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Parents explore frustrations of disability
A group of parents of children with special needs experienced frustration firsthand on Saturday when they were asked to perform a series of exercises designed to test their visual perceptions and thought processes. The word “Red” was...Tags: Mental Health, Anthony J. Portantino, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Health, Learning Disability
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Burbank firefighter recuperating after rock climbing fall
A Burbank firefighter remains hospitalized after an equipment malfunction caused him to fall about 25 to 35 feet while he was rock climbing late Monday morning in Chatsworth, officials said. Battalion Chief Steve Briggs said he and other firefighters and...Tags: Climbing, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Rock Climbing
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Glendale Water & Power to test chromium 6 filtration method
Glendale Water & Power has started testing a new filtration method to strip chromium 6 from groundwater and plans to start the process for other techniques next month. Previous methods have had some drawbacks, prompting the fresh approaches....Tags: Adam Schiff, Water, Health, Environmental Politics, Metal
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Schiff legislation would set clock on new chromium-6 limits
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) today introduced legislation that would set a deadline for establishing a new federal cap on chromium 6 contamination in drinking water. The move comes two weeks after the congressman on the Environmental Protection Agency to...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Health, Water, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Water Supply
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Schiff turns up the heat on EPA to release chromium 6 report
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) on Tuesday introduced legislation that would set a deadline for establishing a new federal cap on chromium 6 contamination in drinking water. The move comes two weeks after the congressman called on the Environmental...
Tags: Adam Schiff, Health, Water, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Water Supply
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Antonovich slams agencies for slow progress on chromium-6
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich today slammed public health officials for “pathetic bureaucratic inertia” in establishing new maximum allowed levels of chromium-6 in public drinking water.
The California Department of Public...Tags: Health, Metal, Cancer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Oceanography taught this winter in Baja
Glendale Community College is offering a winter program in Baja at the college’s field station. GCC has been holding classes in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico since 1974. Oceanography 115 — Introduction to Oceanography and...Tags: American Dental Association, Dentistry and Dental Health, Facebook, Students, Oceans
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Autopsy results for 11-month-old could take weeks
Los Angeles County coroner’s officials today said it could be weeks before they get results from additional autopsy tests for an 11-month-old baby who died last week after experiencing breathing problems at a Burbank day care center. While the...Tags: Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Early Learning, Hospitals and Clinics, Early Learning
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Police intercept post-Superbowl drunk drivers
More than half of the motorists arrested on Sunday in Glendale for alleged drunk driving attended a Super Bowl party, officials said. Of the nine motorists arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, six were attending or...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Police Arrests, Medical Procedures and Tests, Transportation Accidents, Drunk Driving
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Baby's death remains a mystery
Los Angeles County coroner’s officials on Friday ordered additional tests for the autopsy of an 11-month-old baby who died Wednesday after experiencing breathing problems at a Burbank day care center. The cause of death and other details were still...Tags: Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Hospitals and Clinics, Hospitals and Clinics
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Glendale police shed pounds under fitness program
Glendale police employees have cut their collective body fat by 5% over the last five years under a program aimed at decreasing health care and injury costs.
Cholesterol levels also dropped from an average 207 in 2005 to 189 last year, when 259 employees...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Employees, Injury Prevention, Career and Workplace, Injuries and Wounds
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Schools prepare for the Big One
It took just seconds for Muir Elementary School students to scurry under their desks Thursday morning, but it was a lesson officials hope will last a lifetime.
The school community joined millions of Californians for the Great California Shakeout, a...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Hospitals and Clinics, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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