Tag: Los Angeles County

Bell Gardens Shooting Kills One, Wounds 2

BELL GARDENS, Calif.—A shooting in Bell Gardens Sept. 17 killed one man and wounded two other people and homicide investigators are searching for the shooter, who remains at large. Officers from the Bell Gardens Police Department were called at approximately 12:12 a.m. to the 6900 block of Chanslor Avenue where they found three gunshot victims,…


LA County Health Dept., CDC Confirm County’s First Monkeypox Death

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed Sept. 12 the first death due to monkeypox in a county resident. The person “was severely immunocompromised and had been hospitalized,” the health department said in a statement Monday. “To protect confidentiality and privacy, additional…


Mask Mandates Ineffective in Los Angeles: USC and UCLA Doctors

With Los Angeles County health officials announcing last month masks will no longer be required indoors, a letter surfaced signed by doctors and researchers from USC and UCLA suggesting mask mandates were ineffective at preventing the spread of COVID-19 in the county. The February letter from researchers and medical professionals at UCLA’s Geffen School of…


Gascón Recall Fails

The effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón failed to gather enough valid petition signatures, the county registrar’s office announced Aug. 15. The county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office counted 520,050 valid signatures, falling short of the required 566,857. Recall spokesman Tim Lineberger called the results “surprising and disappointing,” in a statement sent to The Epoch…


LA District Attorney Gascón Recall Fails

The effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón failed to gather enough valid petition signatures, the county registrar’s office announced Aug. 15. The county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office counted 520,050 valid signatures, falling short of the required 566,857. Recall spokesman Tim Lineberger called the results “surprising and disappointing,” in a statement sent to The Epoch…


Los Angeles District Attorney Gascón Recall Fails

The effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón failed to gather enough valid petition signatures, the county registrar’s office announced Aug. 15. The county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office counted 520,050 valid signatures, falling short of the required 566,857. Recall spokesman Tim Lineberger called the results “surprising and disappointing,” in a statement sent to The Epoch…


City of Torrance Votes ‘No Confidence’ in LA County Public Health Director

TORRANCE, Calif.—City officials passed a vote of no confidence in Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer Aug. 9, saying the restrictions she imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic had violated people’s freedom and hurt businesses in the city. The council voted 4–1 in favor of the item brought forward by Councilman Aurelio Mattucci, with…


Los Angeles Mom-and-Pop Landlords Say They Are Hurt by COVID Eviction Ban

“Mom-and-pop” landlords in Los Angeles say they are undergoing severe hardship because of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, which protects tenants from being evicted when they do not pay rent for pandemic-related reasons. The moratorium will be in effect through August 2023, or up to 12 months following the end of the city’s local emergency, which…


[PREMIERING at 3PM ET] Ep. 44: Today They’re Targeting Trump; Tomorrow It Could Be Black Lives Matter | The Larry Elder Show

“Today they’re targeting Trump. Tomorrow it could be Black Lives Matter, or union organizers, or even a progressive president when the roles are flipped,” civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz said, days after The Washington Post reported that the Justice Department is investigating Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe into the breach of the…


Ep. 44: Today They’re Targeting Trump; Tomorrow It Could Be Black Lives Matter | The Larry Elder Show

“Today they’re targeting Trump. Tomorrow it could be Black Lives Matter, or union organizers, or even a progressive president when the roles are flipped,” civil liberties lawyer Alan Dershowitz said, days after The Washington Post reported that the Justice Department is investigating Trump’s actions as part of its criminal probe into the breach of the…