Jun. 4 Kaiser Permanente and Providence Southern California are partnering to bring a new hospital to the High Desert with an anticipated 2026 opening in a venture that will also mean the closure of the nearly 65- year-old Providence St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley. Erik G. Wexler, president of Operations and Strategy for Providence South, told the Daily.
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How close Los Angeles came to what would have been many times over the deadliest disaster in U.S. history remains a matter of historical conjecture.
When the Sylmar earthquake rumbled through Los Angeles 50 years ago, on Feb. 9, 1971, the top of the earthen Lower Van Norman Dam melted into the reservoir. No one knows exactly what kept the dam near Granada Hills from collapsing. Was it the number of feet of earthen wall that remained? Was it the duration of the quake, since a few more seconds might have shaken loose the rest of the dam face, unleashing a torrent on tens of thousands of homes below?
Updated on February 9, 2021 at 11:37 am
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Fifty years ago this week, the deadly Sylmar earthquake rattled Southern California, leaving dozens of people dead and causing more than $500 million in property damage.
Also known as the San Fernando earthquake, the Feb. 8, 1971, magnitude-6.5 quake happened on a Tuesday at about 6:01 a.m. Its origin was in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, but shaking was felt across a widespread part of the San Fernando Valley.
It was the most powerful in nearly four decades in Los Angeles. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
California Sends Dozens Of Firefighter Paramedics, EMTs To Help Hospitals Inundated With COVID-19 Patients Syndicated Local – CBS Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) As cases of COVID-19 show no signs of abating, the state’s Mutual Aid System is sending fire and rescue paramedics and EMTs to assist in emergency rooms into the hardest-hit hospitals.
The firefighter paramedics and EMT’s will be sent on 14-day deployments to help in emergency rooms and other vital medical areas, primarily in the Southern California area. These firefighters are typically sent out in response to wildfires, floods and other natural disasters.
Olive View Medical Center and Huntington Memorial in Pasadena will each receive seven of these personnel. Nine more will be sent to Mission Community, Providence St. John’s, and Harbor-UCLA medical Center in Los Angeles County and UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange County. Ten more will be sent to the Inland Empire – half to Riverside Coun