Dr. Barbara Ferrer said residents should assess their homes for soot, ash and smoke contamination before settling back in.

Los Angeles County Tuesday began holding its first-ever public departmental budget hearings, mandated through voters’ passage of the Measure G governance overhaul measure. The ballot measure, approved ...

until a hazardous materials inspection is completed by an approved government agency,” the County of Los Angeles Public Health Department stated in a news release. The process will be conducted ...

LA County public health officials urge residents entering their homes in fire zones to wear respiratory, eye and skin protection. Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. She covers ...

The County of Los Angeles Public Health has issued a statement to say that there's an ocean water quality rain advisory for all L.A. beaches, in effect until 8 a.m. Thursday. "Due to current ...

With a goal of "restoring public trust in health," Louisiana will stop promoting mass vaccines, state officials confirmed in ...

The L.A. County Public Defender's Union, Los Angeles People's City Council and ... by the imminent risk this disaster poses to the health and safety of our clients," the union wrote.

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – A Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff is facing the prospect of 10 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty of using excessive force on woman outside a ...

The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County began Wednesday morning and now covers more than 10,000 acres or 15 square miles. It was 24% contained at 2 p.m. local time ...

In fact, the new data "likely underestimate the prevalence of wildfire-associated ED encounters," a team led by Emily Kajita of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health concludes.

A sprawling wildfire recently erupted in Los Angeles County on ... area is lawfully closed to public access." Residents east of Lake Piru in neighboring Ventura County were also ordered to ...

(Video by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) Wildfires in Los Angeles and other urban areas present unique hazards as buildings, cars, and products are incinerated, exposing people to ...