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Child Deaths and Emergency Preparedness in LA County
There's more trouble at LA County's Department of Children and Family Services, and the State Auditor says the County's withholding documents concerning the deaths of children...
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThere's more trouble at LA County's Department of Children and Family Services, and the State Auditor says the County is violating the law by withholding documents concerning the deaths of children while they're under the Department's supervision. Yesterday, the third director in nine months resigned. We update that story. Also, the population of undocumented workers has declined in Los Angeles and in Orange County. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the grim aftermath of the Debt Deal.
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4 storiesThe Grim Aftermath of the Debt Deal
Shortly after the Senate past the deficit-reduction bill, President Obama signed it, and the US has met tonight's debt-ceiling deadline. But the President said it was all the result of a " manufactured crisis ."
Read the story1 minMore Upheaval at LA's Department of Children and Family Services
There's more trouble for Los Angeles County over the deaths of children from abuse and neglect, while they're under supervision by the Department of Children and Family Services . For the third time in nine months, a director of has resigned, as the County is defying a state subpoena for departmental records.
Read the story1 minFewer Illegal Immigrants in LA County
After years of increases, the population of undocumented workers in Los Angeles County declined between 2001 and 2008, the last year for which there are records. The drop was about 8000 all told. That's according to the Public Policy Institute of California in a repor t co-written by Laura Hill.
Read the story1 minStarting Over from Scratch with Emergency Communication System
Ever since September 11, 2001, when New York's first responders could not reach each other, LA County and its many cities have been working on a plan for police, firefighters and hospital personnel to share a communications system.
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