Rebecca Ellis
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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As L.A. County moves youths out of troubled juvenile halls, will anything change?
L.A. County is moving youths out of its long-troubled juvenile halls. But facing continued critical staffing shortages, will anything truly improve? → Read More
Faced with another bad homelessness count, L.A. reacts with frustration
Los Angeles has now seen an increase in homelessness in seven of its last eight counts, even as the budget for addressing the issue has topped $1 billion. → Read More
U.S. accuses L.A. County of violating ADA at voting locations
The Justice Department alleges that L.A. County routinely violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The county disputes the allegations. → Read More
Sheriff's Department gets $4 billion in L.A. County budget
L.A. County supervisors approved a $43-billion budget on Monday at a meeting punctuated by moments of silence for two young people who died in recent months in county custody. → Read More
L.A. County still keeping troubled youths in hotel rooms
L.A. County continues to place severely troubled young people in hotels. Officials are pressuring the state to open facilities that can accommodate them. → Read More
More overdose cases in L.A. juvenile halls amid vows to crack down on contraband
Less than two months after a teenager fatally overdosed inside an L.A County juvenile hall, four detainees suffered apparent overdoses in the span of a few days. → Read More
Some South L.A. residents call for embattled City Councilman Curren Price to step down
In front of the gates of Price’s South L.A. district office, a small crowd of about a dozen rallied Saturday to demand the councilman step down. → Read More
L.A. apologizes for city’s role in Zoot Suit riots
The Los Angeles City Council formally apologized for its role in the racist and brutal attacks on young Latino, Filipino and Black Angelenos. → Read More
ATM fraud cases surge: Why a Romanian politician is sitting in the Ventura County jail
California has lost more than $86 million in pilfered food stamps and cash aid since November 2021, according to data provided by counties to the state. → Read More
Supervisors boost LGBTQ+ rights, gender-affirming healthcare
The county has six months to form a new 15-member commission, which will be composed exclusively of people who identify as LGBTQ+, according to a motion. → Read More
Times accuses L.A. County supervisors of violating open-meeting law
An attorney representing the Los Angeles Times alleged that the Board of Supervisors twice violated the Brown Act, a California law aimed at ensuring the public has access to local government meetings. → Read More
Violence and ‘crisis’: How hundreds of L.A. County’s abused children ended up in hotels
Two alleged assaults on Los Angeles County social workers by foster children have sparked criticism that such violence was inevitable. → Read More
L.A. County must move nearly 300 youths out of juvenile halls
State regulators had given L.A. County multiple opportunities to bring the juvenile facilities in Sylmar and Boyle Heights into compliance. → Read More
L.A. County asks appeals court to dismiss long-running homelessness lawsuit
The petition, filed with the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, comes after U.S. District Judge David O. Carter twice rejected an agreement that would have marked the end of the L.A. Alliance lawsuit. → Read More
L.A. County to deploy reserve deputies in juvenile facilities
The deployment of reserve deputies is part of a plan to head off a threat by state regulators to close L.A. County's juvenile facilities. A third juvenile hall would be reopened under the plan. → Read More
Decades of failures leave L.A. County facing up to $3 billion in sex abuse claims
L.A. County has hired 11 law firms to deal with as many as 3,000 plaintiffs who allege that they were sexually abused at county facilities. → Read More
Just how gloomy has it been in L.A. all winter?
According to weather data analyzed by The Times, it really has been the drabbest winter Southern Californians have lived through recently. → Read More
These 33 important buildings owned by L.A. County could be at risk in a major quake
Officials have identified 33 buildings owned by Los Angeles County as having a flaw that could cause them to collapse in a major earthquake. → Read More
Full list of L.A. County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk
The list includes the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, the center of Los Angeles County government. → Read More
Former L.A. County Supervisor Gloria Molina says she has terminal cancer
Former Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina said Tuesday she is suffering from terminal cancer. → Read More