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Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:33 PM

Mark Ridley-Thomas

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Name: Mark Ridley-Thomas

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents

CA: UC regents approve partnership with L.A. County to reopen King medical facility

The regents, some expressing concern about potential pitfalls, said they acted out of a moral imperative to aid the community for which the hospital was once a point of pride.Dr. Sunao Gilbert dresses a leg wound for Christina Guzman at an outpatient ... [Stateline - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Edith Rodriguez, George Marcus, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Don Knabe, Martin Luther King Jr

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Medicine)

Op-Ed: Plan for a new King hospital has merit -- and complications

It still doesn't have a name. But this week, L.A. County will try to sell the University of California Board of Regents on a plan to create a UC-supervised entity to run a new incarnation of the Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center.The media has ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Martin Luther King Jr, Nomada, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

L.A. County keeping sugary drinks around -- for now

In an effort to strengthen their bid for as much as $40 million in federal stimulus funds intended for communities that promote healthy living, Los Angeles County supervisors approved a package of health initiatives Tuesday that included new community ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Gloria Molina, Don Knabe, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Zev Yaroslavsky

First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 3 Documents (in Health)

Few blacks showing up for free flu vaccines

Very few African Americans have used Los Angeles County's free H1N1 vaccine clinics, public health officials told county leaders Tuesday, raising concerns about outreach to a community that, as a group, has a high risk for serious flu complications.Dr. ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]

Entities: Vaccine, African-Americans, Public Health, Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Mark Ridley-Thomas

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 4 Documents

MLK Hospital to be opened with the Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation's underwriting guarantee

The Chan Soon-Shiong Family Foundation announced today that it would provide a $100 million underwriting guarantee to help Los Angeles County and the University of California reopen Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital (MLK) for in-patient care by 2012.The ... [News-Medical.Net - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Patrick Soon-Shiong, Underwriting, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Los Angeles

First Reported 11/05/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 2 Documents

Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser to open medical facility in South Los Angeles

Kaiser Permanente unveiled plans Thursday for a $10-million medical office building that will offer primary care, some specialty care and other services to 80,000 South Los Angeles residents who are members of Kaiser's healthcare plan.Kaiser's 15,000-square-foot ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/06/2009]

Entities: Los Angeles, Kaiser Permanente, Lynwood (California, United States), Mark Ridley-Thomas, Health Care

First Reported 10/25/2009 - Updated 10/25/2009 - 1 Documents

Auditors: A top L.A. County executives efforts to get future son-in-law a job add up to conflict of interest

“Mr. Rhone is not ‘technically’ receiving a $1,000 per month bonus; however he does receive a monthly salary that is $955 more than he would have,” according to the audit.The Times was unable to reach Rhone for comment.The recommendation that Harper face ... [Los Angeles Times - 10/25/2009]

Entities: COUNTY EXECUTIVE, Mike Henry, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gloria Molina

First Reported 10/27/2009 - Updated 10/27/2009 - 1 Documents

A Whine and Cheese Party at Metro

Well, I’m happy to say that the spirit of Proposition R is still alive and well in LA County, particularly at Metro.Not only does a recent poll suggest that 2/3 of all voters still favor Proposition R, but Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas came up with an ... [City Watch - 10/27/2009]

Entities: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Gloria Molina, Federal Aviation Administration, Exhibit A

First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 1 Documents

$100-million guaranty for King hospital

Los Angeles pharmaceutical billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong announced plans Wednesday to provide University of California regents with a $100-million guaranty underwriting the county's latest proposal to reopen long-troubled Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor ... [Los Angeles Times - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Mark Ridley-Thomas, Patrick Soon-Shiong, Dr. John, Martin Luther King Jr, UCLA

First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

MTA backs light rail for Crenshaw corridor

South Los Angeles has a won a significant victory as transportation officials recommended this week that a proposed transit corridor along Crenshaw Boulevard be a light-rail line rather than a less expensive dedicated busway.The recommendation, made by ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]

Entities: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, Mark Ridley-Thomas

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents

Editorial: The Eastside's new Gold Line

It's hard to build public transit projects in Los Angeles under the best of circumstances, but the Gold Line light-rail spur from Union Station to Atlantic Boulevard in East L.A., which opens Sunday, has a long and bruising history that seems to have ... [Los Angeles Times - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Gloria Molina, Zev Yaroslavsky, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Public Transit

First Reported 10/15/2009 - Updated 10/15/2009 - 1 Documents

L.A. County restricts reporters' access during meetings

Los Angeles County officials have been complaining for years about the ever-decreasing number of reporters who cover them.The county press room, once bustling with a dozen or more reporters, now looks like a ghost town, home to three reporters on a good ... [Los Angeles Times - 10/15/2009]

Entities: Tony Bell, Don Knabe, Mark Ridley-Thomas

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...Latinos also were vaccinated at public clinics at rates lower than their overall county populations, but not by nearly as wide a margin as blacks. "there is no way it is conceivable to me that with proper outreach the numbers would have looked like they did" Ridley-Thomas, whose district includes South Los Angeles, said of the turnout in the black community

Few blacks showing up for free flu vaccines [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]

The line will "improve air quality and serve as an economic catalyst," Ridley-Thomas said in a news release. "this will also provide an efficient, clean mode of transportation that will connect to los angeles international airport."

MTA backs light rail for Crenshaw corridor [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]

...Patients will also be able to get X-rays, lab tests and prescriptions. "while the opening of kaiser permanente's new facility won't solve the healthcare crisis in the area, it takes a practical step in closing such gaps" Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas said in a statement

Kaiser to open medical facility in South Los Angeles [Los Angeles Times - 11/06/2009]

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CA: UC regents approve partnersh... [Stateline - 23 hours ago]
UC regents approve partnership with L.A. County... [Los Angeles Times - 11/20/2009]
Expo and Crenshaw Lines: Under Whose Authority? [City Watch - 11/18/2009]
L.A. County keeping sugary drinks around -- for... [Los Angeles Times - 11/18/2009]
Plan for a UC-supervised version of King/Drew h... [Los Angeles Times - 11/17/2009]
Op-Ed: Plan for a new King hospital has merit -... [Los Angeles Times - 11/17/2009]
Editorial: The Eastside's new Gold Line [Los Angeles Times - 11/13/2009]
Few blacks showing up for free flu vaccines [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]
Few blacks showing up for free vaccines in L.A.... [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]
MTA backs light rail for Crenshaw corridor [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]
L.A. County's free H1N1 vaccine clinics have va... [Los Angeles Times - 11/11/2009]
Kaiser to open medical facility in South Los An... [Los Angeles Times - 11/06/2009]
How to Create a 21st Century Eastside Rail Network [City Watch - 11/05/2009]
Kaiser Permanente and South Los Angeles Communi... [Business Wire - 11/05/2009]
MLK Hospital to be opened with the Chan Soon-Sh... [News-Medical.Net - 10/30/2009]
L.A. police chief choice still exerts pressure ... [Los Angeles Times - 10/30/2009]
Patrick Soon-Shiong Announces $100 Million Unde... [Forbes.com - 10/30/2009]
Patrick Soon-Shiong Announces $100 Million Unde... [Earthtimes.org - 10/30/2009]
Patrick Soon-Shiong Announces $100 Million Unde... [Business Wire - 10/30/2009]
$100-million guaranty for King hospital [Los Angeles Times - 10/29/2009]
A Whine and Cheese Party at Metro [City Watch - 10/27/2009]
Confidential audit faults top L.A. executive [Los Angeles Times - 10/25/2009]
Auditors: A top L.A. County executives efforts... [Los Angeles Times - 10/25/2009]
Legislators challenge Villaraigosa on Westside ... [Los Angeles Times - 10/21/2009]
L.A. County restricts reporters' access during ... [Los Angeles Times - 10/15/2009]

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