On the corner of Barrington and Mississippi avenues in Sawtelle, a billboard announces that a guy named Antonio needs a kidney. That would be Antonio Calderon, a 31-year-old who was diagnosed with the rare kidney disease focal segmental glomerulosclerosis in 2009. He’s been on dialysis for two years, meaning every night he’s hooked up to […]
When Disaster Strikes, an Elite Team of L.A. Firefighters Travels All Over the World
When a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked Nepal on April 25, 2015, the country sent out an urgent call for humanitarian aid and rescue assistance. The landlocked nation was overwhelmed at the outset by the so-called Gorkha earthquake, which resulted in catastrophic destruction and thousands of casualties. Twelve thousand miles away, in a Los Angeles County Fire […]