City News Service

L.A.'s Department of Public Health chief medical officer stressed that the death has not been confirmed to be the result of monkeypox, just that the person had a diagnosis of monkeypox when they died.

The National Weather Service issued a flood advisory through 6 p.m. warning of urban and small stream flooding likely to be caused by excessive rainfall in low-lying areas or areas with poor drainage.

The new bivalent boosters were developed to generate an immune response from the original COVID-19 virus, in addition to the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants.

San Diego County put a call out Thursday for anyone interested in becoming a poll worker to staff vote centers that will open for nearly two weeks leading up to the Nov. 8 Statewide General Election.

Despite the hot, dry heat wave currently gripping much of California, San Diego County officials Wednesday cautioned that a hurricane off the coast of Mexico could bring high winds with potentially heavy rain to the county this weekend.

With electricity demand reaching record levels due to a drawn-out heat wave, Southern California and the whole state avoided rolling power blackouts as the manager of the power grid called for maximum conservation efforts by residents.

Veterans, service members and families marked the 82nd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, with a ceremony at the museum Thursday.

A brush fire blackened scores of open acres in the area of Barnett Ranch County Preserve.

The lawsuit comes days after Fletcher announced he is taking a medical leave due to trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse.