Drug and alcohol overdoses continued to be the leading cause of death among Los Angeles County's homeless population in 2023, accounting for 45% of all deaths despite increased distribution of the overdose-reversal medication naloxone, according to a county report released Thursday. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's sixth annual mortality...
Read moreBy Jeanne Kuang One year into California’s landmark effort to regulate conditions for more than a half-million fast food workers, the state council appointed to oversee the industry has barely settled on how to conduct meetings. The nine-member fast food council, composed of business owners, workers and union representatives, recently decided to...
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