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Jackie Fortiér
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Former Senior Health Reporter
Stories by Jackie Fortiér
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Councilmembers Cedillo and De León refuse to resign, while city business piles up.
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Public backlash erupted after a secret recording of a meeting between council members Nury Martinez, Cedillo, de León and labor leader Ron Herrera surfaced over the weekend.
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Wednesday’s city council meeting adjourned after vehement protests in the council chamber.
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Proposition 1 is intended to guarantee the right to an abortion and contraception in the California Constitution, making it harder to restrict access to contraceptives or abortion in the future.
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Proposition 31 would uphold a 2020 state law banning the sale of flavored tobacco products.
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Many government offices, libraries and courthouses are closed today for Indigenous People’s Day, which shifts away from the Eurocentric focus of Columbus Day.
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About 355,000 of the 7 million eligible people in L.A. County have received the shot.
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The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023 and makes it harder to put individuals under a conservatorship.
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Young children who haven’t been exposed in the last two years are especially vulnerable.
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New CDC study finds Jynneos vaccine is effective against infection.
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Thousands of high-risk people need to be vaccinated, so clinics are showing up at local LGBTQ festivals to make it easy.
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It's the first monkeypox-related death in California and only the second such death in the U.S.