Planning Grant to Partners in Care Foundation will identify ways to expand access to vital services LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan.

City News Service LOS ANGELES - Six colleges and universities in Los Angeles County are among 18 across the state that will receive grants to train registered nurses in an effort to combat California's nursing shortage, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Friday.

By Julia M. Scott, Daily News, Los Angeles Jan. 28--Everywhere you look, someone is going green. Reusable canvas bags, hybrid vehicles and compact fluorescent light bulbs are commonplace today. But environmental movers and shakers want more.

By JUDY O'ROURKE SANTA CLARITA -- College of the Canyons is poised to create a training program for medical lab technicians, whose numbers nationwide fall far short of the demand.

An appropriations bill set for review by the U.S. Senate includes $200,000 for a new helipad at Santa Clarita's only hospital and $100,000 for a medical training program at College of the Canyons. U.S. Rep. Howard P.