The L.A. County Board of Supervisors highlighted the sexual trafficking of minors today after the L.A. County Probation Department staffers triumphed with a $1 million grant to actively combat the issue. "Sadly, this county is recognized as one of the major hubs for sex trafficking in the nation, primarily of girls as young as 11 and 12 years old," said Supervisor Don Knabe. more ›

If you live, work, or, most importantly, shop in unincorporated Los Angeles County, reusable shopping bags should be on your holiday wish list, because the ban on single-use plastic bags expands to include smaller stores effective January 1, 2012. more ›

Southlanders should be merry this holiday season, but they should also be responsible and smart. L.A. County is cracking down on drunk and drugged drivers again this year with the help of an "Avoid the 100 DUI Task Force." Enforcement began on December 16 and will continue through January 1. more ›

Before you reach for your keys after that third glass of eggnog or that fifth holiday brew this holiday season, think "Avoid the 100." Drunk and drugged drivers will be targeted during a two-week campaign of DUI/driver's license checkpoints and hundreds of roving DUI patrols. Enforcement begins on Friday, December 16 and ends on Sunday, January 1. more ›

Turn your brain back on this Saturday afternoon and bone up on your L.A. County stats. Today's boastful video lunch shares "Los Angeles County in numbers" via motion graphics by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). more ›

Los Angeles County, pat yourselves on the backs. Go on. So far over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, zero traffic fatalities have occurred. But then stop gloating and hang your heads in shame. DUI arrests have already surpassed last year's total, and it's only Saturday. more ›

Enjoying the hot, dry wind against your face today? Many SoCalians are not. Several brush fires have been reported, and 12,000 Edison customers are without power. High wind advisories were in effect until 3pm today. more ›

Hold on to your hats and fire extinguishers, L.A.! The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory until 3pm this afternoon and a red flag warning until 6pm today. The LAFD has also issued a red flag alert for the City of L.A. more ›

Crime alerts soar this summer in Los Angeles, and several neighborhoods are seeing a significant increase in both violent and property crimes. Areas experiencing a surge in violent crimes are Hancock Park, Hollywood, Panorama City and Sawtelle. Red alerts of "violent crime up significantly" are viewable in each location via The L.A. Time's database of Los Angeles County crime reports. more ›

Massive traffic congestion leading to the declaration of a SigAlert is no big thing when it comes to our well-traveled freeways. But on a bike path? Sure, why not!? On the beachfront bike path from Venice Beach to Torrance area yesterday afternoon, Los Angeles County lifeguards hailed the traffic as "worse than the San Diego (405) Freeway" and declared a SigAlert, according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

Come on, Angelenos: You know you've got a derogatory nickname for Orange County in your arsenal. So how often do you get to use it? If your answer is: "Less than I used to" then your sentiments are perhaps in line with the author of a recently published article in Orange Coast magazine that claims that L.A. residents are softening up when it comes to their next-door neighbor county. more ›

This month marks 30 years since the Centers for Disease Control published its first mention of AIDS, and today marks the start of HIV Testing Week in Los Angeles County. A county-wide effort is underway to make HIV testing as easy and convenient as possible for residents. more ›

Los Angeles County leads the nation with 1.7 million people struggling to afford to stay properly fed, according to the Feeding America's Map the Meal Gap study. While 50 million people nationwide struggle to put food on the table, L.A. is highest in food insecurity, according to the study, which is based on 2009 statistics collected by government agencies. more ›

CNN calls 50-year-old Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter "a cultured poseur," who adapted the identity of a wealthy member of the iconic Rockefeller family, and has now been charged in Los Angeles for his role in the 1985 murder of a San Marino couple John and Linda Sohus. Gerhartsreiter, however, is only being charged with one count of murder, because the body of Linda Sohus has never been recovered. more ›

Leave it to a pair of Ohioans to give us a fresh look at Los Angeles, cartographically speaking. The map-making team of Jen Adrion and Omar Noory, under the banner These Are Things, launched their project to create simple and modern world maps to "help [them] chart [their] future travels" in 2009. Today they dropped us a note to say they've finished their map of Los Angeles. more ›

Three men and one woman were located early this morning in the San Gabriel Mountains after being stranded while waiting out the recent massive rainstorms. The hikers, all "Orange County residents ranging in age from 23 to 34," were found by search teams and helicopters deployed by Los Angeles County, according to LA Now. more ›

Making economic development a priority in a city located in Los Angeles County doesn't just mean there are incentives for business owners and jobs for residents. For several cities, it meant being named as being among the most business-friendly cities and honored in a ceremony in Beverly Hills, according to CBS2. more ›

The price of higher education in the U.S. isn't getting any cheaper, and Los Angeles County is home to some of the costliest four-year schools in the nation. more ›

Despite the optimistic future for AB 1998, the statewide ban on plastic bags, Los Angeles County Supervisors are going ahead with efforts to pass their own ordinance. more ›

The Los Angeles County Public Works Department is using Twitter to keep people connected with the latest updates on the lay of the land. Just launched, @LACoSurveyor aims to use the free social media service to keep people apprised about "tract map and parcel map recordations throughout Los Angeles County, including the unincorporated areas and all 88 cities," via daily updates. more ›

Forbes has released a series of maps using Internal Revenue Service data that chart the migration patterns from county to county as part of a series of articles called "Where America's Money is Moving." The maps were created using 2008 information, though not every move in the country is represented, since the IRS "only reports inter-county moves for more than 10 people." more ›

On the same day that serial killer Rodney Alcala was handed a death sentence for the murder of a pre-teen girl and four women in Orange County in the 1970's, the ACLU released a report on death penalty sentences in the United States, noting that while nationwide such sentences are on decline, in California they are, in fact, on the rise. more ›

Doctors who work in emergency rooms and in private hospitals will receive less compensation from Los Angeles County for their work with the uninsured, reports CBS2. more ›

When it comes to condom use in the local porn business, Los Angeles County officials are opting to keep their hands to themselves. more ›

The tragic March 2008 murder of 17-year-old high school football standout Jamiel Shaw made national headlines, and led to a movement to get legislation on the books that would grant "Los Angeles police officers the right to arrest undocumented gang members before they commit crimes," according to cbs2. But "Jamiel's Law" and its supporters "did not obtain enough signatures to place the measure on the May city election ballot." more ›

The California Department of Transportation has told local officials how many miles they've covered and at what cost in 2008, according to abc7.com. Here's a look at some of the numbers: more ›

LA prides itself on being a standout among other American cities for its weather, celebrities, and attractions. One distinction, however, points to the darker side of life in our troubled metropolis--the fact that over "two million people living in Los Angeles County - about 20 percent of the area's population - receive welfare or other public aid," according to the Daily News. In fact, our county tops the list nationwide, per Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, who said: "We have the highest human service burden of any county in the country in sheer numbers. Two million people is the size of some countries; that's how big our problem is." Officials believe numbers will continue to rise as our economic woes continue. Local offices are "ill-equipped to deal with the growing throng of indigent people," and, as of the end of 2008 LA County was drawing $334 million a month from local, state, and federal governments. more ›

After deferring a $150 million payment to Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors has voted to take California's controller, John Chiang, to court. The payment was withheld because of the ongoing budget crisis; the Board, however, calls the deferment unconstitutional and says the revenue the state owes the county is badly needed," abc7.com is reporting. Los Angeles is not the first, or only county in California to sue the state and the controller. San Bernardino County's Board of Supervisors also voted to sue when a $204 million payment needed for welfare and other programs was deferred this month. Other lawsuits are coming from San Diego, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Valley, too. more ›

When the state isn't going to pay your county, what happens when the county says they aren't going to pay the state? more ›