Around California: Annual Ceremony Honors Los Angeles’ Forgotten People – The Unclaimed Dead
In other news around the state, San Diego's Alzheimer's Response Team increasingly responds to calls about people with dementia and, in the Bay Area, it's the season to beware of toxic mushrooms.
The New York Times:
‘A Witness That They Were Here’: Los Angeles Honors 1,457 Of Its Unclaimed Dead
They are the forgotten people of Los Angeles — 1,457 people, to be exact. Old, poor, homeless, babies born premature and abandoned. They may have died alone, but they were buried together, in a mass grave, and were honored together this week in an interfaith ceremony that has been an annual ritual in Los Angeles for more than a century. (Arango, 12/7)
KPBS:
New Alzheimer's Response Team Helps San Diego Seniors In Crisis
Emergency officials and law enforcement officers are increasingly responding to calls about people with dementia in crisis. The degenerative brain disease can cause disruptive or sometimes violent behaviors. (Murphy, 12/6)
San Francisco Chronicle:
'Tis The Season: 2 Of The World's Most Toxic Mushrooms Sprouting In East Bay
A string of winter storms means it's mushroom season in the Bay Area, and the East Bay Regional Parks District has issued its annual warning to beware of deadly fungi. Death Caps and Western Destroying Angels are two of the world's most toxic mushrooms — they can be lethal to humans and pets if consumed — and they are currently found in moist soil around the Bay Area. (Robertson, 12/6)