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Health Affairs Events: Los Angeles Briefing on Violence & Health
Attend Live or Online! October 23, 2019 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Town & Gown Ballroom, USC Campus – 665 Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90089 Register to Attend Access the Violence and Health issue Join us in Los Angeles for a forum on Violence & Health – subject matter covered in the October …
Air Quality Health Advisory Extended Due To Continuing Saddle Ridge Fire – CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The South Coast Air Quality Management District is extending its air quality health advisory to Sunday morning as the Saddle Ridge Fire continues to burn near Sylmar, GranadaHills, and Porter Ranch. The South Coast AQMD says its sensors are showing elevated particulate matter concentrations throughout the entire San Fernando Valley, areas …
Race is on to contain wind-fueled Los Angeles wildfire
LOS ANGELES — A major wildfire burning in Los Angeles and fueled by high winds swelled in size Friday as more than 1,000 firefighters worked to try to contain the blaze and prevent it from destroying any more homes. Around 100,000 people were under evacuation orders after the so-called Saddleridge Fire, which broke out around …
More California Residents Dying From Fentanyl Than Opioids – CBS Los Angeles
SANTA ANA (CBSLA) — The California Department of Health said that fentanyl overdose deaths have skyrocketed — up 614% in four years. According to the health department, most fentanyl overdose deaths are caused by imported and illicit fentanyl that is disguised as other pills. Michael Castanon, CEO of the Dana Point Rehab Campus in Orange …
MLB playoffs — Washington Nationals look to ride high against Los Angeles Dodgers
WASHINGTON — It was an awfully close shave. Not the Washington Nationals’ stunning, one-run, come-from-behind, wild-card win against Josh Hader and the Milwaukee Brewers. Although that was close too. The shave in question was the one on Dave Martinez’s face on Tuesday afternoon. “I screwed up,” said Washington’s manager, explaining why his trademark five o’clock …
Man arrested after video shows attack on Los Angeles real estate agent at open house
Police have arrested a suspect after video showed a man shoving a real estate agent to the ground and groping her at an open house in Los Angeles. Alen Karaboghosian, 45, was taken into custody Tuesday night, a Los Angeles police spokesperson told NBC News. He was booked on a charge of assault with a …
Los Angeles Times Article Way Off Base on Stem Cell Issues
An article by Jennifer Washburn in the April 12, 2006 issue of the Los Angeles Times entitled “The legal lock on stem cells; Two patents that cover key research areas are setting back science,” discusses patent royalty issues surrounding California’s Proposition 71/CIRM previously discussed in this ezine (“Future Bumps In The Road For State-Funding Of …
At Least 4 Dead, 30 Missing In Charter Boat Fire Off Ventura County Coast – CBS Los Angeles
VENTURA (CBSLA) – Five people were rescued, at least four people were killed and another 30 remain missing after a blaze broke out on a charter boat early Monday morning directly off Santa Cruz Island, across from the Ventura County coastline. Authorities confirmed there are fatalities, although the exact number is unknown. This photo shows …
CBS Los Angeles – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of LA/OC
LA Memorial Coliseum Completes $315M Renovation Ahead Of Football SeasonThe renovation, which began in January 2018, dropped the Coliseum’s capacity from 93,000 to 77,500. 7 minutes ago Alex Biston’s Weather Forecast (Aug. 15)Alex Biston looks at the next seven days. The triple-digit temperatures are not gone just yet. 9 minutes ago Dale Earnhardt, Family Survive …
West Nile virus confirmed in Los Angeles county for first time in 2019, health officials say
Two residents in Los Angeles County have been infected with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, marking the county’s first confirmed cases of the 2019 season, local health officials said Monday. The residents — who were not identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health — are from the San Fernando Valley region and …
