Measles Risks Rise, E. Coli Lawsuits Mount, Jack in the Box Shutters Stores

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

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Stanford scientists warn that if childhood vaccination rates stay low, measles could become as common as the flu by 2050. A California produce supplier faces lawsuits over a deadly E. coli outbreak that was never publicly disclosed by the FDA, raising serious food safety concerns. Jack in the Box announces plans to close more than 150 locations nationwide as rising costs and debt force a major restructuring. Major budget cuts to LADOT could derail Los Angeles’ Olympic transit plans and jeopardize traffic safety initiatives.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast.
0:10.1	Hi, I'm Angelica Coronado at LA Times Studios.
0:13.7	Here are some of today's headlines from the Los Angeles Times.
0:18.5	Major cuts to the Los Angeles Transportation Agency, or LADOT, could put Olympic transit plans and traffic safety goals at risk.
0:27.3	Colleen Shelby reports Mayor Karen Bass's new budget proposes cutting more than $7 million and nearly 24% of LADOT's workforce.
0:36.8	LADOT General Manager Laura Rubio Cornejo warns the cuts would delay traffic signal repairs,
0:42.3	slow emergency responses, and stall major projects ahead of the 2028 games.
0:48.3	Other departments like Streets, L.A. and the Bureau of Engineering, would also face hundreds of job losses, impacting
0:55.6	pothole repairs, street sweeping, and ADA compliance.
1:00.3	Advocates warned the cuts will make streets more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists and
1:04.5	set back the city's Vision Zero initiative to eliminate traffic deaths.
1:10.7	Childhood vaccination rates in the U.S. are dropping,
1:12.6	and new research shows the consequences could be deadly.
1:16.6	Corrine Pertill reports Stanford scientists, Dr. Nathan Lowe, and Matthew Keong,
1:21.6	found that if vaccination rates hold,
1:23.6	measles could become as common and constant as the flu within 25 years.
1:28.3	Their study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimates
1:33.3	more than 850,000 measles cases and 2,500 deaths by 2050 if vaccination rates stay the same.
1:41.3	Parents would no longer be able to count on herd immunity to keep their children safe,
1:46.0	and doctors would run into measles-related issues they had not encountered in their training.
1:51.0	Experts say the time to act is now, or these once rare diseases, could become common again.
2:00.0	Taylor Fresh Foods is facing lawsuits from nine victims of a deadly E. coli
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