Jessica P. Ogilvie

For residents who are uninsured or underinsured, Kaiser Permanente is offering free surgery today at its West LA location, reports KTLA. Launched in 2009, the program has helped many who have been suffering without access to care. Last year, KPCC reported that 67 surgeries were performed in the Southern California area, including in Baldwin Park, Orange County and San Diego.

Watch who's behind you, residents of Pasadena -- according to KNBC, police have counted 15 incidents of follow-home robberies in the area since March. The attacks usually take place between 8:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m., and are carried out by two men. So far, the pair has hit San Gabriel, Monterey Park, Alhambra and South Pasadena.

As part of their crackdown on unruly fans, officials at Dodger Stadium are rethinking the sale of alcohol on the premises, reports KTLA: "...officials have announced their plan to reconsider half-price beer sales at six games this season, along with serving sizes and when to stop serving."

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Following a blast near the Chabad House in Santa Monica on Thursday that turned out to be a deliberate attack, police have stepped up security at other Jewish institutions and synagogues around Los Angeles, reports the Daily News: "We're making routine patrols four or five times during our watch (patrol)," said Los Angeles police Sgt. Richard Parks of the Pacific station, near Culver City. An officer at the LAPD West Los Angeles station said one of its units was assigned to monitor synagogues Saturday."

As the government faced a shutdown yesterday, local news station KPCC quietly decided to temporarily suspend the spots that it runs for Planned Parenthood, whose services were being used as a wedge issue in the fight over spending in Congress. LA Observed ran the dictum that came down from "programming honcho Craig Curtis"

This month, law officials in the Inland Empire are cracking down on distracted driving, reports KABC. California Highway Patrol will be assigning teams of officers to focus specifically on drivers who are otherwise occupied while behind the wheel this Monday and Tuesday, and will do the same thing on April 19 and 20. If caught, drivers will be fined a minimum of $160.

Following the vicious beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow at last week's opening game at Dodger Stadium, the LAPD has announced that it will institute a zero-tolerance policy at future home games, effective immediately. The Daily news reports that Police Chief Charlie Beck revealed some of the new security measures today, to be paid for in part by the Dodgers.

As if a puppy getting euthanized isn't heart-breaking enough, Cooper, a 4-month-old Australian Shepherd who was two hours away from being put down when he was rescued, is also blind and deaf. The OC Register reports that Cooper was scheduled to be put down in San Bernadino County after being unsuccessfully put up for sale for $50 on Craigslist. Rescuers from the group Lifeline Animal Rescue heard about Cooper and got him a two-day reprieve, and were then able to find a temporary home for him.

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Several witnesses to the beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow at last week's Dodgers opening game have spoken out publicly, reports KNBC. Joe Lagano and Dolores Donnelly, lifelong Dodgers fans, claim that they heard the taunts and curses lobbed at Stow before the beating that left him in a coma with potentially permanent brain injuries.

If you were under the misguided notion that your lungs were the only part of your body being damaged by a steady stream of inhaled smog, think again. Researchers at USC have published a study demonstrating that miniscule particles made up of burning fossil fuel and deterioration of car parts and pavement found in pollution created by freeways causes brain damage in mice, reports the Huffington Post.