Miscellaneous

• Doctors' Grassroots Action Committee Tells Insurers - Stop Practicing Medicine

  Todd Slaughter | May 27, 2009 2:01 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  MONTEREY, Calif. - A grassroots political action committee (PAC) comprised mainly of physicians is seeking to influence President Obama's and state legislative reforms to the health care system. The...

• Fatal Accidents Increase in California Over Weekend

  Greg Owen | May 27, 2009 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to the California Highway Patrol, fatal accidents on California highways were up significantly over the Memorial Day weekend compared with last year. In the first 60 hours of the holiday...

• Blue Line Metro Collides With Car

  Greg Owen | May 26, 2009 10:04 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Firefighters were trying to free a woman who remained trapped inside a truck after it was struck by a Metro Blue Line train in downtown Los Angeles, a fire spokesman said. The unidentified woman...

• One Killed in Crash on I-10

  Greg Owen | May 24, 2009 10:05 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A motorist was killed in a fiery crash today on the eastbound 10 Freeway in the West Adams area of Los Angeles, authorities said. A silver Toyota Camry was speeding on the Western Avenue offramp at...

• Sexual Abuse of Children was 'Endemic' and Covered Up by the Clergy in Ireland

  Paul Kiesel | May 22, 2009 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From Bloomberg: May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Sexual abuse of children in Irish state and church-run institutions for boys was “endemic” and covered up by the clergy, according to a...

• CPSC Issues New Report on Child Drownings. May is Water Safety Month.

  Todd Slaughter | May 21, 2009 4:25 PM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA

  Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a new report concerning the number of child drownings, and near drownings, in pools and spas. The announcement came as May, the national...

• Hundreds of Children Beaten, Sexually Abused and "Terrorized" for Decades at Catholic-run Schools in Ireland

  Paul Kiesel | May 20, 2009 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from London -- Boys and girls were beaten, sexually abused and emotionally terrorized for decades in workhouse-style schools run by Ireland's Catholic Church,...

• Ernest Nelson Found Guilty in UCLA Body-Parts Program Scandal

  Paul Kiesel | May 14, 2009 3:53 PM | 10 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  SEE BOLD CAPS FOR EDITORIAL COMMENTS From the Los Angeles Times: A businessman accused of selling body parts from corpses donated to UCLA medical school in a scandal that tarnished the reputation...

• Message to Notre Dame Response Group: President Obama's the Least of Your Worries

  Paul Kiesel | May 12, 2009 8:14 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A group of students -- a very small group of students -- from Notre Dame University made a short movie trailer (a la Hollywood-summer-blockbuster trailers) in an attempt to rally support around...

• Two Killed in Fullerton When Car Collides With Tree

  Greg Owen | May 11, 2009 10:07 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A speeding 19-year-old driver drove his pickup truck up a hill and crashed into a tree early this morning in Fullerton, killing two passengers and injuring himself, officials said. The passengers,...