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Tests confirm safe drinking water in Eaton, Palisades burn areas | L.A. Times
Separately, UCLA professor Sanjay Mohanty’s group found no concerning levels of heavy metals or potentially harmful “forever” chemicals in 45 homes tested in the Palisades.
The government just killed an essential way to assess climate risk | Grist
“It is definitely not a plot of climate-change-increased disasters over time,” said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles. “It’s a plot of increased disaster losses for a variety of reasons that includes climate change, but it’s certainly not limited to it, and maybe isn’t even the primary driver in many cases.”
Officers are winning massive payouts in ‘LAPD lottery’ lawsuits | L.A. Times
Joanna Schwartz, a UCLA law professor, said risk managers in L.A. and other cities should be looking for “policy changes or adjustments to staffing” after getting sued repeatedly. “Best practices include internally investigating all allegations brought in lawsuits and then reviewing all the information that comes out during the course of discovery and trial,” Schwartz said.
Trump fires copyright chief, sparking constitutional clash | Bloomberg Law
UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh called both firings legal. He cited a 2024 D.C. Circuit opinion that held copyright regulations are subject to the Administrative Procedure Act. Volokh said the register “carries out important administrative functions” that place it effectively within the executive branch.
What to do if you get diagnosed with an ovarian cyst | Time
What an ovarian cyst looks like on a transvaginal ultrasound and how it’s affecting a woman helps determine how it’s treated, says Dr. Daniel Ginn, an assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA. If it looks like a collection of fluid in a small pouch or balloon and if the woman has minimal or no symptoms, a doctor may recommend “watchful waiting”—monitoring symptoms and repeating a pelvic ultrasound every six to eight weeks to see if the cyst has changed in size.
Curious? Healthy brain aging might depend on it | HealthDay News
Curiosity might have killed the cat, but maintaining such inquisitiveness could be key to preserving brain health as we grow older, a new study says… “Our findings fit with some of my work on selectivity theory, which is that as we get older, we don’t want to stop learning, we’re just more selective about what we want to learn,” senior researcher Alan Castel, a psychologist at UCLA, said in a news release.
State Farm wins 17% emergency rate hike after L.A. fires | Bloomberg
State Farm had initially sought a 22% hike but agreed to scale back the request during last month’s hearing. A University of California at Los Angeles analysis estimates the company could face $7.6 billion in claims from the Palisades and Eaton fires, which caused $45 billion in insured losses statewide.
How to ease IBS symptoms | Consumer Reports
Eating smaller meals more often is also important. “They’re likely easier to digest, possibly because they don’t spend as long fermenting in your gut,” says Mona Rezapour, a gastroenterologist at UCLA Health.
