LAUSD to Keep In Classroom Breakfasts

The Los Angeles Unified School District board voted unanimously Tuesday to continue the Breakfast in the Classroom program, which has faced some criticism for cutting... Read more »

Sleep Related Suffication Number One Cause of Accidental Baby Deaths

Over a four-year period, more infants in Los Angeles County died from suffocation due to unsafe sleeping arrangements than all other accidental deaths of children... Read more »

What’s the Penalty If You Don’t Buy Health Insurance?

To buy or pay the penalty? That is the question that will confront many U.S. residents in the coming months, when open enrollment season begins for health insurance... Read more »

Sliced Fruit More Appealing to Children

ITHACA, N.Y. — No matter how you slice it, cutting fruit into bite-sized pieces prompts children to eat more apples during lunchtime, according to a study by Cornell... Read more »

Los Angeles City Takes Step to End Dependence on Coal

The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the replacement of a 1,800-megawatt coal-fire power plant in Utah with a smaller, natural gas facility, with officials... Read more »

Depressed Teens Have Rocky Twenties

Depressed teenagers are more likely to have serious problems during their twenties, including ongoing mental illness and excessive drinking, finds a recent study... Read more »

Commerce Residents Raise Thousands to Fight Cancer

Relay for Life kicks off with cancer survivors (pictured) leading the annual Survivor’s Lap. (City of Commerce) About 700 people attended last Saturday’s Commerce... Read more »

Variety of Factors Play Into Age Related ‘Shrinking’

Will you get shorter as you age? It could depend in part on how long you stayed in school and whether you eat right and exercise as an adult, according to a USC... Read more »

California Lawmakers Pass Medi-Cal Expansion

One million more low-income and uninsured Californians are closer to getting health care. The state Assembly and Senate have passed key legislation that will expand... Read more »

Iraq, Afghanistan Vets, Families Being Offered Free Montebello-Commerce ‘Y’-Membership

The Montebello-Commerce YMCA and Vons are partnering an initiative to help returning veterans and their families. The Veterans Enrichment Initiative, made possible... Read more »

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