{"id":78869,"date":"2026-01-30T11:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=78869"},"modified":"2026-01-30T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:30:07","slug":"public-media-assistance-needed-to-identify-unknown-patient-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=78869","title":{"rendered":"Public\/Media Assistance Needed to Identify Unknown Patient"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 8, 2025, at 9:16pm a Latino male was brought in from Blue Star Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, CA. The patient provided the name &#8220;Pedro Garcia Alcala&#8221; but we are unable to confirm that identity. The hospital is seeking the public and news media&#8217;s assistance in locating any relatives, friends, or anyone who may know him. Below is a general description of the patient; anyone with information that may help to identify him is asked to contact the hospital at (747) 210-3356, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm. For after hours, weekends, and holidays, please call (747) 210-4777.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sex:<\/strong>\u00a0 Male<\/p>\n<p><strong>Race\/Ethnicity:<\/strong>\u00a0 Latino<\/p>\n<p><strong>Approximate age:<\/strong>\u00a0 60 yrs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eyes:<\/strong>\u00a0 Brown<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hair:<\/strong>\u00a0 Salt\/Pepper, balding on top<\/p>\n<p><strong>Height:<\/strong>\u00a0 5&#8217;5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weight:<\/strong>\u00a0 116<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/meips\/ADKq_Nbi_lnZ1QX3HXhLS3YUCvOf_-vJlBmN56US1wB_0tDSIFWyBx0zqNusZQdNtuKm-efQtySXY7_JtMD9t6d51yAXSESEJlMQr0g7rGtDqf-5yanduv58DLhsMNzrCwPqYvCsD4lM5pntN9VypR8tRUpuCaq443s9hXeBe68yeHIQvaVOe-dn7YtcP1bQnDsiqB4Zt1yZ6M6EzHksLZ__1fdHAtX3RmtSt2xbvODhAzUj=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/attachments\/fancy_images\/CALACOUNTY\/2026\/01\/13072902\/6679027\/ovmc-2026-01-28-media-press-release-identify-hospit_crop.jpg\" alt=\"pedro_OVMC_cropped_2\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 8, 2025, at 9:16pm&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ca-local","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78871,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78869\/revisions\/78871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}