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Police Fatally Shoot Girl, 14, in Calif. Burlington Store Dressing Room While Firing at Suspect
A 14-year-old girl in a dressing room was one of two people killed in a violent and chaotic confrontation that ended with a police shooting Thursday at a Burlington store in North Hollywood.
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LA Restaurants Soon Will Require Proof of Vaccination, So What Will SoCal In-N-Out Restaurants Do?
A week from Monday, restaurants in the City of Los Angeles will be required to check indoor diners for proof of COVID vaccination — a situation in the Bay Area that has caused controversy after an In-N-Out burger location took a stand against the mandate.
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‘Don't Do This to Your Family:' After Brother's COVID Death, Man Asks Others to Get Vaccinated
Danny and Tony Damian of Baldwin Park were both active in the community. After putting off vaccination, Tony died due to COVID-19. Now Danny is advocating for others to get vaccinated.
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Adding a Cinematic Twist to ‘Magic Mushrooms' as Medical Treatment
It will come as a surprise to some that a clinical trial at a major metropolitan hospital is testing a treatment for alcohol use disorder that involves psilocybin, better known as the “magic mushroom.”
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California Reaches Key Vaccination Goal, Allowing These Counties to Enter Red Tier
California officials announced Friday that the state has reached a key vaccination milestone that will allow eligible counties to take another step in a gradual reopening process following a year of pandemic restrictions.
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Extract of Sea Squirt Shows Promise as COVID-19 Treatment
An extract from a rare undersea creature will soon be put to the test in clinical trials after initial studies showed effectiveness in stopping COVID-19 infections, according to a pharmaceutical company and a California-based researcher who has been studying it.
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Man Freed After Serving 7 Years in South LA Armed Robbery After Suspect Confesses
Derrick Harris was an admitted gang affiliate with a prior felony, but he was not involved in the armed robbery for which he’s spent the last seven years in prison, a Judge ruled Tuesday in throwing out the conviction.
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Merger of Black-Owned Bank Expands Banking Opportunities For Lower-Income Communities
The west coast’s oldest black-founded and managed savings and loan will turn 75 next year, with a new partner and an expanded mission. LA’s Broadway Federal is merging with another black-managed bank in Washington, D.C., that will not only increase resources for funding, but be a first step to expanding low-income banking opportunities in other urban centers. “This model...
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Is Immune Memory Potentially a COVID-19 Silver Bullet?
That your immune system may “recognize” a virus it had never previously encountered is one of the stunning implications of a growing body of research from which may come ways to lessen COVID-19’s impact and spread. The revelations are emerging in research on the interactions of immune system T-cells, some of which adapt to responding to specific viruses, and...
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Self-Administered COVID-19 Tests Keep Gaining Favor
Five months now seems like so long ago, but in the early days of COVID-19 testing, it took a clinician with full PPE and a long swab to reach through a nostril way back to an area called the nasopharynx for a sample to be analyzed in a lab. It’s not always comfortable for the person being tested, sometimes...
