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    Which Way, L.A.?

    30 Years of AIDS in Los Angeles

    The first cases of HIV/AIDs were reported 30 years ago this coming Sunday. That's the day some 2500 bicyclists and 600 volunteers will set off from San Francisco on a fundraising ride to Los Angeles, where those first reports of the disease occurred. Michael Weinstein is President of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The first cases of HIV/AIDs were reported 30 years ago this coming Sunday. That's the day some 2500 bicyclists and 600 volunteers will set off from San Francisco on a fundraising ride to Los Angeles, where those first reports of the disease occurred. Michael Weinstein is President of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Before founding what's now the nation's largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the nation, he was coordinator of the Stop the AIDS Quarantine Committee.

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    Union Battle Comes to Costa Mesa City Hall
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    2. 18:5630 Years of AIDS in Los AngelesYou’re reading this
    3. 25:35Romney Makes It Official, but Will Palin Steal the Spotlight?
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