Greater LA
What it’s like to treat gunshot victims day after day
There’s been an uptick of violent crime in South Los Angeles, and if you get shot or stabbed there, it’s likely you’ll go to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance or St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenThere’s been an uptick of violent crime in South Los Angeles, and if you get shot or stabbed there, it’s likely you’ll go to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance or St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood. Hear from some victims of gang violence and the trauma surgeons who treat them day after day. And a new documentary, “The Biggest Little Farm,” chronicles the life of a couple who left the city for a farm north of LA.
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2 storiesOn the front lines, gun violence through the lens of trauma surgeons
After rapper Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed in late March, gun violence was again in the news. LAPD Chief Michel Moore held a press conference reporting a spike in gun violence in South LA.
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This week, the United Nations released a disturbing report . About a million species of plants and animals face extinction in the coming years because of damage done by humans.
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