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Dementia risk linked to wildfires in new study, SoCal gas cuts service to more than 100 homes, LA County's response to Grants Pass decision
Today's headlines:
- Wildfire smoke is bad for your health, but today, what scientists are saying it does to your brain's health.
- SoCal Gas is cutting off service to more than 100 homes in a part of Rancho Palos Verdes — how homeowners are coping with no gas
- What L.A. County plans to do in response to a monumental Supreme Court ruling on the rights of the unhoused to sleep in public spaces.
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