Shoppers Speak Out About Fresh and Easy's Plan to Sell Its Stores

Fast Food Ban in South L.A. Could be Lifted

Community Plan Aims to Revamp L.A.

Peligra expansión de MediCal en California

New Community Plan may loosen fast food restrictions on select South LA neighborhoods

City Leaders Reject Plan to Overturn Law Designed to Fight Obesity

City Mulls Relaxed Ban On South LA Fast-Food Eateries

WTFrack?

Transform Vacant Lots into Green Spaces. Vote for Community Health Councils.

GE Foundation Expands Commitment to Increasing Access to Healthcare with New Pilot Programs in Four Regions

Pacific Health Corporation shutters three of its hospitals

South L.A. Steps it Up with Inspirational L.A. 2050 Proposals: Great Ideas from the Advancement Project, Black Worker Center, Community Coalition, Community Health Councils, Neighborhood Land Trust, TRUST South L.A., and the WLCAC with Civic Projects

Activists and neighbors in Baldwin Hills called for strict regulation or an all-out ban on fracking, which is not regulated in the state. Hear GBHA members talk about their concerns in the "Fracking Controversy Comes to SoCal" video.

Culver residents prepare to receive update on fracking activity in nearby oil field.

Fracking Impact on Water Worries Californians.

Official defends County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center after incidents.

One of our city’s gem non-profits, Community Health Councils is organizing a bus tour for Good Food Day LA.

Spring Health Festival.

Are 1 Million L.A. County Residents Getting Fracked Over by Oil Company PXP?

Oil extraction method widely used in California with little oversight. Regulators and lawmakers know very little about how and where oil companies employ hydraulic fracturing in the state.

Residents express new concerns about 'fracking' at Baldwin Hills oil drilling site.

Fracking in the Baldwin Hills.

Targeting kids in fast-food advertising: fair or predatory?

Oil fracking in Baldwin Hills: The controversial process gets a hearing.

City Planners set to tackle health issues in South LA with transit stations.

Community workshop aims to improve public transit in South LA.

Buscan limitar la comida chatarra Estudian reducir la cantidad de restaurantes, pero ya tiene objetores.

LA County takes step to promote exercise, reduce obesity.

Burying the pot of black gold in Los Angeles for good.

Creating healthy neighborhoods.

Organizers hope South LA healthcare initiative expands. About 70 attend event at Fremont High to learn more about county, state and federal programs.

Obesity epidemic hits South LA harder than most.

Getting outdoors in South LA.

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center cited for safety violations.

Promotoras are vital link to ethnic communities.

Oil drilling standards fail to address issues, some say.

MLK Center for Public Health makes it debut.

South LA Food Co-op works to offer healthy options in South Los Angeles.

South LA hosts free health fair.

The California FreshWorks Fund: Getting Healthy Food Where It Is Needed Most.

Michelle Obama unveils $200M California Endowment fresh food financing plan.

Access to grocers doesn't improve diets, study finds. The results run counter to the idea that more supermarkets can curb obesity in low-income neighborhoods.

Study finds better food options do not mean a healthier community.

New deal struck on oil drilling in Baldwin Hills

New deal struck on oil drilling in Baldwin Hills.

Settlement reached over SoCal urban oilfield.

Community 'greening' initiative taking root in South L.A. Open-space advocates seek to transform about 900 miles of alleys and other underutilized locations. Project supporters and residents take a tour of sites that have had successful face-lifts.

En busca del espacio verde de Los Ángeles Unos 150 activistas recorren la ciudad para aprender a convertirla.

Bike and bus tours aim to reimagine South Los Angeles.

Unen fuerzas en Baldwin Hills. Los vecinos luchan contra el cáncer y la presencia de pozos petroleros.

Press Conference will air complaints against LA County.

New pressure to tighten Baldwin Hills oil regulations.

Developing a Community Scorecard to Chronicle Public Health Disparities in South Los Angeles.

Group aims to ban new fast-food outlets in Detroit.

Ban of Fast Food Wages on in Detroit

Council OK's restrictions on fast-food eateries in South L.A.

Los Angeles City Council approves zoning standards on fast food restaurants in South LA.

City Council restricts fast food outlets in South LA.

You Can’t Have It Your Way, LA: New Fast-Food Joints Banned.

Turning a food desert into a food oasis: is the first step limiting fast food restaurants?

GOP wins stir deep concern among Black voters, leaders.

City moves to permanently regulate fast foods in South LA.

South LA's fast food moratorium expired on September 14th. The City Council is expected to vote on October 14th whether to make the moratorium permanent.

The temporary ban on new stand-alone fast food restaurants in South LA expired on September 14th. City Council wants to make the provisions part of the community plan.

Provision in new federal health reform law may let young adults up to 26 return to families' medical plans.

Activists push for permanent fast-food restaurant ban in South LA.

Rules of supermarket attraction: how to bring more grocery stores to underserved areas.

Baldwin Hills residents want oil companies to pay tax. Eliminating loophole would net $1.2 billion.

Young adults could return to family plans as 26 is new health care cutoff age.

Backers of new tax on oil production will hold public forum in Baldwin Hills.

Councilmember Parks Addresses Lack of Dining Options in South L.A.

Culver City extends moratorium on oil drilling. Citing an "immediate threat to public health, safety and welfare," city officials prohibit new drilling.

Fast food moratorium in South L.A. to end; permanent solutions still in the works.

Community pushes for healthy food choices in South LA.

7 nominees for board of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital.

Navigating L.A.’s Food Deserts—why so many have access to so little.

Advocates press for markets in poor areas.

Quest for new LA County health chief is slow going. The department's huge budget gap and the difficulty of pleasing the county's five supervisors make it unlikely that an attractive candidate will soon appear, observers say.

Lack of Quality Food Choices Harming the Health of South L.A. A new study says people living in the area suffer higher rates of heart disease.

Advocate group blames lack of fresh food for high inner city disease rates.

Day at the Capitol. Protect the Health of California!

Bridging the gap in healthcare coverage for children.

Pressure results in health study for Baldwin Hills.

Culver City challenges new oil drilling. A Texas company wants new wells in the Inglewood Oil Field, which lies along the city's border and already has 1,463 active, idle and abandoned wells.

South Bay health community's response to health care bill mixed.

L.A. County report finds higher mortality rate among black women, less access to care among Latinas and lower rates of preventive care among Asians. Obesity rates went up countywide since 2005.

Sale sparks hope of hospital's return.

Blue Shield Foundation awards $5 million for health care, other programs.

The Blue Shield of California said Thursday it's making $5 million in 4th quarter grants, bringing its 2009 grant total to $28.9 million.

The proposed partnership between the University of California and Los Angeles County to open a new hospital in South Los Angeles moved closer to reality with the recent unanimous approval of the UC Board of Regents.

Success of new Martin Luther King Jr. hospital could hinge on board's makeup. Seven yet-to-be-named appointees would decide how to run the hospital and whom to hire.

UC regents should embrace plan to revive former King-Drew hospital. Since the hospital's closure, the South L.A. area has been hurting for medical services. The regents could change that.

Charles Drew University closes its Urgent Care Clinic.

Childhood obesity blamed on poor nutrition.

Obesity concerns spur calls to limit new convenience stores in South L.A.

A study of Los Angeles food markets has found high numbers of products with expired freshness dates.

Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH U.S.).

Study looks at expired foods in low-income areas.

As farmers markets in South Los Angeles struggle to connect with the African-American community, city officials are developing a food policy task force that could make them more viable.

Health focus on South Figueroa area with the launch of South Los Angeles Building Healthy Communities.