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Fire-affected utilities: Water now safe | Los Angeles Times
The restoration of service reflects the differences between water utilities but also the considerable effort that each has undertaken, said Gregory Pierce, director of the UCLA Water Resources Group.
Musk’s regulatory troubles melting away under Trump | NBC News
Jon Michaels, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and an expert on administrative law, said he wouldn’t be surprised if federal agencies are slow-walking the 40-plus ongoing matters involving Musk’s companies.
After a rare diagnosis, a new gene therapy offered hope | CBS News
Dr. Donald Kohn, a pediatric bone marrow transplant physician who led the trial site at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital in California, said the therapy essentially allows a patient to be their own stem cell donor. That makes it safer than a bone marrow donation, Kohn said.
Trump announces film tariffs | Los Angeles Times
“Right now the industry is teetering,” UCLA professor George Huang said. “This would go a long way in helping right the ship and putting us back on course to being the capital of the entertainment world.”
What does the term ‘AAPI’ mean? | NBC’s “Today”
Immigrants from the Indian subcontinent have been coming to the U.S. since the 19th century, according to Vinay Lal, a professor at UCLA.
Casey Means, surgeon general pick, faces pushback | NPR
The role of surgeon general has changed dramatically since its inception, when the position had significant regulatory powers to issue federal public health orders, says Lindsay Wiley, a professor of health law at UCLA. “The modern position functions more like a health-communicator-in-chief,” she says.
What to know about the Hep A outbreak in L.A. | New York Times
Officials say many of the recent cases have occurred in people without those risk factors. They do not yet know why, but Dr. Timothy Brewer, an infectious disease physician and epidemiologist at U.C.L.A., said it had led him to worry about two things: food contamination and community circulation. (UCLA’s Dr. Anne Rimoin was also quoted.)
25 questions to bring you closer to your mom | New York Times
“Who was your closest friend when I was a baby?” [asks] UCLA’s Jaimie Arona Krems.
Here’s what happened when people gave up soda | Yahoo Life
“Regular soda displaces healthier calories because it takes up some room in the stomach, but it also adds a significant amount of calories to someone’s diet without any healthful benefit,” Dana Ellis Hunnes, senior dietitian at UCLA Medical Center and assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, tells Yahoo Life.
Floods exposed weaknesses in California prisons | CalMatters
Advocates for years have been sounding the alarm over the ways in which California prisons are ill-equipped to confront climate hazards due to issues such as overcrowding and aging infrastructure. A 2023 report by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and the nonprofit organization Ella Baker Center for Human Rights chronicled those concerns and urged the state to implement safeguards.
The rugged trades that drew settlers to the American West | History
“The dream is powerful, and it is obviously something that lures millions of people onto these lands in the American West,” says Stephen Aron, president and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles. “The reality oftentimes does not meet the expectation.”
Local mother shares experience with preeclampsia | Spectrum News 1
“We don’t totally understand what causes preeclampsia,” said Dr. Hannah Reiser, an OB-GYN at UCLA and Harmon’s physician. “It’s an area of a lot of research. The things that we know right now are that it’s important to see your doctor regularly during your prenatal care. They’re checking your blood pressure and watching your labs over the course of pregnancy.”
