Fentanyl has continued to tighten its deadly grip on Los Angeles, with the synthetic opioid causing the majority of fatal overdoses countywide in 2022. For the first time in recent years, fentanyl surpassed methamphetamine as the most common drug listed as a cause of overdose deaths, according to a recent report from the L.A. County… Continue reading Fentanyl has become Los Angeles County’s most deadly drug
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Los Angeles County has its first measles case since 2020
A recently arrived traveler at Los Angeles International Airport is the source of the first case of measles in L.A. County since 2020. Measles is a highly infectious disease, and health experts say the best way to evade infection is immunization. The Los Angeles resident was a passenger on a Turkish Airlines flight that arrived… Continue reading Los Angeles County has its first measles case since 2020
Opinion: Los Angeles teens face a fentanyl crisis. Here’s a way to help
Melanie Ramos was only 15 years old when she died of a suspected overdose in a high school bathroom in Hollywood. Police reported that she and a friend had purchased pills they thought were prescription painkillers but which were likely fakes containing fentanyl, a potent opioid incorporated into counterfeit pills widely available in the illicit… Continue reading Opinion: Los Angeles teens face a fentanyl crisis. Here’s a way to help
Meet the new generation of puppeteers performing around Los Angeles
Jesse Kingsley was in full geek-out mode. Despite being a puppet builder and enthusiast for more than two decades, he had never peered inside the head of a Chinese lion costume — those vibrant, furry two-person get-ups that are used to celebrate Lunar New Year, weddings and store openings — until this moment. Now, on… Continue reading Meet the new generation of puppeteers performing around Los Angeles