On Feb. 9, 1971, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake shook Southern California’s San Fernando Valley, killing 65 people and seriously injuring 2,000. Because most of the deaths occurred in a veterans’ hospital ...

Assembly member Dario Frommer (D-Los Feliz) has introduced a bill (AB 1154) that would exempt the state health planning office staff positions from the state hiring freeze and any further cutbacks ...

Los Angeles-based Temple Community Hospital has closed its doors after more than 70 years due to low revenue and increasing costs, including the pending $50 million expense of retrofitting the ...

Priority for patients with chronic medical conditions in the retrofitting of homes is a “no-brainer” that would sharply reduce demand on health services and hospital beds, according to former minister ...

Mission Hospital Laguna Beach soon will be able to better withstand shaking from an earthquake. The hospital at 31872 S. Coast Hwy., part of the St. Joseph Health system, is embarking on a $15-million ...

"Born in an old mansion on a hill in the year of 1889, the Hahnemann Hospital, long ago aptly renamed the Highland, was the child of a rebellion." So stated Arch Merrill, longtime literary chronicler ...