King-Harbor closed

Federal officials dealt a fatal blow Friday to long-troubled King-Harbor Hospital, announcing that the public medical center had failed a critical inspection and would lose the $200 million it needed to continue operating. Troy Anderson in the Daily News.

The emergency room was permanently closed late Friday, and Los Angeles County officials plan to halt in-patient services at the landmark hospital within two weeks.

"It's very distressing to have to close a hospital that we worked so hard to preserve," said Dr. Bruce Chernof, director of the county Department of Health Services. "It's a blow to patients, my staff and the community at large.