The Board of Supervisors declared this week to be “National Health Center Week” to raise awareness of services provided by local health centers.
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Probe into infant death
Sheriff’s detectives this week began an investigation into the death of a 4-month-old boy in his Lancaster home and were waiting for an autopsy to determine what killed him.
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EPA, UCLA launch new air quality monitoring program
With the northern portion of Los Angeles County still feeling the effects of the Porter Ranch gas leak and the recent Sand Fire, federal environmental regulators this week announced a $750,000 grant to the South Coast Air Quality Management District to educate local communities on the use and applications of low-cost air monitoring sensors.
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More money for HIV care; sharp increase in meningitis
HIV and AIDS may not dominate the nightly news as much as it once did, however the danger of these infections is still present. This week the Board of Supervisors approved $3 million in funding to expand access to HIV medical care.
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ESPN’s Saunders dies at 61
John Saunders, a familiar face for fans of ESPN, has died. He was 61.
Saunders hosted studio and play-by-play programming on the sports network for 30 years, covering college football, basketball and the National Hockey League in addition to anchoring SportsCenter. He was also host of “The Sports Reporters.”
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West Nile disease found in Carson
Carson was identified this week as one of the southland cities where the West Nile virus has been detected.
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Death sentence for ‘Grim Sleeper’
The man dubbed the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer on Wednesday was sentenced to death for the killings of nine women and a teenage girl, primarily in the South Los Angeles area.
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Compton deputies mistake suspect; Donnell Thompson Jr. fatally shot
Sheriff’s investigators Tuesday said that a man who was killed in a deputy-involved shooting in Compton on July 28 was not involved in the carjacking that preceded the shooting.
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Willowbrook Killing
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – Authorities today identified a man who was shot and killed while celebrating his birthday in unincorporated Willowbrook.
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Westmont Homicide
The killer of a man shot in front of his 12-year-old son in the unincorporated Westmont area near South Los Angeles remained at large today.
