- Making News: County Supervisors Transfers Control of King-Drew to Private Consulting Firm The King-Drew Medical Center in South LA will be run by a private management company. Los Angeles County Supervisors today gave the job to contract to Navigant Consulting with a contract worth $13.2 million. Charles Ornstein, who's been following the story for the Los Angeles Times, updates authorities' efforts to keep hospital open while reforming inadequate patient care at the embattled facility.
- Reporter's Notebook: Fires, Flooding and the Southland's First Rains
Heavy rains in areas where fires have destroyed vegetation can be subject to flash floods and deadly slides of debris. As southern California braces for rain tonight, first responders are looking hazard-probability maps that show where danger could be greatest. Jim Bowers of the US Geological Survey, who is part of that team, offers a look at what to expect from the upcoming storm's predicted four or five inches of rain.
Joint Committee on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
LA Times' article on Supervisors' transfer of King-Drew to Navigant