Candidates for L.A. County Supervisor Tackle Hospital

The two major candidates vying for the position of Los Angeles County Supervisor discussed their plans to reopen Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Medical Center. Los Angeles City Council member Bernard Parks said King-Harbor should be reopened "in stages" and touted the importance of having a teaching hospital involved, while Sen. Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles) said the new hospital "must be structured as a public-private partnership."

• "Supervisor Candidates Bernard Parks, Mark Ridley-Thomas Discuss Health Care Issues of L.A.'s 2nd District" (Los Angeles Times, 5/15).