Editor, Los Angeles Times' Metro Section
Editor of the Metro Section of the Los Angeles Times
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Megan Garvey
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FROM Megan Garvey
Which Way, L.A.?
Government Salaries and the Public's Right to Know City Council members making more than $100,000…a City manager whose salary and benefits reached $1.5 million. When its reports on the City of Bell created widespread outrage, the Los Angeles Times began asking about other cities and about LA County. The paper now has a database online that took a lot of time and effort to put together. That's according to Megan Garvey, who edits the Metro Section.
Which Way, L.A.?
Public Health, Childhood Vaccines and Autism Last month, a special three-judge federal panel declared that vaccines against childhood diseases did not cause autism in some children. One judge said he had “deep sympathy and admiration” for the families involved, but that he, “must decide this case not on sentiment, but by analyzing the evidence.” Nevertheless, the number of parents who believe there is a connection is on the increase. Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reported that in California, “hundreds of elementary schools are at risk for outbreaks of childhood diseases eradicated in the US years ago.”
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