According to an audit released in August, the homeless outreach agency tasked with moving people from the streets into housing, shelters or treatment for mental illness and substance abuse has severely failed to meet the goals of its contract with the city of Los Angeles. The audit states that the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority […]

Southern California has been plagued for the past year by an outbreak of a viral disease that can affect all species of birds. The virus is known as virulent Newcastle disease (VND) and it is highly contagious for birds and it is most deadly to chickens. The virus doesn’t pose a food safety concern and […]

According to statistics released last month by Feeding San Diego, one out of every eight San Diegans is struggling with hunger. Unfortunately, this issue is most severe among children in San Diego County, where one in six children struggle with hunger. Feeding San Diego is an organization that is on a mission to solve hunger […]

The U.S. News & World Report’s annual “best cities to live in” rankings have been released and Southern California didn’t fare too well. Southern California placed second worst among 21 mega cities in the rankings. The following counties in the region also finished pretty low on the list: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and […]

According to federal data, federal law enforcement operations seized almost $1.9 billion worth of items from suspects nationwide last year, which is a drop from $2.6 billion just three years earlier. In California, Senate Bill 443 (SB 443) went into effect in 2017 and local law enforcement agencies have felt the effects of the slash […]

After recreational marijuana was legalized in California, prosecutors expected several petitions from people looking to clear their old criminal record. However, it appears that most people didn’t even try to petition to clear their records because it was a difficult task to navigate. Now, prosecutors in the counties of Los Angeles and San Joaquin have […]

A highly contagious and deadly bird virus was detected at a veterinary clinic in the Bay Area city of Redwood City last month, which has alarmed the Bay Area’s poultry community. The deadly bird disease is called Virulent Newcastle Disease and it has unfortunately spread north from Southern California. The disease was first reported on […]

Los Angeles County marked its eighth year in row of tourism growth last year and hosted an estimated 50 million visitors. The county set a tourism record, which was a 3.1 percent improvement of 2017’s visitors (48.5 million). The growth came thanks to a slight increase in international tourists. According to tourism officials, the number […]

It turns out that over 118,000 people were left off voter rosters on election day for the June 5 primary. This had state and county leaders demanding answers from the Los Angeles County elections chief regarding the mistake. The county Board of Supervisors called for an investigation and California Secretary of State Alex Padilla asked […]

According to KPCC, California’s top region for job growth is not in the Silicon Valley, where new tech jobs are getting all the attention, it’s the Inland Empire. According to Inland Empire economist John Husing’s annual economic forecast for 2018, jobs in San Bernardino and Riverside counties grew by 3.5 percent during 2017. This increase […]