grant pulled -- koufax and other members of the department of public health. we are here today because there was a very unfortunate situation that has occurred at laguna honda pick laguna honda hospital is a place that has taken care of so many vulnerable residents, people like my grandmother, were so many years. my grandmother suffered from dementia and she was at laguna honda for many years before she passed away in 2016. i want to say that the chair and the support and the compassion from so many of the employees at laguna honda meant a lot to me personally and meant a lot to my family, but these particular acts that have occurred, by few individuals will be addressed. dr. colfax will provide some of the details in terms of what has happened and we are already taking swift action to address those issues and i want to thank him and his department for being steadfast in the work to address these issues, in addition to providing new leadership to make sure that this doesn't occur again. we are better than this. we are committed to restoring the trust of the fa

masters: long before sandy koufax threw dodger stadium's e first pitch and even befe first residents moved into chavez ravine, there were the byelysian hills. raised u tectonic forces and carved intoh deep ravines bancient precursor of the l.a. river, these hills have meant manyny things to eople. thousands of years ago, they were a refuge from floods for the regi's native tongva indians. later, they were a source of timber for the pobladores of los angeles then a source of quarried stones soon after the city became american. in this episode, "lost l.a." explores the various waysr southecalifornia's inhabitants have used the hills around dodger stadium. we'llk lt an old, lithographic view of l.a., the vanished neighborhood of chavez ravine, and a massive construction project that reshaped the land. much of los angeles' past is lost to history.n ladmarks that once graced

with director colfax, doctor koufax, yes i've had a couple of conversations and again, i will be meeting with him, i can't remember when it is scheduled for, and doctor cole. i can see if we can brainstorm about sort of what our roles should be in terms of dealing with the high call volume, and dealing with us and up stamping -- staffing the hospitals by waiting for a bed. the hospitals are overwhelmed, a lot of these people do not need to be transported. what is dph role, what is our role in what is the hospitals role. i want to troubleshoot with them i brainstorm come and see, do we do some kind of pop up tent? do we do out in the field? do we do a, you know, para medicine van, with some from the fire department and a social worker? these are conversations that i've had with each of them individually. . >> comm. alioto veronese: we are in the educating phase which i think is important so they can get a better sense of what we are seeing out there? >> yeah. we are bringing the statistics, the percentage of our calls and, you know, doctor cole sees it in his emergency room. yeah. . >> co

. >> like a sandy koufax fastball, the bidding quickly blows away the $50,000 estimate. >> $110,000.hsonian-type piece here. $120,000. now to $130,000. >> most collectors go into a live auction with a game plan. but you can get enthralled with the moment. so, you know, throw caution to the wind and start bidding. >> $130,000. now to $140,000. $150,000. now to $160,000. you want $155,000? you gonna walk away for five grand? $150,000. i've got it right here. who's gonna beat him? $150,000. anyone else? $150,000. bid $160,000? who's gonna beat him? anyone else now? anyone else? to white. $150,000. [ applause ] thanks very much. >> after the auction house commission is added, it brings the total to $179,000. and the winning bidder? >> a well-known 19th-century collector, but he didn't want to be revealed. >> the good news comes to florence from a surprising source. >> how'd you learn about it selling? >> steve, the genealogist, was following it on the internet. >> i saw the very end of the bidding for the card. and i called up flo right away and said, "this is great." >> and he called to

koufax and dr. caldwell on. is there some other thing we can do besides jamming at the hospitals in keeping our ambulance is out of service. what we have also seen out of the past several years is our time on task for our e.m.s. personnel for the ambulance has gone up 27%. what used to take maybe maybe an hour is now taking an hour or an hour and a quarter plus. that is really impacting our ability to respond, so we really need to look for some creative and smart solutions to this. >> right now it is just a sobering center, that is the only location that we can divert to other than hospitals? >> yeah. >> we need to find some other locations that can be approved. >> yeah. and that would be, you know, a pilot project that we could certainly discuss, but it's and there are a lot of other things we can do as well. we are picking up more people at shelters and supportive housing places than ever before and that is since the city added nursing staff to these places. we need to get out and educate and communicate with