In extreme situations, a lack of ventilators could also mean that staff use a hand-held pump to push air in and out of patients’ lungs, said Dr. Wally Ghurabi, ER medical director at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. In Los Angeles County, there are 833 ventilators across the county’s 70 public and private hospitals, according to a ...

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The solar-paneled house, which rises into view from a long, winding, ascending drive, is set in the Santa Monica Mountains. It is entered through custom sculptural iron gates designed and made by Mr. McDonald, and has a private yard that features an infinity-edge pool and a pool house with a fireplace and outdoor shower. The grounds include ...

LA Family Housing is enlisting the help of its young Hollywood action committee to assist in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. “Pose” star Ryan Jamaal Swain and Troian

Southern California broadband provider Wander is offering free high-speed internet to all families in Santa Monica with school-age children for the rest of the academic year. Why it matters: School districts across the country are moving to virtual learning to keep students engaged during coronavirus-induced closures. But e-learning requires a ...

In the mid-1980s, while I fretted about losing a rent-controlled house in Santa Monica, another was searching the San Salvador morgues for the body of her disappeared brother. They knew quite well that the world could step in and smash everything they loved. Who was I to imagine otherwise? Now, I’m holed up at home, with my millennial ...

A year later, theater director Peter Sellars commissioned the artist to stage his production of Oedipus Rex, which inspired a 2009 retrospective at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. After the show, Sime turned his focus to making new work back home. Five years later, Meskerem Assegued—an anthropologist and Sime’s longtime collaborator ...

God of War fans think they've found evidence of Sony Santa Monica's game coming to PC, but a quick five minutes of research reveals that the "leak" is as mythical as the Greek demigod himself. But a quick trip down the site's memory lane using the Wayback Machine, which lets you explore previous iterations of the same page, reveals that the ...

Like many people, Ian Snook’s workload has slowed while he rides out the coronavirus pandemic at home. But rather than binging Netflix or reading "War and Peace," the Santa Monica resident put up signs around his neighborhood, offering to help anyone vulnerable to COVID-19. He says he’ll shop for them, walk their dogs, and do other chores.

The company is thriving with offices in London and Santa Monica that claims more than 38 million downloads and users around the world. Headspace is currently the 7th most downloaded app in the Apple App Store’s health & wellness category. During the COVID-19 outbreak, Headspace has curated premium content to help users reduce their stress and ...