Waters at Center Stage in King/Drew Drama

A day after she helped marshal more than 1,000 people to protest the proposed closure of Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center's trauma unit, Rep. Maxine Waters on Tuesday sat at the center aisle, second row, of the county Board of Supervisors meeting room, planning her next move.

By Jia-Rui Chong, Solomon Moore and Steve Hymon

November 17, 2004