Buzzkill: Medical marijuana cards still required at first post-legalization...
By Brooke Staggsbstaggs@scng.com @JournoBrooke on TwitterYes, marijuana is legal in California. But that particular freedom comes with a great deal of regulation.That's the message coming through this...
View ArticleRod Carew's life saved by donated heart of NFL player Konrad Reuland
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO >> Konrad Reuland spent the last day of his life in a coma as his mother, resigned to her son's fate, curled up close, rested her head on his broad chest and listened to his...
View ArticleCalifornia presses forward in fight to regulate pharma
In November, California voters defeated a ballot proposal that would have given state government more control over drug prices. It was a victory for pharmaceutical companies, which spent more than $100...
View ArticleTracking air quality block by block
OAKLAND >> A local environmental advocacy group last week launched a first-of-its kind monitoring project, installing air quality sensors in the densely packed neighborhoods near this city's port...
View ArticlePorn shoots halted in LA, nationwide amid HIV scare
Adult film studios in the San Fernando Valley and nationwide are being asked to stop all production until a performer's HIV test is confirmed as either positive or negative for the virus.The Free...
View ArticleNutrition: Ways to help the Earth with your choices of what to eat
With the celebration of Earth Day coming up, we can take this opportunity to consider how to be more eco-friendly and better protect the environment. In fact, our food choices have the potential to...
View ArticleGray whale entangled off coast still needs help after 100-foot net cut from tail
The net wrapped around and hanging off the gray whale's tail was so long it had starfish entangled within its web - meaning, at some point, the netting had been#xa0;dragging on the ocean floor.Rescuers...
View ArticleAffidavit: Doc prescribed Prince opioids under friend's name
MINNEAPOLIS >> Court documents unsealed Monday in the investigation into Prince's death suggest a doctor and a close friend helped him improperly obtain prescription opioid painkillers, but they...
View ArticleQuality of care declines in California hospitals, watchdogs say
Nearly half of California hospitals received a grade of C or lower for patient safety on a national report card aimed at prodding medical centers to do more to prevent injuries and deaths.The Leapfrog...
View ArticleBaseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew's organ transplants unite two families
ENCINO >> It all happened in what seemed like an instant.As soon as the Carew and Reuland families met, they instantly felt like they had known each other for a lifetime.After the two families...
View ArticleSan Bernardino County task force to combat record level of STDs
SAN BERNARDINO >> With the highest levels of treatable sexually transmitted disease cases in county history, San Bernardino County Public Health officials are organizing a community task force to...
View ArticlePorn performer tests positive for HIV, but production halt lifted in LA
A requested halt on adult film production in the San Fernando Valley and beyond has been lifted after it was determined that a performer who tested positive for HIV was not infected on set, according...
View ArticleAs Trump, GOP seek to replace Obamacare, Southern California holds its breath...
In the Santa Clarita Valley, where hospitals and specialists were once few and far between, Teresa Savaikie said the Affordable Care Act helped keep her and her family from losing their home as she...
View ArticleHigh Times Cannabis Cup lets visitors press their own hash oil
High Times magazine's SoCal Cannabis Cup, which kicked off Friday at#xa0;the National Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, is offering guests a unique kind of DIY experience.Guests can enter a...
View ArticleNew worry for smokers' families: Third-hand smoke
Michael Miller, 44, does what most smokers do to protect his sons and daughter from the fumes of his Marlboro Ultra Lights. He takes it outside.After his 7 a.m. coffee, he walks out of his home in...
View ArticleLawmakers weigh options to fix troubled dental program
California lawmakers are considering several bills to improve and expand access to Denti-Cal, the state's troubled dental program for low-income people - including ones that would draw from the state's...
View ArticleGas tax bill -- designed to fix California's roads -- could lead to more smog
For Southern California's clean air and public health advocates, it must have felt as though their ability to clear skies of harmful air pollution in the nation's smoggiest air basin had suddenly...
View ArticleSan Bernardino County community joins forces to combat explosion of STDs
San Bernardino County is getting ready to do battle - against sexually transmitted diseases.Cases of syphilis and gonorrhea have increased exponentially in the county since 2010, according to San...
View ArticleSuccessful Aging: The value, and health benefits, of maintaining a friendship...
Q Several of my women friends recently got together for brunch and talked about how fortunate we are to have one another as good friends for so many years. We all are in our mid-70s and started...
View ArticleRevolution Fitness in Yucaipa works at being one-stop shop for members
YUCAIPA >> For three years, Revolution Fitness Gym has worked to become the one-stop fitness shop it clients want."We are a boutique-style gym with an amazing array of classes," said owner...
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