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EARTH DAY – Preserving Our Home Sweet Home
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” – Jane Gooda...
Fun Day Planned for Earth Day
Celebrate Earth Day this Saturday, April 16, from10 am to 3 pm. Everyone's invited to this sunny, outdoor celebration of Planet Earth in beautiful Will Rogers State Historic Park, at the base of the...
EARTHDAY.ORG Launches The Great Global Cleanup for 2022
Washington, D.C. – EARTHDAY.ORG has announced that The Great Global Cleanup will return in April 2022. Since its inception, The Great Global Cleanup has provided opportunities for individuals and orga...
Ocean Water Use Warning for Los Angeles County Beaches
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters: • M...
Hollenbeck Palms Celebrates Grand Opening Of Hensel Memory Enhancement Center
Hollenbeck Palms proudly announces the upcoming unveiling and grand opening of the newest addition to its campus, the Hensel Memory Enhancement Center. To mark the occasion, a ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on Wednesday, April 20 at 11am on...
Pets Protect Elderly Owners
Owning a pet has already been linked to lower stress and blood pressure. And now scientists say pets could also protect us from memory loss in later life. Owners of animals including dogs, cats and...
Giving and Receiving
Food Giveaway Venice Family Clinic will provide food and COVID-19 vaccines free of charge from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, February 26, at its clinic site at 1091 La Brea Avenue in Inglewood. “Free, healthy food including fresh fruit and vegetables wi...
LA LA Land Kind Cafe
By Alaa Elassar, CNN Francois Reihani was born into a loving and supportive family that provided for him in every way. As a child, he thought that was normal. But as he grew older, he began to realize that other kids weren't so lucky -- and that he c...
Animal Love
By The LA Zoo Looking for a wild way to celebrate Valentine's Day this year? Show your love with a gift that helps save endangered species and symbolically ADOPT an animal at the Los Angeles Zoo! All ADOPT packages include a personalized adoption...
Christmas Eve Death Of Female Prisoner - Christmas From Hell
By Amber Jackson, Lucky Lifer Hello 2022!! Goodbye to the single worst Christmas I've ever seen in or out of prison! It all kicked off Christmas Eve with the death of a prisoner, to start things off. The woman died of an apparent heart issue. She...
County's Free At-Home PCR Test Program Halted
1/6/22 - Last week, Dr. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, Director of Public Health, announced a program where residents could order free PCR tests to administer at home and send to the lab for results. Today, during her weekly press conference, she announced...
HOLIDAY SAFETY BEGINS AT HOME
Between now and New Year's Day, first responders see an increase in 9-1-1 calls for emergencies related to carbon monoxide alarms and poisoning, electrical fires, and fires caused by unattended...
BOOO!
As you prepare for Halloween this year, the Culver City Fire Department wants you to keep a few safety tips in mind to ensure a fun time for all. Costumes Purchase costumes made of flame resistant or...
Dolphins and An Unbelievable Ocean Rescue
By: Khosrow (Koz) Khosravani, Marina Del Rey. This story has been edited for length. On my first attempt to sail outside the Marina del Rey harbor, I saved a very young woman in the middle of the...
Black Cats Rule this Holiday Season
By Sarah Storkin As we move into October, many of us think of Orange and Black cats as unknowing symbols of the season. We’ve all heard that black cats portend bad luck. But did you know that in Britain and Scotland, traditionally. More on that b...
Daniel Freeman Goes Cedars
By Samuel Alioto Cedars-Sinai Medical Group announced this week that it has selected the contractor to build its new Marina del Rey Hospital and construction of the technologically-advanced community...
Construction to Start in October on New Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital
Cedars-Sinai has selected the contractor to build its new Marina del Rey Hospital and construction of the technologically-advanced community hospital will begin in October, officials announced this...
More than 14,000 nurses ratify agreement with Dignity Health on four-year contract
The registered nurses are members of California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee in California and Nevada. Last Friday night, registered nurses ratified a four-year contract with Dignity Health, announced the California...
LA Spike in Two Canine Illnesses
By Kacey Montoya, KTLA 9/16: A pair of diseases for dogs have pet owners and public health officials worried in Los Angeles County. Dr. Karen Ehnert, director of Veterinary Public Health for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, noted t...
Sick Dog Cases May Originate in an SM Boarding House
By Veterinary Angels The Director of Veterinary Public Health for Los Angeles County issued an animal health alert to veterinarians in the area, informing them that they have noted a large increase in...
Court Bans 'Poly-MVA' Pet Products
By Stan Greene A federal court has ordered a California company and its owner to stop distributing unapproved and misbranded drugs and adulterated animal drugs which they "claimed could cure, treat...
Beach Warnings Lifted Except for Catalina Island
By Alyssa. Erdley, Observer Staff Writer 8/3/21 - County health officials have lifted the warnings that had been up on several Southland beaches yesterday, caused by high bacteria levels measured in...
Not a Summer for the Beach
By Alyssa Erdley 8/6 - Local beaches, including all of the Santa Monica beaches, beaches in Malibu, Topanga, and on Catalina Island, have been experiencing sporadic closures and advisories since the July 11-12 spill of 17 million gallons of raw...
Bee Careful!
Summer…surf and sand, swimming pools, picnics, camping, outdoor sports and stinging insects! Bees, wasps, yellow jackets, mosquitoes and hornets can take the fun out of summer, and almost everyone has been bitten by one of these pesky creatures. I...
Injured Elegant Terns
More than 30 Elegant Tern chicks that were startled off their nesting site in Long Beach Harbor are now in care at International Bird Rescue in San Pedro, reports an organization called Bird Rescue....
