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Sunday, July 26, 2026

By Public News Service Sunday, July 26, 2026

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Time to book back-to-school wellness exams for kids

USA/Back -to-School— By Suzanne Potter, producer, Nevada News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. School will be back in session for students in Nevada and SoCal in a few weeks. So now is a good time to schedule a wellness check. A pediatrician will make sure a child is hitting growth and developmental goals and is up […]

Sunday, July 5, 2026

By Public News Service Sunday, July 5, 2026

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Children face hidden dangers in extreme heat

USA/Heat Warnings- By Chrystal Blair, producer, Michigan News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Dangerous heat grips the East Coast and parts of the Midwest over the long Fourth of July weekend. Also, hotter temperatures are expected in California and the Southwest in the coming days. Health officials are reminding residents to check on older adults. However, […]

Monday, January 19, 2026

By Public News Service Monday, January 19, 2026

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MLK Day-service and action

MLK Day Shanteya Hudson, producer, Alabama News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is widely recognized as a day of service. Also, for some, it is a day of action and advocacy as well. In Georgia, advocates say expanding access to support quitting smoking is critical, as thousands continue to face preventable, […]

Saturday, May 24, 2025

By Public News Service Saturday, May 24, 2025

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Water safety should be a top priority during the Memorial Day holiday weekend

Joe Ulery, producer, Indiana News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. As Memorial Day kicks off summer across the country, Americans will flock to lakes, rivers, and pools, and safety should be on everyone’s mind. William Ramos, associate professor in the School of Public Health at Indiana University in Bloomington, said water safety depends on layers of protection, […]

Sunday, March 9, 2025

By Public News Service Sunday, March 9, 2025

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Concern growing over LA wildfire contamination in some children’s play areas

Suzanne Potter, producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Concerned parents are pushing the authorities to help parks and daycares remove sand from sandboxes contaminated with ash after the Los Angeles fires last January. The City of Pasadena sent crews to remove the top two inches of sand from sandboxes in local parks. Los Angeles County recommended the […]

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Photo: Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers -- Yasiel Puig gave advice on selecting a baseball glove to a group of kids from Boyle Heights on a shopping spree at Sports Authority in Burbank June 14, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, June 15, 2014

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Dodger star Yasiel Puig takes a busload of kids shopping in Burbank

The Sports Authority teamed up with Dodger star, Yasiel Puig, for a special event yesterday. It was a shopping spree to benefit the Lou Costello Recreation Center in Boyle Heights. Earlier this month, Puig took photos with fans to collect donations for the event. The shopping spree fund was sweetened by the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation and the Wasserman Foundation. They […]

Thursday, January 23, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, January 23, 2014

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Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon to publish book together

Entertainers, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon, have a new project together. The happily married twosome have signed on with Scholastic to published a children’s picture book, “Roc and Roe’s Twelve Days of Christmas,” featuring the couple’s twins Roc (Moroccan) and Roe (Monroe). “We are so excited to work with the Scholastic team on our Roc and Roe picture book and we […]

Sunday, January 15, 2012

By Guest Blogger Sunday, January 15, 2012

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Jean Youn: Generation gaps

Have you ever experienced the effects of generation gaps? First generation immigrants like me, with children who grow up in America, experience a significant generation gap with their children. A generation that knows what it’s like to go hungry has a much different experience of life than following generations who have never gone hungry. If you add cultural differences on […]

Monday, December 19, 2011

By Fronnie Lewis Monday, December 19, 2011

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Holiday Highlights: Gifts needed for special kids

We’re coming down to the wire for Christmas — with just a few more shopping days to the big holiday. Counseling4Kids, a mental health program, is collecting gifts for over 500 children in foster care and is still in need of donations. “Oftentimes children in foster care receive very little during the holidays. Foster parents often have several children in their home at […]