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South LA doctors share health care realities
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As part of KPCC’s focus on health care reform, Patt Morrison visited St. John’s Well Child and Family Center in South Los Angeles. While at St. John’s, Patt spoke with Chief Dental Officer Dr. Mona Iskandar and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Linda Weekes. Here are their stories of health care realities and their hopes for health care reforms.
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United Way issues report on LA County's last decade
5:50 a.m. | Steve Julian | KPCC | 1 commentIn the last decade, the high school graduation rate in Los Angeles County has remained flat at 60 percent. Many of the county’s families still live in poverty, and affordable housing remains out of reach for growing numbers of people.
A new report from the United Way calls the picture of Los Angeles "A Tale of Two Cities: One Future."
(Audio: Elise Buik, president and chief executive of United Way of Greater Los Angeles, described how the economic recession played a part in the study’s conclusions.)
New round of storms threatens SoCal foothill towns
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Authorities have called on residents of more than 500 homes in the wildfire-scarred Southern California foothills to evacuate by Tuesday morning, fearing that heavy rains from a new round of storms could cause more mudslides.
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