Charity Donates iPads To Kids Facing Life-Threatening Illnesses
In other local news, counties step up medical marijuana regulations, and a teen is injured after an electronic cigarette explodes in his mouth.
The Ventura County Star:
Hope's Haven Charity Donates iPads For Kids With Health Needs
More than 40 iPads were donated Wednesday to a therapy program that works with children with special health care needs. The iPads were given by the Hope's Haven Children's Charity to the Ventura County Public Health and California Children's Services Medical Therapy Program. The computers will be used by children with conditions that can include cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy and cancer. (1/28)
The Sun:
Where Can You Buy Medical Marijuana In The Inland Empire
This fall, the Legislature gave the state’s counties, cities and towns a clear message: Regulate medical marijuana in your communities, or we’ll do it for you. After years of local governments being ambivalent at best about regulating medical marijuana in their jurisdictions, those governments hustled to beat a March 1 deadline imposed by the state. (Yarbrough, 1/28)
The Press Democrat:
Windsor Teen Badly Hurt When E-Cigarette Explodes
An electronic cigarette exploded in a 15-year-old Windsor boy’s mouth, causing him to lose about a half-dozen teeth, police and fire officials said. The explosion sent hot shards of the device scattering, with some still hot like embers on the floor when firefighters arrived after a 911 call came in just after 1 p.m. Jan. 17 at a home on Summer Rain Drive off Los Amigos Road, said Cyndi Foreman, a fire prevention specialist with the Central Fire Authority of Sonoma County. (Johnson, 1/28)