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Kaiser Permanente Reform Committee Statement on the Opening of the Downey Medical Center

In a new era of transparency, Kaiser should inform their patients of the hazards that may negatively affect their health while visiting as an outpatient or staying overnight as an inpatient seeking medical care.

(LOS ANGELES) - Kaiser Permanente began moving their patients from the seismically challenged Kaiser Bellflower Medical Center to the new Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center yesterday.

The Kaiser Permanente Reform Committee, the leading patient advocacy group that supports and provides patient advocacy for current Kaiser Permanente patients and the surviving families of patients who died at a Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, issued the following statement about the move.

Injured Workers & Advocates National Statement on Downey Toxic Dump Scandal And The Cover-up

Injured Workers And Injured Workers Advocates Call For Congressional Hearings With Injured Workers Testifying.

(DOWNEY, Calif.) - The exposure of serious illnesses caused by the privatized former military industrial complex in Downey, California is unfortunately not a unique situation.

Film workers from IATSE, Laborers and SAG as well as hospital workers who are members of the SEIU at the Downey Kaiser Hospital complex have been seriously injured as a result of the lack of proper clean-up and in what we believe is a cover-up by the developer Stuart Lichter.

Summer Vacations are for Parents, Too

In summer, the parenting duties are less, but with a teen in the house, my job is to be vigilant about his whereabouts, his friends, what he’s watching on all his screens, and generally try to keep him alive.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - Remembering Chevy Chase in those summer vacation movies reminds me of the fact that most so-called “family vacations” are, at best, vacations for the kids and torture for the parents.

I’m generalizing, of course, but most generalizations as well as clichés, have a strong basis in truth.

My Kids Aren`t Me, in Spite of Sharing the Same DNA

Parenting is about allowing your children to discover their own passions rather than mimicking yours.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - I think the hardest lesson for me in becoming a parent was learning to let go of my expectations for my sons. Okay, I’ll be completely honest; I’ve only been able to partially let go of them.

I think it’s impossible not to have some wishes for our kids, but the focus here is really on how we have specific things we hope they’ll like or do that often mirror our own interests or fantasies.

Local Book Publisher Announces Major Movie Deal

The Halcyon Company is a privately financed, media development, production and financing company, headed by co-CEOs Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek.

(WATERVILLE, Ore.) - Kris Millegan, co-publisher of TrineDay Books in Walterville (near Springfield) has announced plans to turn one of the company’s books into a major motion picture.

The Halcyon Company (that owns the rights to the Terminator franchise) will be bringing TrineDay author Daniel Estulin's international bestseller “The True Story of the Bilderberg Group” to the big screen.

Is Envy a Good Thing?

What is important to me, now, are my relationships, my health, and doing something worthwhile with my life. Yet I can’t help but remember those feelings of envy back on the studio lot when I saw the big shots, their fancy cars, and their success.

(AGOURA, Calif.) - A recent visit to an old friend’s beautiful new home triggered a brief moment of envy for me.

While I was extremely happy and proud of his accomplishment in creating such a lovely home, with so much care and detail, I also found myself longing for something similar in my life, instead of the present rental that we have.

Salem-News.com Writer Bruce Sallan Launches New Website

Brucesallan.com will feature several examples of Bruce's clever and insightful writing.

(AGOURA HILLS, Calif.) - Our writer Bruce Sallan has launched a new Website. The author of the popular column "A Dad’s Point-of-View", says he is very proud to announce brucesallan.com.

I am glad that a showcase now exists for his top-quality, widely useful timeless work. In his articles, Bruce explores many situations that the average writer might skim over, and as he tries to get to the bottom of the main issue of whatever perplexing dilemma might be at hand, he explains to his readers what worked, what didn't and why.

Michael Jackson Dead From Sudden Cardiac Arrest (INTERVIEW)

Cultural icon Michael Jackson passes away in Los Angeles.

(LOS ANGELES) - American pop idol and superstar Michael Jackson died today in Los Angeles from apparent cardiac arrest. Though he has been the subject of years of reports relating to alleged sexual improprieties, Jackson will always be known as a cultural icon who inspired millions of Americans and had so many hit songs that naming them will require a great deal of space.

Michael Joseph Jackson was born August 29th 1958 into what became an American musical family. Throughout his lifetime he was a recording artist, entertainer, and businessman.

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center cardiology expert Dr. James Beckerman spoke with us at length today.

Farrah Fawcett Dies at 62 After Losing Battle to Cancer

For Americans growing up in the 1970's, Farrah Fawcett was best known as the girl in the red one-piece swimsuit who adorned the walls of adolescent bedrooms from one end of the nation to the other.

(LOS ANGELES) - After a long battle with cancer, American icon and sex symbol Farrah Fawcett passed away today, June 25th 2009, at approximately at 9:28 a.m. at the age of 62. Reports indicate that she was in the intensive care unit at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California, with her former husband and lifetime friend Ryan O'Neal, and her friend, Producer Alana Stewart.

James Fawcett, Farrah's 91-year old father, also flew to Los Angeles to visit his only living child. Farrah's only sibling, her sister Diane, died from lung cancer in 2001.

Late Night Thoughts Over a Can of Beer...

Life's losses and gains in film and music are tragic, but imagine what it is like for the funniest and most talented people on earth in the afterlife.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Johnny Carson’s thirty year sidekick Ed McMahon died on June 23, 2009. Carson, who died in 2005 has been waiting these four years to greet McMahon at the Pearly Gates: “Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Eddie”

CBS is gathering all the old episodes of the Ed Sullivan Show and is planning to rebroadcast them in the old Sunday night time slot as The Dead Sullivan Show.