Friday, July 4






UCLA's Billie Weiss named 'local hero' for her work in communities affected by violence

Gilbert Salinas was an ex-gang member who had just been released from jail. Gun wounds to his spinal cord had left him a paraplegic, and he wasn't sure what to do with his new freedom. Read more...

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Billie Weiss, an associate director of the Southern California Injury Prevention Research Program at the UCLA School of Public Health, was recently awarded for her research and work with people affected by violence.

Credit: KCET Television/Los Angeles




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