The LA Local reported that a study co-authored by UCLA researchers found elevated levels of iron, zinc, chromium and lead in the Los Angeles River following a fire at a Boyle Heights cold-storage facility. Yoshira Ornelas Van Horne, an exposure scientist and assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, said the long-term health impact is unclear because researchers don’t know how frequently people may have been exposed to the river water. Read more about UCLA in today’s Associated Press, Forbes and others.
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The MacArthur Foundation’s ‘genius’ fellows | Associated Press
Rodney McMillian, 57, Los Angeles, an artist at the University of California, Los Angeles, working across sculpture, painting, video and performance to explore how history and socioeconomic conditions impact belonging in the American South. (Also: NPR, KCRW 89.3-FM’s “Press Play,” Forbes and Inside Higher Ed.)
The latest UCLA Anderson Forecast | KABC-TV
According to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast, the state’s gross domestic product grew at a brisk 3.7% annual rate in the first quarter, beating the U.S. average of 2.1%. But that growth isn’t turning into jobs. (Also: LAist.)
