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• Cruising for crime

  - 2007-11-26

  Twenty-two-year-old Fernando Sedano, a member of the "White Fence" gang, one of the "traditional, multi-generational Latino gangs" according to the Los Angeles Times, was cruising with his girlfriend, another gang member, and a passenger, robbing illegal immigrants on September 30 at 3 a.m. After robbing one person, they targeted a...

  Tags: chest, girlfriend, HEALTHCARE, immigrant, Los Angeles Times

• The Kidney Care Council Statement on the House SCHIP/Medicare Package - The CHAMP Act

  - 2007-07-25

  To: HEALTH/MEDICAL EDITORSContact: Rob Foreman of the Kidney Care Council, +1-202-756-3031 WASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Rob Foreman, President of The Kidney Care Council KCC:"The quality of kidney care in America has improved significantly, but that progress could be negatively impacted by deep Medicare...

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, Los Angeles Times, Medicare, patient, payment

• Actress Mala Powers dead at 75

  - 2007-06-13

  LOS ANGELES AFP — Actress Mala Powers, who found fame in a string of hit 1950s films, has died after suffering complications from leukemia, it was reported on Wednesday. She was 75. Powers, who was best remembered for playing Roxane in the 1950 screen version of classic French tale...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, complication, HEALTHCARE, Los Angeles Times

• Standing by their statistics

  - 2006-12-11

  A November 15 article in the Los Angeles Times reported on a Rand Corporation study claiming that "healthcare for illegal immigrants between the ages of 18 and 64 cost American taxpayers $1.1 billion in 2000--or about $11 per household." Relatively little in the whole scheme of things. Jim Smith,...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, immigrant, immigration, Ingersoll-Rand, Los Angeles Times, RAND Corp., SOFTWARE

• Getting rid of court-appointed person not easy

  - 2006-08-04

  The plight of California's aging population has caught the attention of state officials, who are in the process of reforming how conservatorships are run. The Legislature is considering a package of bills aimed at increasing oversight and protecting elderly conservatees. The legislation would require...

  Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Legislature, Los Angeles Times, SOFTWARE

• Dean P. Baquet: editor of the Los Angeles Times

  - 2006-01-01

  Dean P. Baquet is editor of the Los Angeles Times. He is the first African-American to hold the post. Baquet joined the paper in 2000 as managing editor. Prior to that, he worked at the New York Times, where he was the national editor and an investigative reporter. He was...

  Tags: HEALTHCARE, Los Angeles Times

• John S. Carroll.(1972)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-09-22

  John S. Carroll retired as editor of the Los Angeles Times in July. The paper's managing editor, Dean P. Baquet, will succeed him. Carroll had been with the Times since 2000 and was praised as an editor with a broad and deep vision for the newspaper and...

  Tags: Benefits, editor, HEALTHCARE, Los Angeles Times, SOFTWARE, Strategy

• Frank del Olmo's words are a tribute to his life: while he 'wrote through Latino eyes, the core themes he explored in his columns--the quest for truth and justice--are universal.'.(Nieman Notes)

  - 2005-03-22

  The "two Franks." That's what some Los Angeles Times colleagues called Frank del Olmo and me because we tackled so many projects together. I never imagined that our final endeavor together would occur after his death. We had been scheduled to have...

  Tags: editor, HEALTHCARE, Los Angeles Times

• As they see it.(Brief Article)

  - 2005-01-01

  "We're not at the edge of the Earth, but we can certainly see it." --Superintendent John Davis of Alaska's Bering Strait School District, in the Los Angeles Times, in a story on how the expansive but sparsely populated state is using technology to better...

  Tags: agency, Alaska, HEALTHCARE, Los Angeles Times, MARKETING, superintendent, USA Today

• Los Angeles Times Article Focuses on Hemispherx Biopharma's Experimental Drug Ampligen as a Potential New Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

  - 2004-12-20

  PHILADELPHIA -- Prominent Experts on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Comment in Article Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc. (Amex:HEB) announced that today's Los Angeles Times, "In the Lab" section, focuses on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome CFS and features Hemispherx Biopharma's experimental drug Ampligen as a promising potential treatment for the illness. The article discusses...

  Tags: Company, HEALTHCARE, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia, therapy