LA County

The risk of fires as well as the drought has led to the cancellation of fireworks shows in some cities. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on July 1, 2022.

The city of Claremont canceled its Fourth of July fireworks show due to the risk of brush fires amid the extended California drought.

Los Angeles County health officials said Friday they are aligning with federal guidelines on the distribution of monkeypox vaccines, offering the shots to people who have had confirmed contact with an existing case or who attended an event where there was a high risk of exposure.

An increase this week in the number of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 raises the possibility that indoor mask rules will return in Los Angeles County, public health officials said Thursday.

LA County health officials are concerned the holiday weekend could bring an increase in COVID cases. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on June 30, 2022.

Minimum-wage workers in the Southland will get a modest pay boost starting Friday, with the hourly rate in the city of Los Angeles increasing to $16.04 and in unincorporated areas of L.A. County to $15.96.

Starting today, L.A. County courts will stop releasing most people arrested, from jail, without having to post bail. I-Team’s Eric Leonard reports on the NBC4 News at 5pm on Thursday, June 30, 2022.

The OC Health Care Agency confirmed its first presumptive monkeypox case in Orange County Thursday.

Thieves temporarily disabled alarm systems and burglarized three restaurants in San Dimas. Angie Crouch reports June 29, 2022.

Three convenience stores in LA county were robbed between the hours of 12 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Wednesday, with witnesses describing similar culprits in each incident.

Witnesses at all three locations had similar descriptions of the robbers, who took money from registers and then took off. Lauren Coronado reports for Today in LA on Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

The number of COVID-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals has surpassed 800, after falling as low as 209 in April, according to the latest state figures out Tuesday.

More than a dozen Latino immigrant parents in Los Angeles County received laptops at Eastmont Community Center Monday to participate in a six-week digital literacy program.

The number of people hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection in Los Angeles County increased by 21 people to 762, just two days after the rate of increase in COVID positive patients began to diminish.

Los Angeles County health officials said Friday they have confirmed local transmission of monkeypox, with some recently identified patients having no history of recent travel that might account for their infections and some attending large events that may have spread the illness.

Authorities announced plans to partially close a section of the northbound Santa Ana (5) Freeway in the La Mirada area beginning on Monday for roadway upgrades.

Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Daryl L. Osby announced Friday that he is retiring, effective July 30.

The pace of COVID-19-positive patients being admitted to hospitals in Los Angeles County has begun to slow, pushing back the estimate of when an indoor mask-wearing mandate might be re-imposed, with such a move possibly being averted if admission numbers plateau or begin dropping, a health official said Thursday.

Los Angeles County officials have revealed plans to return ownership of beachfront property to the descendants of a Black couple who were stripped out

Charles and Willa Bruce could’ve only dreamed of the day their siezed beachfront property in Manhattan Beach would be returned to their family. And nearly 100 years later, that day has come. Jonathan Gonzalez reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on June 23, 2022.