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LA Health Officials Close Porn Industry's Clinic

By Mara GayDec 10th 2010 – 2:08PM
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Gabriel Bouys, AFP / Getty Images

(Dec. 10) -- Health officials in California shut down a clinic that served the pornography industry, denying an operating license to a center that has provided medical treatment to adult film stars for years. The Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, or AIM, was ordered closed Thursday by the Los Angeles County...

Porn Actor Tests HIV-Positive; Some Filming Halted

By Lisa FlamOct 13th 2010 – 11:10AM

(Oct. 13) -- Another porn actor in California's lucrative adult film industry has tested positive for the AIDS virus, leading two companies to halt production. The positive HIV test was confirmed to the Los Angles Times by the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, a clinic in Sherman Oaks that serves the porn...

Porn Insiders Say Murder Case Stinks on Many Levels

By David MoyeJun 9th 2010 – 7:04AM
Los Angeles PD

Los Angeles PD

(June 9) -- The death of California porn actor and murder suspect Stephen Clancy Hill, who plunged off a cliff in West Hills on Saturday, is arousing all sorts of comments from adult film industry insiders. Hill (stage name Steve Driver) allegedly went on a machete-wielding rampage four days earlier, after he was told...

California Considers Condoms on Porn Sets

By Scott MartelleMar 9th 2010 – 4:49PM
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AFP / Getty Images

LOS ANGELES (March 9) – Workers in California's porn film industry may have to start, um, dressing for work. The state Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board is expected Thursday to review a request by AIDS health care advocates that adult-film workers be required to wear condoms and engage in other...

LA Won't Force Condom Use in Porn Films

By David KnowlesFeb 3rd 2010 – 7:08PM
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Getty Images

(Feb. 3) -- Health officials will not force actors to use condoms when making pornographic films, despite the urging of activist groups hoping to stop the spread of AIDS among porn industry workers. Officials in Los Angeles, where the industry is centered, said Tuesday that it would be nearly impossible to enforce such...

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