Rebecca Plevin|Some 1,500 county health employees and community volunteers plan to visit more than 20,000 homes to survey people about their health and explain lead dangers.
Air regulators decided to begin monitoring for the carcinogen at the two metal processors based on recent inspection reports and their location near homes.
The agency is slated to announce which chromium plating and anodizing plants in the Compton area it will monitor for possible excess emissions of the carcinogen.
Diapers can cost around $80 per child per month, so some families end up reusing dirty diapers, or leaving wet diapers on for too long. A new bill wants to help.
Xavier Becerra joined a legal effort to intervene in a federal lawsuit to defend the subsidies that reduce out-of-pocket health costs for lower-income people.
Air district staff detected total chromium near metal processing facilities in Compton, but say this doesn't indicate whether the cancer-causing compound is present.
State senators and doctors had called on Gov. Brown to restore $33 million dollars in funding for medical residencies in areas with significant physician shortages.
