An L.A. County social worker who was fired after the 2013 beating death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez could soon get his job back.
Officials in Santa Barbara County are looking again to the ocean to solve their water woes.
As Gov. Jerry Brown is calling for mandatory cuts in water use, a new report finds Southern California users didn’t do a very good job of conserving on their own.
A new list of excessive drinking by county reveals which California regions like to imbibe—perhaps a little too much.
Fracking opponents scored a major victory last week after oil giant, Citadel Exploration, dropped a $1 billion lawsuit aimed at overturning San Benito County’s fracking ban.
43 judges were reprimanded for misconduct last year, according to a new report from California’s Commission on Judicial Performance.
California’s jobs numbers continue to improve, with the economic recovery stretching into counties that have been slow to feel the benefits of the economic uptick.
A bill that would require children to receive certain vaccinations before enrolling in public school will face its first legislative test in Sacramento this week.
California has recorded a surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans over the past three months.
County News has written extensively about the resistance to face mask orders.
A new rift has been opened up between L.A. County leaders and Sheriff Alex Villanueva. This time, the disagreement is over the sheriff’s department’s budget.
