Ngoc McShane moved swiftly, armed with a flashlight, thermometer and pen. McShane is a public health inspector for the Los Angeles County Department of Health, one of 159 environmental health specialists tasked with protecting the public from food-borne illnesses. In January 1998, Los Angeles County began assigning public letter grades to restaurants and other businesses that sell food, after KCBS …
A pile of trash sits uncollected last fall in downtown L.A.’s Fashion District, where officials suspected a typhus outbreak. Los Angeles officials this month called for an investigation into a vermin infestation at City Hall, after at least one city employee was diagnosed with typhus, a disease spread by rodents. Officials don’t keep count of how many cases of murine …
Los Angeles City Hall draped with the American flag in 2017. City Council President Herb Wesson on Wednesday submitted a motion asking the city to report back on the “scope of vermin and pest control issues” at City Hall and adjoining city buildings. His motion doesn’t pinpoint an exact reason for the rats, which tend to seek shelter when it’s …
