Health

Keep California Beautiful Brings Love San Pedro to Inspire a More Beautiful City

  On Sept. 19, Keep California Beautiful launched Love San Pedro, a local initiative to inspire community action to protect…

2 months ago

Public Health Reports Outbreak of Flea-Borne Typhus

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating a localized outbreak of flea-borne typhus in the Wilshire…

2 months ago

Fireworks Policy Update CD15

  This week, the City Council passed a motion the councilman Tim McOsker introduced aimed at addressing the growing danger…

2 months ago

Bookworms Since Birth

  The NICU Take-Home Book Initiative with Dignity Health St Mary Medical Center provides every NICU (neonatal intensive care unit)…

2 months ago

Public Health Reports Highest Number of West Nile Virus Cases in Nearly a Decade

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is reporting 100 cases of West Nile virus infections so far this…

2 months ago

House Issues Major Environmental Setback For California While Judge Sides with LA Limiting Warrantless ICE Searches

Hahn Condemns House Vote to Block California's Ship Pollution Rules SAN PEDRO —  Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is…

2 months ago

Webinar on Catalyst California’s Mending the Social Safety Net Brief

California counties are on the front lines of the damage brought by the Trump administration's H.R. 1 bill, which will…

2 months ago

Notice of Public Meeting: Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC)

The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) is hosting a public meeting for the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC), established by…

2 months ago

Barragán Joins Matsui in Bipartisan Push to Build the Crisis Care System Behind 988

  WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ahead of 988 Day, Congresswoman Nanette Barragán (CA-44) joined Congresswoman Doris Matsui (CA-07) and Congressman Brian…

2 months ago

Atrial Fibrillation on the Rise: Know the Warning Signs

  LONG BEACH — Atrial fibrillation — a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) — is a leading contributor to stroke,…

2 months ago