Thousands sign counter-petition to reopen Knott's VR Halloween attraction
BUENA PARK - A counter-petition is circulating asking Knott's Berry Farm and its parent company, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., to bring back a controversial virtual-reality attraction taken down after...
View ArticleBelieve Walk to take over downtown Redlands Sunday morning
REDLANDS >> Annie Sellas, Nancy Varner and Cathy Stockton feel blessed -- blessed that the grass-roots effort they founded, The Believe Walk, has reached its ninth anniversary.On Sunday,...
View ArticleBreastfeeding your baby? You may also be sharing vaccinations
Mother's milk may have even greater benefits than previously known, according to a researcher at UC Riverside.Biomedical sciences professor Ameae Walker, a researcher at UCR's School of Medicine, says...
View ArticleHow would the Prop. 56 tobacco tax really affect poor smokers?
Prop. 56, backed by a wide coalition of public health, healthcare and union groups, would impose an additional $2 per-pack excise tax on cigarettes--raising the current state levy from 87-cents per...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the ninth annual Believe Walk in Redlands
Thousands will take to Redlands' streets today to show they believe -- in a cure, in survival, in the community's support for one another.The ninth annual Believe Walk begins at 8 a.m. on State Street...
View ArticleWith life nearing its end, they said goodbye with warmth and grace
Ediccia wanted to be remembered as someone who didn't give up. Chuck said some of his favorite times were playing baseball with his brothers. Joe said he was the luckiest man in the world. Abel summed...
View ArticleAfter Zika, critical to monitor babies' health but how long?
WASHINGTON >> More federal money finally is available to fight Zika even as the news worsens. Babies who at first seem to have escaped the virus' devastating hallmark defect -- an abnormally...
View ArticleNutrition: Dealing with stress, and the appetite that comes with it
With the relaxation of summer days now a hazy memory and school and work schedules in full swing, you might notice your stress levels are up. People struggling with chronic stress from difficult life...
View ArticleThousands gather in Redlands for 9th annual Believe Walk
REDLANDS >> Thousands walked through the city Sunday with one goal -- stamp out cancer.The ninth annual Believe Walk drew more than 13,000 people to town, which delighted the three women behind...
View ArticleAd against Prop. 56 claiming it 'cheats' schools is deceptive
This is one in a series of fact-checks of ads running this election season: WHAT'S THE AD ABOUT? It targets Proposition 56, which would raise the state's tobacco tax $2 a pack and include comparable...
View ArticleWill Prop. 61 drive prescription drug prices up or down?
A closely watched California prescription drug-pricing initiative got off to an early lead in polls, but a third of those surveyed were undecided, setting the stage for a battle to the finish.The...
View Article'A New Day' dawns in Redlands, and you're invited
"A New Day," a series spotlighting contemporary topics and featuring Dr. Tammy Bradshaw-Scott, will be taping three episodes of the talk show at LifeHouse Theater on Oct. 22-23."It was developed as a...
View ArticleHigh Times' Cannabis Cup wants you to 'roll to the poll' this weekend in San...
SAN BERNARDINO >> This weekend might be the last time the Medical Cannabis Cup is held at the National Orange Show Events Center while most cannabis use is illegal in the rest of the city.That's...
View ArticleHere's what you need to know about puzzling Medi-Cal measure
California voters will be asked to weigh in this November on a hospital financing measure so politically and financially complicated that they might be tempted to avoid it altogether.The initiative,...
View Article2016 shaping up as banner year for West Nile
A growing number of West Nile infections in Los Angeles County and the state foreshadow what might be another bad year for a disease that broke records and hit epidemic levels in 2015.The 108 Los...
View ArticleLos Angeles County hospitals will have to report superbug infections
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County plans to require hospitals to begin reporting when patients are infected with a certain highly lethal superbug, a Los Angeles County health official said in remarks...
View ArticleNew Loma Linda VA facility opens up delivery of new, existing services for...
REDLANDS >> Gone are the days of operating out of a "shoebox."The opening of a new 271,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art veterans outpatient treatment center Wednesday will unclog a congested...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about the flu season
Flu season still feels far away with Southern California's warm temperatures keeping summer alive, but public health doctors say now is the best time to get vaccinated for protection that will last...
View ArticleRetired health inspectors give San Bernardino County health department time...
Brad Larson dreams about restaurants."I fall asleep at night and I can see the whole layout of a kitchen," said Larson, 61, who inspected retail food facilities in San Diego County for more than 20...
View ArticleWill legal pot mean more stoned drivers?
In five states this fall -- California, Arizona, Nevada, Maine and Massachusetts -- voters will be deciding whether marijuana should be legal for recreational use. And any of those states that do...
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