A 37-year-old man from LA faces a mandatory minimum of 20 years in federal prison after a jury found him guilty in the death ...

Fentanyl has continued to tighten its deadly grip on Los Angeles, with the synthetic opioid causing the majority of fatal overdoses countywide in 2022. For the first time in recent years, fentanyl ...

Despite the sharp decline in fentanyl overdose deaths, there were still 1,263 in L.A. County last year, representing a ...

Drug-related overdoses and poisoning deaths dropped by 22% in 2024 over the previous year in Los Angeles County, marking the ...

The notable decrease in deaths includes a 37% decline in fentanyl-related deaths and a 20% drop in methamphetamine-related ...

Drug-related overdose deaths and poisonings dropped by a record 22% in Los Angeles County last year, driven by a decline in ...

Drug-related overdose deaths in Los Angeles County fell by 22% in 2024 — the most significant drop in the county’s history, ...

The encouraging data is led by a sharp decrease in fentanyl-related deaths and attributed to countywide investments in ...

In L.A. County, the number of deaths linked to fentanyl rose from 109 in 2016 to 1,504 in 2021, the county public health department found.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Fentanyl has now become the deadliest street drug in Los Angeles County, surpassing methamphetamine to be associated with the most deaths, according to a report from Los ...

Three suspected fentanyl traffickers- Carlos Manuel Mariscal and siblings Priscilla Gomez and Gustavo Omar Gomez - were arrested in connection with a large-scale fentanyl bust in Los Angeles.

A Los Angeles County crime lab detected the "zombie drug" xylazine in 4% of tested fentanyl samples during a pilot program initiated by the Sheriff's Department.