According to the Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, a child is injured or killed from gun violence every 30 hours in L.A. County. Just in 2022, more than 500 people died after being shot with a gun. With gun shot wounds up, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) will distribute free gun locks to the public with no questions asked. The public can pick up the gun locks from a distribution box inside of the hospital’s emergency room 24/7. PVHMC is among a handful of local hospitals to receive free gun locks from the Los Angeles County Office of Violence Prevention in efforts to reduce accidental gunshot wounds and deaths. To introduce the program to the public, PVHMC partnered with the Pomona Police Department to demonstrate how to use the steel cable gun locks. PVHMC Medical Director of Trauma Services Michael Jimenez M.D. demonstrated ‘Stop the Bleed’ techniques to teach the public how to stop major hemorrhaging with tourniquets and properly applied pressure until first responders arrive. PVHMC Trauma Services averages about 12 patients a year with accidental injuries from a firearm with the average of patients ranging from ages 2 – 58. Check out our coverage below: ABC7 Los Angeles - Pomona Valley Hospital Free Gun Lock Giveaway KTLA - Free Gun Locks Distributed in Pomona Hospital KFI Radio – Pomona Hospital Gives Away Free Gun Locks KNX Radio - Pomona Hospital Offers Free Gun Locks KABC Radio - Free Gun Locks in Pomona Hospital Univision Edicion Digital Los Angeles - Pomona Hospital Offers Free Gun Locks to Save (3:28-5:54)

According to the Pew Research Center, 8.5 million Latinos are eligible to vote in California, more than any other state in the country. In 2020, 53% of eligible Latino voters voted in the presidential election. AltaMed Health Services’ My Vote. My Health., a nonpartisan initiative aims to increase voter turnout in underserved communities and promote civic engagement to Latino communities. To make voting more accessible, AltaMed regularly partners with the L.A. County Registrar Recorder to bring Flex Voting Centers to its health clinics. Over the course of two weeks, AltaMed, one of the nation’s largest federally qualified community health centers, offered 15 early voting locations for the community Days before the election, Dean C. Logan, Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, Julián Castro, the current Chief Executive Officer of the Latino Community Foundation, and former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and other community partners gathered at AltaMed South Gate and urged voters to head to the polls. Check out coverage below: CBS Los Angeles -Healthcare Company Teams up With Local Registrars to Increase Civic Engagement Spectrum News – Flex Voting Center Offers Options to Voters in South Gate. Spectrum News - AltaMed Clinic's flex voting center offers options to voters in South Gate. Univision Al Punto California - AltaMed VP of Government Relations and Civic Engagement Lizette Escobedo discusses the importance of the civic engagement process and the impact of the Latino vote (14:55). Univision National - AltaMed doctors and volunteers canvass in Lynwood to talk to the community about the upcoming election. Activista Media - AltaMed doctors and volunteers canvass around its health center to let the community know about the upcoming election. Activista Media – AltaMed doctors discuss the connection between our health and voting. Radio Bilingue - Lizette Escobedo discusses AltaMed’s efforts to mobilize the Latino vote to address the connection with our health. Univision Al Punto California – AltaMed Health Services Chief Health Correspondent and Medical Affairs Officer Dr. Ilan Shapiro explains Prop. 35. Harvard Public Health - Doctors make the connection to why voting is good for your health.

Overdose Awareness Week seeks to bring attention to the more than 100,000 lives lost every year in the U.S. to drug overdoses. The CDC has reported that for the first time in ten years, the number of fatal overdoses has not increased and is holding steady. This month, Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (PVHMC) installed a Naloxone Distribution Box outside of its emergency department with free Naloxone and Fentanyl test strip kits to anyone who needs them, with no questions asked. PVHMC is one of the few hospitals in the area with a Naloxone Distribution Box. PVHMC Substance Use Nurse Navigator Sherrie Cisneros, RN, demonstrated how to use Naloxone nasal spray for media outlets. Check out our coverage below: Univision 34 Los Angeles KNX-AM Radio KNX-AM Radio NTD Fox 11 Los Angeles San Gabriel Valley Tribune Daily Bulletin ABC7 Los Angeles Canela News

L.A. Care and Blue Shield Promise Health Plan giveaway 18,000 backpacks this summer to help students start the year strong and reduce the financial burden of school supplies for families.

Navigating the ever-changing digital world can be difficult for parents. As children’s mental health took a dive in 2010 with the rise of social media and when the front facing camera was introduced to smartphones it is more important than ever for parents and teachers to keep children safe online. Throughout July, Cyber Safety Cop, Clayton Cranford spoke at several school safety conferences across the nation, speaking to educators, school officials, and parents about gun violence and social media safety for K-12 students. As a retired sheriff’s deputy and former school resource officer, Cranford has seen it all and helps educate parents on threat assessment, risks of social media, sextortion, AI, cyberbullying, and more Watch our coverage here: CBS/KCAL Los Angeles - Parents and Ensuring Children's Online Safety NBC 2 Orlando - School Leaders, First Responders Discuss How to Prevent Threats at National Conference in Orlando ABC 9 Orlando - School Safety Convention kicks off in Orlando Fox 35 Orlando - National School Safety Conference in Orlando

Dr. Michael Jimenez with PVHMC demonstrates swim safety tips.

CalOptima Health will expand street medicine program to Anaheim and Costa Mesa in August through a $5 million, two-year investment.

Teach Democracy , formerly known as the Constitutional Rights Foundation, a Los Angeles-based non-profit that provides nonpartisan civic education through interactive programs for youth, hosted its 2024 California Mock Trial Finals at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in Los Angeles. This year’s state finals welcomed 550 students from 32 high school teams from 31 counties in California to argue the fictitious murder case of People v. Clark, in which a CEO of a company is murdered after an IPO goes awry. Hundreds of parents, teachers, and coaches joined the competitors in the courtroom galleries to watch students argue the case in front of real judges. Trinity Pacific Christian School from Woodland Hills in Ventura County won the state finals and will represent California at the 2024 National High School Mock Trial Competition in Wilmington, Delaware in May. “Mock trial is a program that provides a valuable experience in learning about the U.S judicial system and helps young people get civically engaged,” said Lourdes Morales, senior program director at Teach Democracy. “Students who participate in Mock Trial develop critical thinking skills, strengthen their public speaking abilities and gain confidence that impacts their educational and personal growth.” See our event coverage: ABC7 Los Angeles - Teach Democracy Hosts 43rd Annual California Mock Trial Finals Spectrum News 1 - Student Compete for Top Prize in California Mock Trial Finals Los Angeles Daily News - Louisville High School students lost in mock court competition, but that’s OK KNX-AM Los Angeles - Teach Democracy Hosts 43rd Annual California Mock Trial Finals California Lutheran University Radio - Young legal eagles from the Conejo Valley win statewide trial competition  New Tang Dynasty - Teach Democracy Hosts 43rd Annual California Mock Trial Finals

To further expand access to voting, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan joined AltaMed Health Serivces's My Vote. My Health. campaign to provide flex and mobile vote centers at AltaMed clinics throughout Los Angeles County. AltaMed expanded its non-partisan My. Vote. My Health program statewide with the California Primary Care Association to improve voter turnout among Latinos ahead of the 2024 election. AltaMed hosted 15 vote centers and 1 ballot drop box where patients, providers, staff, and members of surrounding communities could cast or drop off their ballot via a secure county drop box at their local, trusted AltaMed clinic. My Vote. My Health. is a campaign led by AltaMed Health Services , one of the nation’s largest federally qualified community health centers, to mobilize patients, families and residents in our Southern California service areas to address the social and political determinants of health. My Vote. My Health. partners with other community healthcare providers and local civic engagement organizations to help increase Latino civic participation to improve the quality of life of underserved and underrepresented communities locally and across California. Watch and read our coverage here: Estrella News 62 Los Angeles : AltaMed provides services to help communities vote in the primary election Telemundo 52 Los Angeles : Mobile voting centers available at AltaMed clinics NBC4 Los Angeles : AltaMed clinics host mobile voting sites ABC7 Los Angeles : AltaMed providing voting options at clinic sites to provide better access for patients Spectrum News 1 : White Coats for Change emphasizes connection between voting, personal well-being La Opinion : Latinos take advantage and vote early in AltaMed 94.7 The Wave Part 1 : The importance of voting for your health 94.7 The Wave Part 2 : The importance of voting for your health Radio Bilingue : With Super Tuesday imminent, doctors and nurses have decided to mobilize around civic health