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Top Story: MLK hospital: "Like a Phoenix rising"

MLK hospital: "Like a Phoenix rising"

The University of California regents voted today to join forces with Los Angeles County to create a new hospital at the site of Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Medical Center—a signal of hope, innovation and commitment rising from one of the nation’s most distressing health care failures. The unanimous vote, which... [Read more]

Healthy Living
No butts about it

No butts about it

It’s official: If you’ve got ‘em, don’t smoke ‘em. That’s now the law in Los Angeles County’s public parks and golf courses. With evidence mounting about the dangers of secondhand smoke, county officials have banned smoking at more than 125 county parks and facilities, including the Hollywood Bowl and the Ford Amphitheatre, and sharply restricted... [Read more]

Hospitals & Clinics
Taking the temperature at MLK

Taking the temperature at MLK

No one will feel the impact more keenly of the deal between Los Angeles County and the University of California than the patients of Martin Luther King Jr. hospital. Patients and family members interviewed there Thursday shared high hopes that the partnership to operate the 40-year-old hospital complex in Watts will dramatically improve and expand medical services... [Read more]


• Olive View/UCLA Medical Center
Public Health
Thanks for <u>not</u> sharing

Thanks for not sharing

Jorge Montoya knew he was no longer in the private sector, brainstorming marketing strategies with the likes of Fox, Paramount and Yahoo. Hired in 2002 by L.A. County’s Public Health Department to help run its sexually transmitted diseases program, Montoya says he found himself surrounded by nurses and doctors who looked at him “like a crazy man” as he... [Read more]


• Merck no match for L.A. County pharmacy director