live in the country illegally.

Sheriff’s SWAT team dispatched to a Covina area neighborhood…

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's SWAT team was dispatched to a residential neighborhood near Covina on Sunday morning after a gunman fired on deputies, authorities said. The deputies were responding to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon in the 16700 block of East Cypress Street about 9:50 a.m. when the gunman opened fire on them, said Sgt.

Congresswoman a Auntie Maxinea Waters strikes a chord with millennials

She's 78 years old, but Rep. Maxine Waters is more popular with millennials than their parents ever dreamed of. The blunt-talking Democratic congresswoman who represents a densely populated corridor of Los Angeles County stretching from Inglewood to Torrance and east to South Los Angeles has been in public office longer than the 20- and 30-somethings have been on the planet.

The Latest: Opposition leader backs US tack on IS, Iran

Syrian media say... Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan is embracing the town halls that many of his Republican counterparts in Congress have avoided as people lash out at President Donald Trump's early actions. Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan is embracing the town halls that many of his Republican counterparts in Congress have avoided as people lash out at President Donald Trump's early actions.