The call to ramp up accountability is the latest example of Newsom pointing at local governments for the failure to lessen homelessness, which has only worsened in his tenure.

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18.04.2024

'Waving Goodbye': How do you cope with the death of a spouse? - Los Angeles Times

When bereavement books didn't help Warren Kozak, he decided to write his own. Only after he was done did he realize that his book about loss was really a book about love.

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18.04.2024

Sophie Kinsella reveals she's had brain cancer since 2022 - Los Angeles Times

'Confessions of a Shopaholic' scribe Sophie Kinsella reveals she was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. Since then she's had surgery, radiation and chemo.

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18.04.2024

Kate Beckinsale hints at ailment that hospitalized her - Los Angeles Times

Kate Beckinsale wore a T-shirt emblazoned with 'Tummy Troubles Survivor,' an apparent reference to the mystery medical issue that hospitalized her in March.

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17.04.2024

The coolest vegan grocery store in L.A. is Besties Vegan Paradise - Los Angeles Times

Besties Vegan Paradise market's brand of veganism is infused with hip-hop, streetwear, tattoos and other youth culture

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17.04.2024

Guitarist Steve Hackett hospitalized after reaction to meds - Los Angeles Times

Former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett was hospitalized over the weekend after having an adverse reaction to medication he took for a bronchial infection.

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16.04.2024

California woman dies after using toxic, lead-filled hemorrhoid cream - Los Angeles Times

The California Department of Health has issued a public warning about a Vietnamese ointment after a Sacramento woman died of lead poisoning in March.

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16.04.2024

Why do we grieve when our cars die? - Los Angeles Times

If you live in L.A., you spend so much time in your car that it becomes somewhere significant memories are made. It becomes a supporting character in your story.

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13.04.2024

Too many California parents don't know who killed their children - Los Angeles Times

Low homicide clearance rates help perpetuate gun violence. Legislation under consideration in Sacramento would help more families reopen cold cases.

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12.04.2024

Too obsessed with Taylor Swift? It might be a coping mechanism - Los Angeles Times

In 'The Age of Magical Overthinking,' Amanda Montell observes how information overload and online culture has hijacked our brain’s hard-wired vulnerabilities.

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10.04.2024

Review: Bergamot Comedy Fest breeds a mix of laughter and lessons at The Crow - Los Angeles Times

The weeklong festival offered diverse panels for creatives, comics, and writers along with packed comedy shows with mental health as its central theme on Friday.

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10.04.2024

Biden, Trump and Kennedy Jr.'s views on housing, homelessness - Los Angeles Times

Housing and homelessness are election issues of extreme importance to Californians. Here's where the major presidential candidates stand.

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08.04.2024

Can Calmara AI app really detect infections in sex partners? - Los Angeles Times

'There are so many things wrong with this app that I don’t even know where to begin,' one doctor said about Calmara, which says it can identify sexually transmitted infections from photos of penises.

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03.04.2024

Jay Leno's wife Mavis Leno sometimes 'does not know' him - Los Angeles Times

Mavis Leno is battling 'advanced dementia' and 'sometimes does not know her husband, Jay [Leno], nor her date of birth,' her court-appointed attorney reported.

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03.04.2024

Hepatitis C is thriving in L.A.'s jails. It shouldn't be - Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles County jail system needs a concerted effort to screen for and treat the blood-borne liver disease, which kills about 14,000 Americans a year.

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30.03.2024

California is making fentanyl test strips free to organizations. How to get a kit - Los Angeles Times

In an effort to slow the proliferation of synthetic opioid-related deaths, California will begin offering free fentanyl-testing strips to eligible organizations across the state that ask for them, the state Department of Health Care Services announced Thursday.

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28.03.2024

Halle Berry says her perimenopause misdiagnosed as herpes - Los Angeles Times

Halle Berry says her doctor was convinced she had the 'worst case of herpes' he had ever seen when she described symptoms related to perimenopause.

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28.03.2024

How Dodgers fans built a gigantic community of L.A. hikers - Los Angeles Times

Every year a group of Dodgers fans rings in the start of baseball season in an especially Angeleno way: Decking themselves in all blue and hiking through Griffith Park's peaks.

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28.03.2024

Soup-for-dinner diet: An easy, delicious way to lose weight - Los Angeles Times

Quick soups, simmering soups, you-can’t-make-a-mistake soups. These are a home cook's easy way to cut back. You will not be bored or boring as a cook or an eater on this diet.

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26.03.2024

This easy way to reduce stress only takes 20 seconds a day - Los Angeles Times

Researchers at UC Berkeley say a daily 20-second 'micropractice' can help reduce stress and improve mental health.

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22.03.2024

Meet the new generation of puppeteers performing around Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times

In the last year, membership has spiked at the Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry. Inside the new generation of artists continuing its mission.

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21.03.2024

Newsom's Proposition 1 passes in California's primary election - Los Angeles Times

After a close race, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 1 overhaul of California’s mental health system narrowly passed in the 2024 primary election.

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20.03.2024

California communities are banning syringe programs. State fights back - Los Angeles Times

Giving clean syringes to people who inject drugs has been found to curb the spread of disease. But syringe programs are being banned in many California communities. The state is fighting back.

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20.03.2024

The first ever over-the-counter birth control pill becomes available. - Los Angeles Times

Health experts say the over-the-counter birth control pill gives contraception options to people who live in rural or remote areas.

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19.03.2024

Dr. Dre says he had three strokes after 2021 aneurysm - Los Angeles Times

Dr. Dre said he had three strokes after his 2021 hospitalization for a brain aneurysm: 'It’s just something that you can’t control.'

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18.03.2024

Opinion: Flamin' Hot Cheetos and iPhones are ruining my kid and yours - Los Angeles Times

I’ll take all the help I can get prying the smartphone out of my 13-year-old niece’s messy orange hands.

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15.03.2024

This South Bay plant shop is a wellness retreat for the weary - Los Angeles Times

Barbara Lawson used gardening to pull herself out of depression. Now, she's sharing the healing powers of plants with others at her South Bay plant shop.

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15.03.2024

Dodgers renew Andrew Toles' contract, help him keep health insurance - Los Angeles Times

Andrew Toles last played in 2018. The Dodgers apparently renewed his contract so he could keep his insurance while dealing with mental health issues.

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14.03.2024

Christina Applegate, Jamie-Lynn Sigler on multiple sclerosis - Los Angeles Times

Christina Applegate opened up about how living with multiple sclerosis has been 'kind of hell' and 'isolating' but shares how fellow actor Jamie-Lynn Sigler supports her.

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14.03.2024

Column: Hubris, thy name is Gavin - Los Angeles Times

Gov. Gavin Newsom should have learned this four years ago: You don’t try to sell voters on more government spending in a primary election.

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14.03.2024

Olivia Munn has luminal B breast cancer, double mastectomy - Los Angeles Times

Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday that she was diagnosed last year with luminal B breast cancer and had a double mastectomy. She considers herself 'lucky.'

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13.03.2024

Opposition concedes that Newsom likely to win on Proposition 1 - Los Angeles Times

Despite the confidence he projected about Proposition 1, Gov. Gavin Newsom's ballot measure on California's mental health services is leading narrowly.

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12.03.2024

More parents are delaying kids’ vaccines, posing risk to toddlers - Los Angeles Times

More parents are choosing to delay childhood vaccinations, such as the MMR vaccine. Doctors worry toddlers remain vulnerable as measles spreads.

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08.03.2024

Unlikely Fox: Turning grief into a thriving crochet brand - Los Angeles Times

Krysta Grasso's vibrant crochet brand, Unlikely Fox, is dedicated to her late mother, who taught her how to crochet when she was 5.

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08.03.2024

Opinion: What a doctor sees when Joe Biden hesitates - Los Angeles Times

The president's enemies and the uninformed combine his recall issues with stereotypes to create a false narrative of intellectual impairment.

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07.03.2024

Is magnesium good for you? - Los Angeles Times

After decades of anonymity on vitamin store shelves, magnesium is taking a star turn in L.A.'s wellness community. Here's what it can — and can't — do for you.

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06.03.2024

Will California voters pass Newsom's Prop. 1 on election day? - Los Angeles Times

California voters in the primary election decide the fate of Proposition 1, which Gov. Gavin Newsom has championed to address mental health and homelessness.

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02.03.2024

Nearly half of San Francisco drug users are visitors - Los Angeles Times

Nearly half of San Francisco drug users are not native. That led to speculation from the mayor that abuse of low-income grants was driving substance abusers to the Bay Area.

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02.03.2024

How to help a friend with a bad breakup - Los Angeles Times

How can you help a friend going through a painful breakup? Experts say show up, offer support and definitely don't bash the ex.

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02.03.2024

The cost of Proposition 1: Newsom's plan to transform California's mental health system - Los Angeles Times

If Proposition 1 is approved by California voters, the bond to build more mental health facilities could cost $14 billion in debt and interest payments.

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Newsom calls for increased oversight of local homelessness efforts - Los Angeles Times

'Waving Goodbye': How do you cope with the death of a spouse? - Los Angeles Times

Sophie Kinsella reveals she's had brain cancer since 2022 - Los Angeles Times

Kate Beckinsale hints at ailment that hospitalized her - Los Angeles Times

The coolest vegan grocery store in L.A. is Besties Vegan Paradise - Los Angeles Times

Guitarist Steve Hackett hospitalized after reaction to meds - Los Angeles Times

California woman dies after using toxic, lead-filled hemorrhoid cream - Los Angeles Times

Why do we grieve when our cars die? - Los Angeles Times

Too many California parents don't know who killed their children - Los Angeles Times

Too obsessed with Taylor Swift? It might be a coping mechanism - Los Angeles Times

Review: Bergamot Comedy Fest breeds a mix of laughter and lessons at The Crow - Los Angeles Times

Biden, Trump and Kennedy Jr.'s views on housing, homelessness - Los Angeles Times

Can Calmara AI app really detect infections in sex partners? - Los Angeles Times

Jay Leno's wife Mavis Leno sometimes 'does not know' him - Los Angeles Times

Hepatitis C is thriving in L.A.'s jails. It shouldn't be - Los Angeles Times

California is making fentanyl test strips free to organizations. How to get a kit - Los Angeles Times

Halle Berry says her perimenopause misdiagnosed as herpes - Los Angeles Times

How Dodgers fans built a gigantic community of L.A. hikers - Los Angeles Times

Soup-for-dinner diet: An easy, delicious way to lose weight - Los Angeles Times

This easy way to reduce stress only takes 20 seconds a day - Los Angeles Times

Meet the new generation of puppeteers performing around Los Angeles - Los Angeles Times

Newsom's Proposition 1 passes in California's primary election - Los Angeles Times

California communities are banning syringe programs. State fights back - Los Angeles Times

The first ever over-the-counter birth control pill becomes available. - Los Angeles Times

Dr. Dre says he had three strokes after 2021 aneurysm - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Flamin' Hot Cheetos and iPhones are ruining my kid and yours - Los Angeles Times

This South Bay plant shop is a wellness retreat for the weary - Los Angeles Times

Dodgers renew Andrew Toles' contract, help him keep health insurance - Los Angeles Times

Christina Applegate, Jamie-Lynn Sigler on multiple sclerosis - Los Angeles Times

Column: Hubris, thy name is Gavin - Los Angeles Times

Olivia Munn has luminal B breast cancer, double mastectomy - Los Angeles Times

Opposition concedes that Newsom likely to win on Proposition 1 - Los Angeles Times

More parents are delaying kids’ vaccines, posing risk to toddlers - Los Angeles Times

Unlikely Fox: Turning grief into a thriving crochet brand - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: What a doctor sees when Joe Biden hesitates - Los Angeles Times

Is magnesium good for you? - Los Angeles Times

Will California voters pass Newsom's Prop. 1 on election day? - Los Angeles Times

Nearly half of San Francisco drug users are visitors - Los Angeles Times

How to help a friend with a bad breakup - Los Angeles Times

The cost of Proposition 1: Newsom's plan to transform California's mental health system - Los Angeles Times

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