Faced with a growing percentage of jail inmates with mental health issues, the Los Angeles County ... Read more →
LACo supervisors search for solutions to housing, treating mentally ill inmates
LA County to explore paid sick leave for monkeypox
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday to explore the possibility of ... Read more →
Man in custody in death of probation officer in Lancaster [UPDATE: Suspect charged]
LANCASTER - A man was in custody Tuesday, Sept. 27, in connection with the apparent beating death of ... Read more →
LA County Board formally opposes proposed 15-week abortion ban
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors officially went on record Tuesday, Sept. 27, opposing ... Read more →
Homework help centers return to Palmdale locations
PALMDALE – Palmdale City Library will reopen three Homework Help Centers beginning Monday, Oct. 3, providing students ages 8 to 14 with a place to do ... Read more →
AV mental health awareness walk set for Saturday at Poncitlán Square
PALMDALE – Local residents are invited to the AV Mental Health Awareness Day and walk, happening from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 1, ... Read more →
Teen hit, killed by vehicle in Quartz Hill
QUARTZ HILL - An 18-year-old pedestrian walking in the traffic lane was struck and killed by a vehicle in Quartz Hill Sunday night, authorities ... Read more →
LA County Board to formally oppose proposed 15-week abortion ban
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Sept. 27, will consider going on record in opposition to Sen. Lindsey Graham's bill that would ... Read more →
Woman found dead in Lancaster was a probation officer; investigation continues [UPDATED: Victim ID’d]
LANCASTER - A woman found apparently beaten to death inside her Lancaster home Sunday morning was a Los Angeles County probation officer, according to ... Read more →
LA County to consider exploring ideas for memorializing COVID victims
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion on Tuesday, Sept. 27, that would instruct the county's director of Arts and Culture ... Read more →
Op-ed: The persecution of the Baha’is in Iran: The story that deserves to be heard
Farivar Roshanian Chairperson of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Palmdale Imagine, if you will, that one day you are summarily dismissed from your job without any reason and denied your pension. In addition, you are prevented from holding any government jobs and you are not allowed to enter any college or university. […]
Op-ed: Health alert regarding counterfeit pills contaminated with fentanyl
By the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is issuing a health alert after four adolescents were found overdosed following purchasing counterfeit narcotic pills at Lexington Park, including one student found deceased on campus at Bernstein High School in Hollywood on September 13, 2022. Nationwide, there […]
Op-ed: Supervisor Kuehl responds to LASD search warrant of her home
By Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl As a County Supervisor, I’ve done everything I could to bring appropriate oversight and supervision to the LA County Sheriff’s Department, a department that has become more and more uncontrolled and troubled under the current Sheriff. It has continued to be plagued with wrongful death and excessive force […]
Readers Speak Out! (July 2022)
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