Nearly 16 years ago, Desirree Haro was standing in a Harbor City alley with friends when a car drove by, spraying bullets. The 15-year-old was the only one hit and died later at a hospital. At first, her mother, Teresa Haro, phoned investigators once a week seeking answers about who killed her…
By Sammy Caiola, The USC Center for Health Journalism Collaborative Increasing Coverage SB 29/AB 4 Introduced by Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) / Asm. Rob Bonta (D-Oakland), David Chiu (D-San Francisco), Miguel Santiago (D-Los Angeles) These bills would extend Medi-Cal eligibility to all income-eligible adults regardless of their immigration status. The state’s Legislative Analyst’s…
Dr. Anjali Mahoney, regional medical director for AltaMed, chats with patient Teressa Silver, 60, at the Huntington Beach office on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. About 20 percent of the patients who visit this clinic are uninsured, Mahoney said.(Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) Dr. Anjali Mahoney, regional medical director for AltaMed, in Huntington Beach…
On April 8, 1949, 3-year-old Kathy Fiscus fell down a 14-inch-wide abandoned water well. The rescue attempt attracted heavy local and nationwide news coverage.
Horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, April 06, 2018 in Arcadia, California. Jockey Joel Rosario, right, riding Gift Box wins the Santa Anita Handicap Grade I race in a photo finish ahead of Mike Smith riding McKenzie during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, April 06, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo…
Jockey Joel Rosario riding Gift Box celebrates after winning the Santa Anita Handicap Grade I race in a photo finish ahead of Mike Smith riding McKenzie during horse racing at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, April 06, 2018 in Arcadia, California. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Jockey Joel Rosario, right, riding Gift Box wins…
Professional drifters cranked their steering wheels and slammed on the gas Saturday, burning rubber through the streets of Long Beach. Drivers compete on the final day of Formula Drift competition in Long Beach on Saturday. (Photo by Josh Tomsha, contributing photographer) Fans watch on the final day of Formula Drift competition in Long Beach on…
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer was fatally injured Saturday in a crash on the southbound 15 Freeway in Lake Elsinore, a collision that closed the southbound lanes at Lake Street for hours and injured at least two other people. The officer was identified by the CHP on its Facebook page as Sgt. Steve Licon….
By ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration wants up to two years to find potentially thousands of children who were separated from their families at the border before a judge halted the practice last year, a task that it says is more laborious than previous efforts because the children are no longer in…
BY RAMI MUSA BENGHAZI, Libya — Forces loyal to rival Libyan army commander Khalifa Hifter said Saturday they seized control of the main airport in Libya’s capital Tripoli, two days after Hifter ordered his forces to seize the seat of Libya’s U.N.-backed government. Hifter’s media office said in a post online that they took full…
