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May 1 â 7, 2024
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Poverty in California was reduced by record levels during the COVID pandemic, but now those economic support programs have come to an end and poverty is on the rise again.
Earlier this year, the state created a loan program meant to help struggling hospitals stay afloat and to help reopen Madera Countyâs only hospital. Almost a year after its closure, Madera continues its search for a buyer or partner.
Janus has been the go-to recovery center in Santa Cruz County for the past 30 years. In this interview, board chair, Edison Jensen, and CEO Amber Williams talk about ways to support recovery during the holidays, how their various programs âŚ
A March 2024 bond measure would raise more than $100 million to buy the land and buildings at Watsonville Community Hospital. (Stephen Baxter â Santa Cruz Local)WATSONVILLE >> Leaders of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District on Wednesday night âŚ
How do you have a meaningful day when you have a significant disability?For the past decade, The Founders of Santa Cruzâs Common Roots Farm have been on an odyssey to answer this question.Heidi Cartan and Phillipe Habib are âŚ
Hunger and food insecurity have become persistent problems in California. With the worldâs fifth-largest economy, what steps can we take to make sure that everyone has enough to eat?
Hospitals all over California are closing their maternity wards, including in dense cities like Los Angeles and in more remote communities in the Sierra Nevada.
New vaccines for RSV and an updated booster for COVID-19 give Californians more tools to protect themselves from respiratory viruses this fall.
California and 32 other states are suing Instagramâs parent company, Meta, saying that their apps are damaging to children. Is there evidence for those claims? Hereâs why social media is under attack.
After a 2018 vote authorizing the state legislature to make daylight saving time year-round, Californians are still changing their clocks twice per year. How did we get here?
Youth activists from Safe Ag Safe Schoolsâ Future Leaders of Change attend a California Department of Pesticide Regulation meeting in Watsonville on Monday. (Andrea Tamayo â Santa Cruz Local) WATSONVILLE >> At a meeting at Ramsay Park Family Center in âŚ
California took the first step toward a single-payer health care system when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 770 this month, but the move is not enough for many backers of universal health coverage.
Black women are three times more likely than any other women to die during or immediately after pregnancy. California passed a 2019 law requiring hospitals to train labor and delivery staff on bias in medicine.
Logistics is one of the largest industries in California and keeps the state economy running. But it also comes with a heavy cost to the environment. Here are the facts on the most important industry you don't know much about, âŚ
A 2020 California law expanded the number of mental health conditions that insurers must cover. Now, lawmakers are reviewing whether the law is working as intended.
More than 30 states require insurers to provide some level of coverage for kidsâ hearing aids. California isnât one of them, and Gov. Newsom for the second time has vetoed a bill to close that gap.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has made lowering the cost of prescription drugs a signature health care issue, but he rejected a bill to cap what diabetics pay for insulin. His reasoning: California is working on a different solution.
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