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Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
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Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 29, 2024
No End In Sight For KP Worker Strike: The union representing some 2,400 striking Kaiser Permanente mental health workers said negotiations with the health care provider have broken down heading into a second week of picketing. Read more from LAist.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 28, 2024
Hospital Closing Its Labor and Delivery Ward: Arcata-based Mad River Community Hospital will end its labor and delivery services Oct. 31. The hospital will continue to offer gynecological services such as hysterectomies and tubal litigations after the closure. Read more from Becker’s Hospital Review.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 25, 2024
CVS, Union Strike Contract Deal: The unions representing more than 7,000 CVS workers in Southern California have reached a tentative agreement on a contract after workers went on strike over the weekend demanding better pay, staffing, and more affordable healthcare. Read more from the Associated Press.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 24, 2024
OC Official Pleads Guilty, Resigns Over Covid-Relief Scheme: Orange County First District Supervisor Andrew Do agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in federal court relating to a scheme involving Viet America Society and the embezzlement of millions in covid-relief funds. He resigned Tuesday from the Board of Supervisors. Read more from The Mercury News.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Human Case Of Bird Flu Confirmed In Merced County: A person who came into contact with cattle at a dairy farm is Merced County‘s first confirmed human case of H5N1 bird flu infection this year, public health officials said this week. Read more from The Merced FOCUS.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Insurance Crisis Could Cause ‘A Collapse Of The California Foster Family System’: The company that insures 90% of foster family agencies in California issued letters of non-renewals in August. Some agencies have closed and others are scrambling to find coverage to prevent up to 9,000 foster youth from being displaced. Read more from EdSource.
Daily Edition for Monday, October 21, 2024
Thousands Of KP Mental Health Workers Walk Off The Job: Nearly 2,400 Kaiser mental health workers went on strike today after management rejected proposals that union workers say would stanch employee turnover and improve care. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Friday, October 18, 2024
KP Mental Health Workers Might Go On Strike Monday: More than 2,000 unionized psychologists, therapists, and other mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California are preparing to strike Monday amid complaints that the massive system has failed to address problems with how it provides mental health care. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Thursday, October 17, 2024
US Sees Record Drop In Drug Overdose Deaths: Drug overdose deaths fell a record 15% in the past year, according to provisional data from the CDC. In related news from San Francisco, the number of people who died from accidental fentanyl overdoses in September has dropped to a four-year low. Read more from Roll Call and the San Francisco Chronicle.