Patrick Healy
NBC Los Angeles
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Unruly Passenger Diverts Delta Flight Bound for LAX
An unruly passenger was taken into custody after diverting a Delta flight that was bound for LAX. → Read More
Why Aren't We Collecting Rainwater? Don't Worry — Smart People Are Working On It
Every time it rains, Angelenos might be thinking: are we saving any of that rain water? Here’s how engineers are working on solving the problem. → Read More
Mother Grieves 12-Year-Old Killed in Triple Shooting in Wilmington
A vigil was held Tuesday in Wilmington at the scene of a shooting that took the life of a 12-year-old boy and wounded his parent, while another child was wounded on a playground nearby by an apparent stray shot. → Read More
Police Warn About Street Racing on Halloween Weekend
With children out trick-or-treating this holiday weekend, police will be on the lookout for any street racing or takeover sideshows. → Read More
LA Restaurants Soon Will Require Proof of Vaccination, So What Will SoCal In-N-Out Restaurants Do?
A week from Monday, restaurants in the City of Los Angeles will be required to check indoor diners for proof of COVID vaccination — a situation in the Bay Area that has caused controversy after an In-N-Out burger location took a stand against the mandate. → Read More
Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Beverly Hills Police Department, City
A class action lawsuit contends that one Black couple’s arrest for riding a scooter in Beverly Hills is part of a larger pattern of discriminatory police actions. → Read More
‘Don't Do This to Your Family:' After Brother's COVID Death, Man Asks Others to Get Vaccinated
Two Baldwin Park brothers were active in their community. After putting off vaccination, one died due to COVID-19, leaving the other to spread their warning. → Read More
Nurses Bring Ceremony to Hospitalized High School Senior Missing Graduation
An 18-year-old South Torrance High student had to be hospitalized shortly before his graduation. When it became clear he would not be discharged in time, his nurses arranged a ceremony for him inside Little Company of Mary. → Read More
‘Magic Mushrooms' as Medicine? Psychedelics Could Be Used to Fight Alcohol Dependence, PTSD
It will come as a surprise to some that a clinical trial at a major metropolitan hospital is testing a treatment for alcohol use disorder that involves... → Read More
Upland Woman Gives Birth in Coma After Getting COVID-19; Meets her Baby Via FaceTime
It is a situation that sometimes does not end well: an expectant mother coming down with COVID-19. In the case of an Upland mother to be, her COVID-19 worsened so much that two lives were imperiled, and two emergency procedures were required. → Read More
LA County May Move to Red Tier Next Week, But That Doesn't Mean Indoor Dining Will Be Back Immediately
As the COVID-19 positivity rate continues to fall and the vaccination rate grows, there is optimism LA County can move out of the most restrictive tier of the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy as early as next week. As eager as some are, that does not necessarily mean all of red tier reopening would happen all at once. → Read More
Pharmacist Perseveres Vaccinating Thousands of Seniors Despite COVID Claiming Grandparents
A pharmacist who took on the challenge of overseeing the vaccinations of literally thousands of seniors at hundreds of long-term care facilities persevered, even after losing her own grandparents to COVID-19. → Read More
LA County Elementary Schools Get the Green Light to Reopen for In-Person Learning
Los Angeles County Supervisor, Janice Hahn, announced that the county has met the mark that permits elementary school students to go back to class for in-person learning via a tweet Monday evening. → Read More
LA County Elementary Schools on Verge of Getting the Green Light to Reopen for In-Person Learning
Los Angeles County Supervisor, Janice Hahn, announced that the county has met the mark that permits elementary school students to go back to class for in-person learning via a tweet Monday evening. → Read More
Social Equity Program Offers Leg Up to Budding Entrepreneurs From Marginalized Communities
The company is Everytable, started six years ago as a “social enterprise” on a mission to bring affordable, fresher, healthier eating alternatives to the “food deserts” of South Los Angeles and other disadvantaged communities, where the fare is sometimes limited to fast food and convenience markets. → Read More
In Some COVID-19 Patients, Body Produces Weapons Against Itself
The clues were there early on in the pandemic: seemingly moderate COVID-19 cases abruptly going critical. By spring it was becoming apparent that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was in some cases triggering immune response, a “Cytokine storm”, so severe it caused more damage than the infection itself. → Read More
Extract of Sea Squirt Shows Promise as COVID-19 Treatment
An extract from a rare undersea creature will soon be put to the test in clinical trials after initial studies showed effectiveness in stopping COVID-19 infections, according to a pharmaceutical company and a California-based researcher who has been studying it. → Read More
Extract of Sea Squirt Shows Promise as COVID-19 Treatment
An extract from a rare undersea creature will soon be put to the test in clinical trials after initial studies showed effectiveness in stopping COVID-19 infections, according to a pharmaceutical company and a California-based researcher who has been studying it. → Read More
Hospitals Near Point of Deciding Which Patients Get Life-Saving Care
With nearly 20,000 new COVID-19 cases and 318 new deaths in LA County on Friday, there are growing concerns as hospitals are nearing the point when triaging decisions will have to be made, who gets life-saving care, and who will not. → Read More
COVID Treatment Reduces Need for Hospitalization Where Used, But Remains Under-Utilized
As the continuing flood of COVID-19 patients squeezes in-patient resources ever tighter, some hospitals see evidence that need for hospitalization can be reduced with a one hour treatment for certain patients who come to the emergency room with new infections. → Read More