Alyssa Jeong Perry

Whether there’s a mass shooting, a large fire or a fatal car crash, first responders are there. That kind of job can lead to chronic stress and depression. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors asked the fire chief, sheriff's department and other agencies to reevaluate their current suicide and mental health programs with an eye towards improving them.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors moved one step closer Tuesday to placing an initiative on the 2020 ballot that would require the sheriff's civilian oversight commission to study whether the county could redirect the more than $2 billion budgeted for a new jail to programs designed to reduce the number of mentally ill inmates.

Two Central American teenagers who journeyed to the U.S. alone share their mental health struggles after settling in Los Angeles.

Your health could depend a lot on where you live - at least in Los Angeles County.

The greater Los Angeles area is home to 68 religious-based crisis pregnancy centers.

The state is shutting down operations for 24 hours starting 11 p.m. Saturday until 11 p.m. Sunday.

The head of the state Department of Toxic Substances Control says it will take two more years to finish removing lead from all of 2,500 properties near the old Exide battery recycling plant in Vernon.

This coming weekend people who rely on the state food and cash assistance program, known as EBT, will be out of luck, at least temporarily.

California fire officials made their annual prediction for this year’s fire season on Thursday. Their forecast: it could be as bad as last year’s, which set historic records. This time, they want to be better prepared, and have asked for $100 million in this year's state budget for pay for more first responders, and equipment like helicopters and fire prediction mapping.

Airbnb has been under fire for discrimination towards travelers who’ve been turned away based on their race. Now the company has announced a new partnership with civil rights organization NAACP.