Bookmarks of useful links for new Los Angeles County residents.
Email lists for Los Angeles County residents
- Department of Consumer & Business Affairs - best concise, informative, infrequent newsletter for topics such as rent control changes, housing laws, emergency resources, how to find Covid test sites, etc. Very straight-forward and useful. Highly recommended.
- LA County emergency alerts - emergency messages, shelter-in place, evacuation orders, etc.
- City-specific emergency alert systems
Safety/health websites
- LAcounty.gov/emergency/ - check here for any emergency situation. The county posts evacuation maps here.
- Governor's office of emergency services - input an address to see natural hazards risk warnings (e.g. ground at higher risk for liquefication in an earthquake)
- CAL FIRE incidents map - lists and shows maps for all local wildfires
- Los Angeles County weather service - government weather info
- ready.lacounty.gov - emergency or disaster preparedness resource, supply kit ideas
- ready.lacounty.gov/flooding - for flood specific information and advice
- covid19.lacounty.gov - case statistics, vaccination sites, testing sites
- readforwildfire.org - preparation for wild fires
- "What to pack if you might need to evacuate" (Los Angeles Times, 1/2025)
Statistics and maps
- LAcounty.gov/emergency/ - check here for any emergency situation. The county posts evacuation maps here.
- Household income distribution in Los Angeles, CA (Statistical Atlas)
- Median household income by zip code in Los Angeles County (Los Angeles Almanac)
- Los Angeles County maps and statistics of Covid vaccine distributions (Los Angeles Times)
- Governor's office of emergency services - input an address to see expected hazards
- Rain fall interval (inches) map (Public Works Los Angeles)
- Is your building prepared for an earthquake? (Los Angeles Times) - input an address to see if that building has completed a seismic retrofit for earthquake preparation
- Information on Los Angeles County's 3,000 active oil wells (Curved LA)
- Oil, natural gas, and geothermal energy wells - interactive map (CA Dept of Conservation)
- "Obsessed with jacarandas? These maps show every single purple tree in L.A." (Time Out)
- Geological Fault Lines Map (Los Angeles GeoHub) - earthquake related
- Earthquake map (California Department of Conservation) - recent earthquake map
- California Geological Survey (California Department of Conservation) - lots of earthquake, fault line, and seismic hazard zone information
Resources
- Los Angeles Public Library (city)
- LA County Library (county)
- Los Angeles Times "Unshaken" column - articles about earthquake preparation, with information about common hazards to consider and tips for preparing go-bags and first aid kits
- Household hazardous waste collection by the LA County Sanitation Districts
- Consumer Information - resources through the Los Angeles Public Library
- LAVote.gov - voter information website
- TicketsAtWork.com/Tickets with your company code to buy cheaper theme park tickets
Find apartments online
- Apartments.com
- Zillow
- HotPads
- PadMapper
- Beware: "Your package wasn’t delivered? Try living at one of L.A.’s ‘½’ addresses", Los Angeles Times, May 2024
Phone Apps
Public transportation
- Los Angeles Metro (buses and light rail lines)
- Buses are good, generally safe and clean
- Light rail lines are so-so, mostly safe but not as clean
- Los Angeles is expanding the purple line further west and gathering funding to extend the gold line further east
- The Source is LA Metro's newsletter for transit news
- Instagram for collectible TAP cards
- System maps
- LADOT DASH (buses)
- Cheap fares, short routes, some Commuter Express lines
- DASH Fairfax line passes between Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Miracle Mile/La Brea areas
- Big Blue Bus (buses)
- Serves Santa Monica to Los Angeles
- Service in UCLA
- Foothill Transit (buses)
- Serves between downtown Los Angeles, the San Gabriel Valley, and Pomona Valley east of Los Angeles
- myStop - website for Foothill Transit bus live tracking. There's also an app.
- Metrolink (trains)
- The monthly pass also functions as a bus pass for several agencies
- SB line - Los Angeles Union Station to San Bernardino
- RIV line - Los Angeles Union Station to Riverside
- Amtrak (trains)
- Los Angeles Union Station is a stop for the Pacific Surfliner (San Luis Obispo to San Diego) and various other lines
- Transit apps
- Transit App - official route planning app recommended by Los Angeles
- Moovit (app & website) - useful but free version has lots of ads
- myStop (app & website) - for Foothill Transit
- Los Angeles Airport (LAX)
- FlyAway is a paid shuttle ($9.75 one way) that transports passengers and luggage to/from LAX and either LA Union Station or Van Nuys. Recommended.
- LAX-it - official waiting area to order Uber/Lyft and other ride sharing. You can take a free shuttle from any terminal to LAX-it, but ride share trips that start there are expensive. Instead...
- Free shuttle to/from the nearest Metro C Line station "Aviation/LAX" and the airport terminals. The Metro station is a cheaper location to order Uber/Lyft.
- Free shuttles to/from nearby car rentals and hotels.
- Long distance buses and trains
- FlixBux.com - I haven't tried it but there are stations in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Burbank, El Monte, San Francisco, San Diego, and many other cities.
Nearby areas
Nearby counties (map)
- Orange County
- San Bernardino County
- Riverside County, east of San Bernardino County
- RivCoNOW - emergency alerts
- Ventura County
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