Health disparities
Health disparities – and solutions – examined in depth
In June 2012, I embarked on research to examine the wide disparities in health and longevity between neighborhoods just miles apart. It’s not unusual, especially in urban areas, to find that people living 10 or so miles from each other will have up to a 20-year gap in life expectancy. I reported on this topic…
Read MorePolice helicopter above high school elicits resigned shrugs
In this photo, you’ll see a helicopter hovering in South Los Angeles, right above a high school. It’s an LA Police Department copter, and as I learned from some mothers sitting on the bleachers at a soccer field nearby, it’s not an unusual sight in South LA. I was startled at it, but they just…
Read MoreOscar winners may gain years in life, along with prized gold statuette
Academy Award winners this Sunday may not realize it, but they have another reason to clutch their newly-won Oscars so tightly: That 13-inch gold statuette can actually add years to their lives. Movie stars who have won an Oscar live on average four years longer than stars nominated but not selected. Katharine Hepburn won a…
Read MoreStreet vendors furtively do business in Los Angeles
We first saw this street vendor standing next to his cart in South Los Angeles one hot afternoon last summer. Someone was purchasing one of the frozen desserts he sold from his bike/street cart, keeping it cold with dry ice. He was leery, though, when Rudy Espinoza and I approached him, but still lifted a…
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