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The Berkeley Scanner

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This law was supposed to force more Californians into mental health treatment. What happened?

This story was originally published by CalMatters . Sign up for their newsletters. By Marisa Kendall and Jocelyn Wiener , CalMatters Californians braced for major upheaval three years ago when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law meant to bring people with severe mental illnesses and addictions off the street and into involuntary treatment. Families who championed the measure hoped it would be the answer to their prayers — a tool that finally would compel their loved ones to receive treatment through conservatorship. Disability rights advocates who opposed the law warned it would traumatize large numbers of people by forcibly medicating them and removing their rights to make decisions about their own care. County behavioral health officials worried the legislation would unleash a torrent of new referrals on programs that didn’t have the resources to keep up. And leaders of already overcrowded hospital emergency rooms and psychiatric facilities braced themselves for a large influx of new patients. So far, little of that seems to have happened. In fact, data obtained by CalMatters shows that, in most of the state’s largest counties, the number of conservatorships has barely budged. “It was not at all as big an impact as we thought it

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Hundreds of NorCal students attend Chico State summit to address rural health shortage

CHICO, Calif. — Hundreds of high school students from across Northern California gathered at California State University, Chico, on Friday for a hands-on summit to tackle the region’s health care worker shortage and encourage students to pursue careers serving rural communities. The third annual “Building a Rural Health...

Chico, CA · 6h
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Where CLL Care Falls Short of the Science: Kirsten Axelsen, MS

Kirsten Axelsen, MS, discusses gaps in biomarker testing, nonmedical barriers, and utilization management from a new report on access to CLL care. (CLL), raising 5-year survival rates to nearly 90%, yet many patients still do not receive the testing and treatment that guidelines recommend. A September 2026 report from Charles River Associates (CRA), commissioned by BeOne Medicines USA and developed with input from.

California · 14h
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CA caregivers and their advocates speak out about the health care crisis

In California, 23% of adults, more than 7 million people, are family caregivers, according to data from AARP. Now, advocates are speaking out about how hard it is for low-income seniors to afford long-term care and in-home assistance. Nationally, 130 million Americans provide care to a family member or loved...

California · 12h
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Sonoma Clinics Beat Prop. 44 but Still Face Millions in Medi-Cal Losses Next Year

Sonoma County’s community health centers dodged a bullet when California voters crushed Proposition 44 on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, but local clinic leaders say the relief may be short-lived. Petaluma Health Center alone could lose up to $10 million a year from a mix of federal Medi-Cal reimbursement changes and state dental cuts, even with the ballot measure defeated.

Sonoma County, CA · 1d

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Lagunitas Beer At Center Of “Forever Chemicals” Lawsuit

Lagunitas is facing a proposed class action lawsuit alleging that its beer contains undisclosed “forever chemicals,” bringing a broader concern about brewing water into a case involving one of American craft beer’s best-known names. San Francisco resident Nathaniel Talbot filed the lawsuit November 2 in the U.S....

Petaluma, CA · 3d

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Pinole Awarded $5 Million to Improve Air Quality and Health for Households in Pollution Corridor

Pinole, CA – The City of Pinole is proud to announce that the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has awarded approximately $5 million to support a new decarbonization program designed to improve air quality and health outcomes for 189 households in a Pinole corridor disproportionately impacted by pollution.

Pinole, CA · 2d

Pleasanton Weekly

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Stanford Medicine and Sutter Health inaugurate new cancer center

Stanford Medicine and Sutter Health inaugurated a new cancer center in Oakland on Monday morning. The Stanford Medicine Sutter Health Cancer Center is located on Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center campus in the city’s Pill Hill neighborhood. According to a news release from Stanford Medicine, the...

Oakland, CA · 2d

SFGate

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San Francisco supervisor wants to permanently close Castro gas station

Gary McCoy is the latest San Francisco politician calling to convert gas stations into housing. “We’ve got two gas stations in the Castro,” McCoy said during the debate at the Commonwealth Club. “Do we need two gas stations in the Castro? Probably not.”. The once-ambitious policy might...

San Francisco, CA · 1d

San Francisco Chronicle

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Major new cancer treatment center about to open in Oakland

Sutter Health and Stanford Medicine are opening a new, five-story cancer center in Oakland that they hope will be a regional “one-stop shop” for outpatient oncology care in the East Bay.

Oakland, CA · 4d

Times of San Diego

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Opinion: Prop 40 is heading for defeat. Now a health care crisis awaits California

This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. I met Rena Salamacha last summer, when the worst of H.R. 1’s cuts to federal Medicaid funding weren’t yet finalized, only feared. Salamacha, CEO of Mee Memorial Healthcare System in Monterey County, knew then that the system’s medical center in King City, serving rural and mostly low income patients, was already in trouble.

California · 4d

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Capitola Beach closed due to E. coli outbreak that has sickened nine Bay Area children

Capitola Beach is temporarily closed due to an E. coli outbreak, according to Santa Cruz County officials. County public health officials are currently investigating a “potentially serious strain” of E. coli that has infected nine children across the greater San Francisco Bay Area, according to a joint media release from the City of Capitola and the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency.

Capitola, CA · 2d

The Financial Wire

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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, ConnectiCare, Sharp Health Plan and Saint Alphonsus are ending Medicare Advantage plans for 2027 in Texas, Connecticut, California and Idaho

Four health plans have told Medicare members they will stop offering Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, and the people affected are scattered across Texas, Connecticut, California and Idaho. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, ConnectiCare, Sharp Health Plan and Saint Alphonsus each say their plans end or are not offered after Dec. 31, 2026. The... The post Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, ConnectiCare, Sharp Health Plan and Saint Alphonsus are ending Medicare Advantage plans for 2027 in Texas, Connecticut, California and Idaho appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Connecticut · 3d

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Stephen Golub: America’s Long Walk Home

What a difference an Election Day makes. By Stephen Golub, Benicia resident and author, “Benicia and Beyond” in the Benicia Herald, 11/8/2026. …“You know that flag flying over the courthouse. …Means certain things are set in stone. …Who we are, what we’ll do and what we won’t....

Benicia, CA · 3d

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$233 Million to Expand Rural California Healthcare Services

New federal funding aims to upgrade hospital infrastructure, expand telehealth, and build clinical workforce pipelines across underserved communities. Federal Funding Allocation: The federal government announced more than $233 million in fiscal year 2026 Rural Health Transformation Program funding to improve healthcare access across rural California communities. Workforce and Technology Expansion:...

California · 3d

FOX 2 San Francisco

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Survey finds Americans unaware about new healthcare requirements

California · 3d

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SFUSD’s struggle to recover from COVID, explained in 5 charts

After the pandemic hit in March 2020, San Francisco kept most of its public school students out of classrooms for nearly a year and a half. By the time schools fully reopened in August 2021, the San Francisco Unified School District had lost 5,000 students, and those who stayed had fallen behind.

San Francisco, CA · 4d

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Burning With Permits Starting Friday

Tuolumne County, CA—CAL FIRE TCU reports that residential debris burning can commence this weekend as long as you have a permit. Starting on Friday, November 6, 2026, at 8 a.m., a permit will be needed before burning yard waste in Tuolumne, Calaveras, Stanislaus, and San Joaquin counties. Burn day permits are free, obtainable online, and valid for one year. Burning is contingent on air quality, with safety measures including pile size limits and fire control protocols. The public must check the burn day status and follow safety guidelines to prevent fines and wildfires.

Tuolumne County, CA · 9d

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San Mateo County takes action to reduce long trips for coastal patients seeking routine medical tests

San Mateo County, California – A routine blood draw can mean a trip across the hills for San Mateo County’s coastal residents. County supervisors now want a plan to bring lab collection closer to home, and make local care more accessible to people with commercial insurance. The push...

San Mateo County, CA · 4d

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Petaluma Raley’s Pharmacy Closing In December Ahead Of Store Shutdown

Petaluma is set to lose another pharmacy next month as the local Raley’s store prepares for a complete closure by early 2027. According to the Press Democrat, a state notice confirms the grocery store’s pharmacy will shut down by December 16th, ahead of the full store closure between January and February. The shutdown will impact roughly 40 employees, though some union workers may have options to transfer to other locations.

Petaluma, CA · 4d