News Releases & Advisories

December 5, 2025: District Attorney Hochman Marks First Year in Office With Restored Accountability and Rebuilding Trust

LOS ANGELES – One year after taking office and restoring prosecutorial discretion and criminal accountability, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman is marking his first 365 days with an increase in public safety efforts, major takedowns of organized crime and burglary crews, busting the largest illegal cannabis operation in Los Angeles County history, aggressive prosecution of human traffickers, exonerating factually innocent convicted individuals, and filing thousands of Proposition 36 charges against repeat retail thieves. Those are just a few of the initiatives Hochman has successfully spearheaded since taking his oath of office last Dec. 3.

December 5, 2025: LADA Charges 11 Additional Los Angeles County Employees with Pandemic Unemployment Benefit Fraud

LOS ANGELES – Eleven additional Los Angeles County employees have been charged with felony grand theft for fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits while they were still working full-time between 2020 and 2023.

December 2, 2025: Father, Stepmother Charged with Torture, Murder of 14-Month-Old Girl

LONG BEACH – A Long Beach man and his wife were charged yesterday with torturing and killing his 14-month-old daughter last month.