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Mysterious Death Shares LA Locale with Famous Unsolved Murder
posted 10/27/2010

It's a bit afield from our usual reporting, but a dead body in Los Angeles' landmark Millennium Biltmore Hotel, dozens of cops and hundreds of singing and dancing would-be celebs swirled through my life last weekend. But so far, nothing I've seen has mentioned a historical piece of the mystery at the Biltmore.

Health and Public Policy: Doing it Right
posted 10/19/2010

For the first time, this fellowship gives me the opportunity to do a health story right.

Health issues usually mean big trouble when it’s breaking news or an investigative story.

Agent Orange. Ebola virus. West Nile. H1N1. In their time, viruses, pesticides and other causes of sudden, mass illnesses have forced all of us who cover the news to drop what we’re doing and take a crash course in an unexpected health crisis.

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Mysterious Death Shares LA Locale with Famous Unsolved Murder
It's a bit afield from our usual reporting, but a dead body in Los Angeles' landmark Millennium... more »
posted 10/27/10
Health and Public Policy: Doing it Right
For the first time, this fellowship gives me the opportunity to do a health story right. Health... more »
posted 10/19/10

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Project: Complaints don't materialize about management of Orange County's CalOptima medical program for the poor

Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen said numerous complaints spurred her to propose changes to the CalOptima board. Yet records show only five from all supervisors and other top elected officials in four months.

Project: Behind the Battle Over Orange County's CalOptima

CalOptima is Orange County's system for managing Medi-Cal. With no warning, one county supervisor tried to push through major changes that shifted control of the $1.3 billion program.

Project: Finding Future Parkland Where There Isn't Any Now

It might be roof-top green space. Perhaps a reconfiguration of streets that permits walkable medians and wide bike lanes. Or it could be a supercharging of current joint-use plans between cities and school districts.

The most likely scenario would be a combination of these solutions and many more as community leaders in North Orange County try to overcome a dearth of city parkland.