Lita Martinez
Producer, All Things Considered
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L.A. County has been given the dubious honor of having the highest level of year-round, street-level smog pollution for all but one of the years the American Lung Assn. has put out its State of the Air report. -
The heartstring-tugging saga took another turn when the canine ended up in the Studio City Area — where a good Samaritan jumped into the water to help. He had to be rescued himself after the dog came loose from his grip. -
“To put that into perspective, drivers with the typical 14-gallon fuel tank and a mid-size sedan are paying a little more than $29 to fill up that same tank of gas today," an Auto Club of Southern California spokesperson said. -
Despite improvement, tailpipe emissions are one the largest causes. -
Back in 2020, none of us really expected it to go on this long. -
The aid aims to help refugees resettle in the county. It could include legal help, medical and mental health care and even cash assistance. -
Under the pilot program, part of the federal government's "Test to Treat" initiative, eligible patients who test positive at select testing sites could get free medications shipped overnight. -
Scientists took the substance that allows skin cells to regenerate and put it into lung tissue, then exposed it to the virus that causes COVID-19. -
Councilmember Paul Koretz describes his horror at seeing images of Ukrainian civilians killed by Russian troops, calling them "senseless" deaths "at the hand of a megalomaniacal madman." -
According to a study recently published in the Journal of Geology, the midsection has produced many big quakes in the past, some measuring 6.8 magnitudes or greater.
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