Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer addressed death threats she has received during Monday’s COVID-19 briefing. “I, like hundreds of other health officials across the county, have in fact received threats and have in fact received a lot of hate mail. For me, it goes back to March. The threats were in…
In response to a growing body of data showing an increased need for COVID-19-related mental health services, L.A. County has announced specific resources for Latinx communities. The County’s Department of Mental Health (DMH), in partnership with the UCLA Hispanic Neuropsychiatric Center of Excellence, is building up a team of 150 Spanish-speaking “promotores” — messengers who…
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Missing Persons Unit are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Peggy Cordelia Leonard, an 82 year-old White female, who was last seen on the 5600 block of Gracewood Avenue, Arcadia, on June 19 at approximately 10 p.m. Leonard is described as 5-foot-4, 138 pounds, with short white…
A San Gabriel Valley woman was arrested Friday morning on a criminal complaint alleging she fraudulently solicited $21.6 million in funds for a condominium and hotel complex in the Coachella Valley, then spent a significant portion of her victims’ money on her own lavish living expenses, including luxury cars, travel, and designer clothing. Ruixue “Serena”…
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article referred to the current use of a mascot by AHS. While the school continues to use Apache imagery and names, it no longer uses the sports mascot. For over 20 years, people have questioned Arcadia High School’s controversial choice of Apache imagery. The controversy began in September…
Until a few short years ago, the gap year was a British tradition – when a high school graduate spends a year before going off to college to pursue an interest or to work on a humanitarian project in another part of the world – we in America had only heard or read about. Then,…
Disaster recovery loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) are now available to Los Angeles County businesses who suffered physical damage or economic injury due to the civil unrest incidents that began on May 26, 2020. Businesses of all sizes and private nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace…
Los Angeles County, which filed a friend of the court brief in the case, argued that DACA offers a valuable path forward for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children by allowing them the chance to contribute to this country without fear of deportation. In a press release, County officials said, “We are gratified that the…
The California Legislative Black Caucus has called to light up the Capitol Dome in red, black and green — pan-African colors that represent the African diaspora to enslavement in the New World. The Caucus has received support from Governor Gavin Newsom who issued a proclamation Friday commemorating June 20 as Juneteenth in California. “As we celebrate Juneteenth,…
