LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- With COVID-19 case numbers steadily rising -- enough to push Los Angeles County into the "medium" virus risk level -- the mask-wearing requirement on public transit and at ...

Summer heat, check. Mosquitoes, check. Labor Day traffic, check. Now add fleas carrying typhus fever to things Southern Californians have to worry about this weekend. A report from the Los Angeles ...

The century-old Italian deli and sub shop is closed indefinitely. The L.A. County Department of Health shut down Bay Cities due to “vermin infestation.” Representatives for the business say they are ...

Los Angeles County health officials said Wednesday a Panorama City resident is the latest case of locally acquired dengue. This is the fourth person infected with the mosquito-borne disease in LA ...

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