News Releases & Advisories

October 28, 2025: LA County Sees Sharpest Decline in Overdose Deaths as District Attorney Hochman Intensifies Fentanyl Fight

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman today credited the combined efforts of law enforcement, public health leaders, educators and community advocates, along with his office’s sustained campaign to expose the dangers of fentanyl, for driving a historic 22 percent decline in overdose and poisoning deaths across Los Angeles County.

October 23, 2025: Chipotle Settles Gift Card Redemption Lawsuit

LOS ANGELES – Chipotle Mexican Grill, a national restaurant chain with over 500 stores in California, has settled a consumer protection lawsuit alleging it failed to allow California consumers to cash out Chipotle gift cards with a remaining balance of less than $10.

October 22, 2025: Atlas Iron and Metal Sentenced to Pay $2 Million, Shut Down Operations Following Felony Conviction

LOS ANGELES — Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. was ordered to permanently shut down its Watts recycling facility and pay $2 million in restitution and fines after admitting to illegally dumping hazardous waste at an unpermitted site. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Terry A. Bork imposed the sentence following the company’s no contest plea to five felony counts of unlawful hazardous waste disposal.

October 15, 2025: LADA Charges 13 LA County Employees with Stealing Over $430,000 in Unemployment Benefits

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged 13 Los Angeles County employees from seven different agencies with felony grand theft for stealing a combined $437,383 in state unemployment benefits between 2020 and 2023. 

October 15, 2025: USC Ph.D. Graduate Charged With Multiple Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assaults Since 2021

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has charged 30-year-old Sizhe Weng, also known as Steven Weng, with drugging and raping multiple women between 2021 and 2024 while enrolled as a doctoral student at the University of Southern California.

September 30, 2025: Man Sentenced to More Than 24 Years in Prison for Killing Off-Duty Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio

NORWALK, Calif. – Defendant Gerardo Magallanes was sentenced yesterday to 24 years and eight months in state prison for the murder of off-duty Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio in August 2022.

September 30, 2025: Court of Appeal Grants DA’s Petition to Overturn Mental Health Diversion for Defendant in Violent, Hate Crime Assault

LOS ANGELES – The California Court of Appeal has granted the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office petition to overturn a Superior Court ruling that allowed mental health diversion for a man accused of a vicious, racially charged assault in Santa Monica.