Week Ahead: Drowsy Driving, Children's Hospital Thor Premiere

Here are five things to start off your week in Echo Park and Silver Lake:

1. The California Highway Patrol is promoting the start of "Drowsy Driving Prevention Week," during which the California Highway Patrol and other state agencies will remind motorists to stay alert while driving.The annual campaign provides public education about the risks of driving and countermeasures to improve safety on the road, according to a department statement.
   
2. Children's Hospital Los Angeles patients will virtually attend Marvel's "Thor: The Dark World'' red carpet premiere at Hollywood's El Capitan Theater via Skype. The children will also be treated to an exclusive screening of the film – at the same time as the premiere – and get a hospital visit from the character Thor Monday evening.
3. In case you missed it over the weekend, State Sen. Kevin de León allegedly maneuvered a deal between two senate colleagues that resulted in a $25,000 payoff for a blood relative of one of them, and amended workers comp legislation that eventually helped the owner of a Long Beach hospital indulge in what the FBI is calling “large-scale health care fraud.”
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