Kaiser Permanente To Hold Open House For New Sacramento Facility
The health care giant is slowly expanding its footprint in downtown Sacramento. The company has also signed on to build a medical center on 18 acres in the Sacramento railyard development.
Sacramento Bee:
Public Will Get First Look At Kaiser's New Downtown Sacramento Medical Offices June 2
Kaiser Permanente is planning an open house at its new medical offices in downtown Sacramento facility on June 2, two days ahead of when staff members at the facility start offering services such as primary care and pediatric office visits, women's health, oncology and prescriptions. Kaiser is slowly expanding its presence in downtown, officially opening its 18,000-square-foot Sports Medicine Center in Golden 1 Center in October 2016. (Anderson, 5/24)
In other news from across the state —
The Desert Sun:
Indio Commission Tables Vote On Psychiatric Clinic In Residential Area
Indio's planning commission on Wednesday tabled a decision on plans for a mental health care facility near JFK Hospital, following a three-hour debate riddled with public concern and plenty of questions from the commissioners. The Indio Behavioral Health Hospital has been designed to provide a total of 140 beds as well as outpatient services. Local residents and commissioners raised concerns about public safety, as the location selected by the applicant — Tennessee-based mental health care provider Acadia Healthcare — borders several residential neighborhoods. (Maschke, 4/24)
Capital Public Radio:
Feds Clarify Use Of Hemp-Based Ingredients In Craft Beer
A San Francisco Brewery is under federal orders to stop producing a beer infused with the hemp-derived extract known as CBD, and the feds are working to clarify how breweries can legally navigate the growing world of cannabis-themed beers. The Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, or TTB, has a limited number of ingredients that are pre-approved for beer recipes such as barley, hops and yeast. (White, 5/24)