Politics

King/Drew trauma center to close

As expected, the county Board of Supervisors voted to shut down the trauma center at South L.A.'s troubled King/Drew Medical Center. Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke abstained, leaving the vote 4-0 in favor of closure. Here's the early LAT story.


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