Free Program Offers Santa Rosa Mothers Help With Breastfeeding
Mothers of infants who are having trouble breastfeeding or who need some advice can relax on a comfy couch or upholstered chair in a homey living room-like setting, and join a support circle offering help from nurses, specialists and fellow moms working through the same problems.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat:
Santa Rosa’s Breastfeeding Cafe Helps Mothers Overcome Feeding Challenges
The cafe is a free drop-in program in Santa Rosa. Twice a week, mothers of infants who are having trouble latching on or who need some advice, can relax on a comfy couch or upholstered chair in a homey, living room like setting, and join a support circle. It includes professional help from nurses and lactation specialists as well as other mothers going through the same challenges to getting their babies to feed as nature intended. ...At the cafe, which is open Mondays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., women get both practical information and emotional support. As they settle in they are served a special tea and cookies with ingredients that are good for milk production. Any nursing mother is invited to come by at no charge. Babies are weighed before they feed and after, to see that they’re getting the requisite 1 1/2 to 2 ounces of milk. (McConahey, 7/31)
In other news from across the state —
Los Angeles Times:
Children And Mother Of Man Killed By Deputies File Federal Lawsuits Against L.A. County
The children and mother of a man killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies on March 7 outside a West L.A. gym, have filed two federal lawsuits against the county, the department and the deputies involved. ...[Dennis] Rogers suffered from bipolar disorder, his mother said, but managed it through medication. (Marantos, 7/31)
Sacramento Bee:
Lake Linked To E. Coli Still Closed As Two Children Develop Life-Threatening Condition
A Nevada County lake’s beach remains closed following an E. coli outbreak that hospitalized four children, two of whom have developed a severe condition that can lead to fatal kidney failure. As of Monday afternoon, the Nevada County Health Department had received reports of six children and one adult infected with or showing symptoms of E. coli, all of whom spent time recently at Lake Wildwood’s Main Beach, according to the Nevada County Health and Human Services Agency. (Knowles, 7/31)
KQED:
Driscoll’s Tied To Central Coast Chemical Incident That Sickened Farmworkers
Santa Cruz County has identified the growers its agricultural commissioner is investigating in connection with a release of insecticides, fungicides and other chemicals believed to have sickened raspberry pickers in Watsonville in late June. A Santa Cruz County official released the names after a California Public Records Act request by KQED following several refusals by the agricultural commissioner to identify the firms. (Goldberg, 8/1)
The Mercury News:
New Twist On Drunk Tank To Open In San Jose
Cushy recliners. Free laundry service. Attentive staff. It’s not a five-star resort but Santa Clara County’s newest solution to public drunkenness, a state-of-the-art “sobering station’’ where police will drop off severely intoxicated but otherwise mellow people to dry out — at what officials hope will be a cheaper cost to taxpayers than jail or an emergency room. Sobering stations have replaced jail drunk tanks in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Cruz and San Francisco counties. And Contra Costa County plans to open a 24-bed facility by the end of next year. (Kaplan, 7/31)