Bordering Los Angeles County, Los Alamitos is a small North Orange County City with nearly 12,000 people. The city…More celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010 with a year of events, including a carnival and parade. Los Alamitos has its own police department, and it contracts with the Orange County Fire Authority for its fire services. The city is home to the Los Alamitos Medical Center and the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base.</p> <p>The Los Alamitos Civic Center is located on Katella Avenue just off the 605 (San Gabriel) Freeway, before the intersection of the city's two main drags—Los Alamitos Boulevard and Katella Avenue. The city is served by a five-member City Council elected at large, with the position of mayor rotating annually. Elections are staggered every two years, and each council term is for four years. In Los Alamitos, the position of mayor is not a full-time position. The Los Alamitos city manager is the city's executive officer. Major city departments located at the civic center include the police, public works and recreation and community services departments.</p>

This 167-bed facility is part of the Tenet Healthcare Corporation. Since 1968, the hospital has served the…More surrounding communities, including Los Alamitos, Rossmoor, Seal Beach, Cypress and Garden Grove. In recent years, the hospital has undergone extensive modernization along with the expansion of affiliated medical offices. Additionally, the hospital is in the early planning stages of a decades-long expansion and remodeling project designed to increase services and the number of hospital rooms without actually expanding the hospital's footprint in the community.</p> <p>The hospital has a busy emergency room and a program that allows visitors to see the wait time and sign-in online to limit the hospital wait. As the closest hospital to the senior living community, Leisure World, Los Alamitos has a wide array of geriatric services.</p>

Jeannette Painovich is a doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine. Acupuncture is based on traditional…More Chinese medicine and involves inserting fine needles into specific points of the body. These treatments are believed to treat existing illnesses and injuries.</p> <p>Dr. Painovich  shares her office with two other independent practitioners at the Healing Arts Medical Center. The small medical office is located on the back side of the business park, opposite busy Katella Avenue.</p>