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LA County's jail population is rising. Prop 36 is partly to blame
County officials say they're watching the jail population growth closely as it could make it harder to meet the needs of all ...
L.A. lifeguards taking mental health leave as beach algae bloom takes toll
An algae bloom off the Southern California coast has stranded so many dolphins in L.A. County that lifeguards have begun ...
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LACo Initiates Planning of Depopulating Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
The Los Angeles County Probation Department Friday filed its proposed plan for moving detainees out of the troubled Los ...
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Inside Los Angeles’ mental health court: Meth, homelessness and the judge who wants to help
In Kaye’s Los Angeles Superior Court, that business often entails balancing criminal justice with appropriate mental ...
A.G. Bonta considers stripping county control of L.A.’s chaotic juvenile halls
For years, conditions at L.A. County's juvenile halls have been deteriorating in plain sight. But despite entering into a ...
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LAPD makes several arrests during LA County union worker demonstration in downtown Los Angeles
About 55,000 workers across Los Angeles County are ... to make their lives better," the county said. While this strike goes on, the LA County Department of Health Services said its ...
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Los Angeles County authorities begin clearing large homeless encampment, offering residents help
The effort is being led by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Homeless Outreach ... “We try to get them housing, medical and mental health care to get them back on their feet ...
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More than 50,000 Los Angeles County workers take to picket lines demanding higher pay
LOS ANGELES ... most county offices will remain open. “This is the workforce that got LA County through emergency after emergency: the January wildfires, public health emergencies, mental ...