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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.
Daily Edition for Monday, August 12, 2024
FDA Rejects MDMA As PTSD Treatment: But the company that sought approval for the therapy, San Jose-based Lykos Therapeutics, said it will ask the FDA to reconsider its decision. Read more from Fierce Biotech, the San Francisco Chronicle and Stat.
Daily Edition for Friday, August 9, 2024
Clean Up Homeless Camps Or Lose Funding, Newsom Warns: California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday had a message for local governments: Clean up homeless encampments now or lose out on state funding next year. “If we don’t see demonstrable results, I’ll start to redirect money," he said. "This is a crisis. Act like it.” Read more from the Los Angeles Times and Bay Area News Group.
Daily Edition for Thursday, August 8, 2024
Californians Face Long Wait Times When Calling Medi-Cal, Analysis Finds: Researchers found that it takes almost an hour to get someone on the line. However, one public social services official says their figures show shorter wait times. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 7, 2024
LA County May Require Hospitals To Disclose Debt Collection Activity: Hospitals must promptly report to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health every time they try to collect medical debt from patients, under an ordinance backed Tuesday by county supervisors. Read more from the Los Angeles Times.