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Los Padrinos, the county's newest juvenile hall, is at risk of being shut down by state regulators after they found the Probation Department failed to comply with state regulations.

Responding to high euthanasia rates at animal shelters in Palmdale and Lancaster, volunteers plead with people to stop breeding dogs and causing pets to be surrendered.

Medicare Advantage plans may deny prior authorization and payment requests for medically necessary care that meet Medicare coverage rules, a new report reveals.

Use of diabetes technology and management techniques have expanded significantly in recent years, but diabetes outcomes are less optimal today than a decade ago. This article includes expert insights on the newest tools, and how people with diabetes can use these tools to create a more personal approach to their care.

In a quiet and gloomy world, a girl walks alone on empty and winding roads. The girl is a character in the paintings Alone1 and Alone2 from the Covid-19 pandemic-inspired collection "Linetopia" by Apiwat Bunler. Periods of stay-at-home and self-isolation had a strong impact on independent artist Apiwat, who also bartends in his own bar, Barley, where he meets many people.

3 Min Read Published on: 02-20-2021 Anyone reading me over the decades wouldn’t need to be too perspicuous to have picked up on my interest in philosophy, particularly metaphysics. This is big-picture stuff, i.e., the basic nature of reality; things as they are in and of themselves apart from how they are parsed by three and half pounds of tissue, blood, water, and spunky neurotransmitters. Or, as expressed by R. B. Haldane: “The ultimate reality into which all else can...