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Daily Edition for Monday, August 26, 2024
Maternal care crisis, UCSF expansion, next covid shots, therapist shortages, homelessness, drug prices, and more
Daily Edition for Friday, August 23, 2024
Carlsbad Bans Smoking Inside Private Apartments: The beach city this week became the first in San Diego County to expressly ban smoking and vaping of cannabis and nicotine products inside all local multifamily residential buildings — including apartments, condos, and townhomes — in an effort to curb the effects of secondhand smoke. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Thursday, August 22, 2024
Santa Clara County To Buy Troubled Private Hospital: The Bay Area’s largest county announced plans Wednesday to buy Regional Medical Center, a 250-bed hospital in East San Jose that had been slated for major cutbacks — a move that county officials say will preserve critical medical care for the low-income community it serves. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Newsom Touts Harris As Champion For Disenfranchised Groups: Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered California’s delegate votes for Vice President Kamala Harris during the roll call Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. “Kamala Harris has always done the right thing, a champion for voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, the rights for women and girls,” he said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more convention news.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 20, 2024
‘I Will Never Forget When Kamala Harris Called Me After My Parents Died’: Recalling the loss of his parents to covid, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, painted a stark comparison between former president Donald Trump’s approach to the pandemic and that of the Biden-Harris administration as he delivered an emotional address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. Read more from The Orange County Register. Scroll down for more news about the convention.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 19, 2024
Where Harris-Walz stand on health care, flea-borne typhus in OC, Fresno sleeping ban, updated covid shots, and more
Daily Edition for Friday, August 16, 2024
California Supreme Court Ruling Is A Loss For Hospital Workers: In a unanimous ruling, the court said thousands of hospital employees at Alameda Health System are not protected by state laws requiring daily meal and rest breaks for private employees. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Thursday, August 15, 2024
Fatal Overdoses In San Francisco Fall For Second Straight Month: In a hopeful sign that San Francisco’s devastating overdose crisis may be turning a corner, the city saw the number of fatal overdoses fall for the second consecutive month — to 39 in July. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Rady Children’s Nurses Reach Tentative Deal: As a second nurses strike is looming, the union representing nurses at Rady Children's Hospital has come to a tentative collective bargaining agreement with hospital officials. The nurses are expected to start voting Thursday morning. Read more from ABC 10 News.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Newsom Urged To Spell Out Expectations For Homeless Clear-Out: Elected leaders in the city and county of Los Angeles are offering mixed reviews of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s threat to cut off state funding to governments that don’t do more to remove homeless encampments. Some hailed his efforts, but others have complained that his criteria for progress are unclear. Read more from LAist.