Total litigation costs paid out by Los Angeles County during the 2022-2023 fiscal year shot up 129% to more than $340 million, largely driven by several unusually large legal settlements, according to recently released county reports.
A popular gay Hispanic TikToker, Daniel Alvarez, has filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles County Children and Family Services (LACFS), and fellow TikTok user Catie Reay. The suit alleges that his foster child was unjustly removed from his care due to online criticism of his "risque" videos.
A former employee of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is facing charges for illegally recording her colleagues' conversations without their knowledge or consent. Meghan Capone, a former Operations Assistant III, has been charged with two felony counts of eavesdropping on confidential communications. The charges stem from allegations that Capone, a civilian, used a small voice-activated recording device plugged into her computer to record her colleagues in the Body Worn Camera Unit between March and June of 2021.
The California Attorney General's offce said pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have engaged in deceptive business practices that have driven up the cost of insulin for California consumers.
The initiative was promoted on Twitter last week after the Veterinary Public Health agency received funding from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to swab the pets' noses
Debbie Peterson is no stranger to corruption in local government as she was mayor of Grover Beach in San Luis Obispo for two years and wrote a book about it called The Happiest Corruption: Sleaze, Lies, & Suicide in a California Beach Town
A Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department employee filed suit against a government labor union last week, an organization that he once served as vice president.
Mail-In ballots should get as much protection as California lottery tickets, according to a candidate for Congress who is trying to unseat Democratic incumbent Adam Schiff.
The state of California should follow in the state of Florida’s footsteps when it comes to gender identity in schools, according to a State Assembly candidate
The California Retailers Association (CRA) announced a new statewide coalition last week that aims to dismantle, disrupt, deter and divert smash and grab robberies.
Los Angeles City Attorney Michael N. Feuer has announced a lawsuit over alleged pollution of Los Angeles’ waterways with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer said the city would use funds from from a nationwide settlements recently reached with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson and other distributors related to their involvement in the opioid addiction crisis to address substance abuse disorder and homelessness.
A proposed ordinance that would require all new construction buildings in Los Angeles to be zero-carbon will make developing affordable housing very expensive, according to a California State University (CSU) professor
Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso hasn’t officially declared his candidacy for mayor but the West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is already planning to endorse him
