Los Angeles County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145 ...

Seven Los Angeles County jail inmate were hospitalized after being exposed to an unknown substance at Men's Central Jail, an incident sheriff's officials have now described as a suspected overdose ...

County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145% capacity. LOS ANGELES - In a decisive move to enhance public safety, Los Angeles ...

Shortly before 7 a.m., jail deputies responded to a medical emergency in the Bauchet Street jail’s 5600 dorm, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

Seven inmates were hospitalized, including one in critical condition, after being exposed to an unknown substance Tuesday ...

Pilot ignored warning of darkness prior to deadly Catalina crash: NTSB The pilot of a small plane that crashed on departure from Catalina Airport last month, killing all five people aboard ...

Seven deputies at the Los Angeles County Sheriff Men’s Central Jail in Chinatown were transported to nearby hospitals after ...

Nine Alameda County sheriff's deputies and a pair of civilian Santa Rita Jail employees are facing charges related to the 2021 death of inmate Maurice Monk. Alameda County District Attorney Pamela ...

A suspected drug overdose at a downtown Los Angeles jail left one man ... has been used on 195 people within the county's correctional and jail facilities over the past year.

Alicia Upton paced the concrete floor of her jail cell. She looked around the cramped quarters. Then she pressed the alert button on an intercom attached to the wall. “What is your emergency?” ...

A new wildfire was reported today at 2:06 a.m. in Los Angeles County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no update on the containment of the fire and its cause remains unknown.