Rep. George Whitesides (D-Aqua Dulce) joined clinicians and staff on Friday, Sept. 26 at the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center in Newhall to highlight the potential harms posed by the recently passed federal budget and how it could impact their clinic and local patients. “I opposed the harmful budget...

Rep. George Whitesides (D-Agua Dulce) has announced he is joining the Protecting Healthcare and Lowering Costs Act, legislation that would restore protections for Medicaid and permanently extend the Affordable Care Act Enhanced Premium Tax Credit program. In July, the Republican majority in Congress...

State officials from the California Department of Public Health, the Office of the Surgeon General and the Department of Developmental Services issued a statement on recent claims regarding acetaminophen and pregnancy. “Americans deserve clear medical guidance that is the result of a rigorous scientific...

The California Department of Public Health is announcing official immunization recommendations in accordance with West Coast Health Alliance partners Oregon, Washington and Hawaii. The guidance follows California’s decisive action to protect vaccine access and health insurance coverage for vaccines...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo has announced 11 of her bills have passed both houses of the Legislature and are now on the Governor’s desk, awaiting his signature. In addition, five bills are continuing to move forward as two year bills to be taken up next year. These measures tackle affordability,...

Assemblymember Matt Haney’s (D-San Francisco) AB 289, which would bring automated speed enforcement cameras to active highway construction zones, has passed both houses of the Legislature and now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk for a signature. The bill cleared the Senate floor with an...

California Department of Motor Vehicles has announced that the federal regulations that allowed states to issue Clean Air Vehicle decals will expire on Sept. 30. Putting the brakes on this program means that starting Oct. 1, the decals will no longer be valid in California, or elsewhere in the United...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department warns scammers are actively targeting individuals through phone calls, emails, or text messages pretending to be from a bank, law enforcement agency, or government office such as the FBI or IRS. Victims are pressured into believing their money is at risk....

Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares (R-Santa Clarita), co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, announced that the Caucus’ priority legislation to allow the sale of a cleaner and more affordable fuel blend known as E15, has successfully passed through the California Legislature and is now headed to...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit investigators are asking for the public’s help locating At-Risk Missing Person Bruce Arthur Landsman. He is a 72 year-old male White who was last seen on Sept. 9, at 8:30 a.m., at his residence on the 19600 block of Monarch Ridge Lane...