Editorial Sees Optimism in Work To Reopen L.A. Hospital

Although more time without "adequate medical care" will "prolong the suffering" of residents of southern Los Angeles County and approval by the UC system's Board of Regents "is by no means certain," a vote by the Board of Supervisors to approve a plan to partner with UC to replace Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital "is a hopeful sign," an editorial argues.

• "Bringing King Hospital Back to Life" (Los Angeles Times, 8/20).