Leophis Hester, a licensed vocational nurse at Harbor/UCLA Medical Center, started working for Los Angeles County in 1952. That makes her #1 among the county's 101,000 employees, they recently discovered. She should get to hang out with Vin Scully or something.
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Video: She's worked for LA County for 60 years
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