Getting rid of fast-food restaurants in poor neighborhoods is
more important than adding grocery stores, study shows.
Local compliance rates with new state law range from 20 percent
to 75 percent. State Legislature grants a 30-day extension.
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A new development in Santa Ana, called “Village at 17th Street,”
allows nonprofits to share office amenities like conference rooms
and training facilities.
Mexican-Americans suffer from high rates of type 2 diabetes, but
the reasons are environmental, not genetic.
Dr. Patricia Riba’s nonprofit clinic in Santa Ana combines
clinical treatment, nutritional education and free fitness classes
five days a week.
Southern California Grocery Workers have been working under an
expired contract for four months. Are they headed for a strike as
in 2003 or a deal by the end of July as in 2007?
The county will not apply for federal funds that could have
brought $10 million into Orange County for health programs.
The trucks, which are ubiquitous in Santa Ana, provide a vital
service to many residents in the city’s urban core. But they also
contribute to increasing obesity rates.
The county’s most recent life expectancy statistics show Latinos
living longer than both whites and blacks.
Board members seem to prefer rejecting millions in grants to
being linked to Obamacare.
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