Willowbrook News

The University of California Board of Regents will consider a proposal today to partner with Los Angeles County to reopen Martin Luther King Jr.

Willowbrook Equestrian Center will hold its second Saddle Series Horse Show of the season from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

In an effort to qualify for federal stimulus money, county officials are hoping to fast-track construction and design plans to reopen Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital in Willowbrook.

Manuel Melgoza Jr., a 35-year-old Latino, died on Thursday, Sept. 17, after he was shot in the 13200 block of Mona Boulevard in Willowbrook , according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

What is The Homicide Report? The Homicide Report is a weekly listing of all homicide victims reported by the Los Angeles County coroner, combined with updates every few days from law enforcement agencies of new homicides not yet listed.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office has confirmed the following deaths as homicides: Darrick Collins, a 36-year-old black man, on Monday Sept.

Authorities are searching for a gunman who opened fire outside a home in Willowbrook, killing one person and wounding another.

Reporting from San Francisco - A delegation of Los Angeles County political, business and labor leaders were in San Francisco on Thursday to urge the University of California to become a partner in reopening the Martin Luther King Jr.

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has agreed to drop a $125-million claim that alleged Los Angeles County breached its contract by halting inpatient services at Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center.

Los Angeles County supervisors voted today to send a letter to the University of California regents urging them to take swift action on the proposal to reopen Martin Luther King Jr.

Adrian Soto, a 22-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Saturday, July 25, in the 2500 block of East 132nd Street in Willowbrook, according to Los Angeles County coroner's officials.

Four fatal shootingsin Willowbrook, Maywood and Baldwin Park were among several homicides in L.A. County overthe weekend.

Investigators are asking for the public's help to find a mother who took off with her 10-month-old son during a court-supervised visit in Compton.

James Hayward, a 28-year-old black man, was shot in the chest and died June 19 in the 1700 block of 117th Street in Willowbrook, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

The Los Angeles County coroner's officehas confirmed the following deaths as homicides.

Los Angeles County government has more than 8,000 phones that never ring. The annual cost to taxpayers? At least $1.5 million and climbing.

Residents who live in the South Bay have a far greater risk of contracting respiratory illnesses and dying of lung cancer than their peers in other parts of Los Angeles County, a report released Tuesday shows.

WHAT: The 25th Annual Commencement Ceremony of Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science will feature keynote address by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who will also receive an honorary degree from CDU.

New Carson sheriff's station Capt. Bernice Abram. On Capt. Bernice Abram's first day in charge of the Carson sheriff's station, she presided over a program to trade Target and Wal-Mart gift cards for handguns.

Marian Wagstaff, a far-sighted educator who turned a Compton school into a model of racial harmony and integrated its faculty years before the court rulings and civil rights protests of the 1950s and '60s, died April 26 at a nursing home in Santa Cruz.