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Santa Clara County’s New Psychiatric Care Facility Will Serve Youth

Terry Downing knows firsthand the struggle of traveling long distances to visit a child in a mental health facility. She lives in Silicon Valley, which for decades didn’t have psychiatric treatment beds for youth. Her daughter, Tessa, who in 2011 began suffering from an autoimmune disease that was misdiagnosed...

Santa Clara County, CA · 12d

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Ambulance delays in Santa Cruz County, Salinas prepares for Measure H vote

Spike in 911 calls causes hours-long “level 0” in Santa Cruz County. “Level zero” means no ambulances are free to immediately respond to emergency calls. County spokesperson Jason Hoppin says it happens everyday. But what was unusual about Oct. 19 was how long it lasted. “ We got...

Santa Cruz County, CA · 11d

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Watsonville Community Hospital nurses reassure immigrant patients after reported ICE sighting

Nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital want immigrant residents in the Pajaro Valley to know they can safely seek medical care at the facility amid reports of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the area Tuesday. “We need to make sure that our community knows that our patients are...

Watsonville, CA · 12d

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Prop. 45 puts California's environmental protections at risk. Voters, say no | Opinion

Buried in your voter information guide are 17 pages of legalese describing how Proposition 45 would rewrite California’s most important environmental law. Most voters won’t read the details. Proponents claim all the measure does is speed up the environmental review process under the California Environmental Quality Act. In reality, Prop. 45 would dismantle the environmental review process for a long list of project types, many of which put clean air, clean water, coastlines, wildlife and public health at risk. Yes, Prop 45 creates aggressive timelines for cities, counties and the courts for projects like data centers, warehouses near homes, forest clear-cutting and sprawl housing. But it also removes the requirement for government agencies to consider less harmful locations for projects. It would make it far more difficult to effectively enforce laws like the California Endangered Species Act and the Coastal Act for projects covered by the measure. Prop. 45 also makes it almost impossible for the Legislature to amend the measure if problems with its implementation arise. This is arguably the worst time to dramatically weaken California’s strongest environmental and public health protection law. President Donald Trump is aggressively rolling back safeguards for clean air, clean water, coastlines and endangered

California · 12d

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Valve and gavel: perchlorate removal at California’s drinking water facilities

The 250 employees at Santa Clarita Valley (SCV) Water Agency in California serve drinking water to roughly 75,000 customers. Groundwater found between 200 and 2000 feet beneath the Santa Clarita Valley and held between the stones, sand and silt is pumped through manmade drilled holes called groundwater wells. Pumping groundwater...

California · 12d

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OC Medi-Cal care provider Titanium Healthcare elevates Kelly Phe to President

Titanium Healthcare, a Garden Grove-based healthcare organization that provides care coordination services for Medi-Cal patients with complex medical needs, has announced the appointment of Kelly Phe as its new president, expanding her leadership role as the company continues to grow its operations across California and Washington. Phe previously served as...

California · 13d

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Nurses, community advocate for mother-baby units

Nurses, physicians and community members came together Saturday afternoon in defense of Watsonville Community hospital’s mother-baby service lines, which include labor and delivery and neonatal intensive care, at a town hall organized by nurses. Pajaro Valley Health Care District is considering closing the labor and delivery and NICU service...

Watsonville, CA · 15d

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Suffolk sees hospital construction crunch ahead of California’s earthquake rule

A looming 2030 seismic deadline in California could make key equipment lead times and prices even more strained than they already are. Under the state’s seismic requirements, general acute care hospital buildings must meet standards by Jan. 1, 2030, to ensure they remain functional after an earthquake. These improvements focus on structural and nonstructural performance.

California · 12d

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Watsonville Community Hospital’s maternity care is a regional responsibility – we can’t let it close

Have something to say? Lookout welcomes letters to the editor, within our policies, from readers. Guidelines here. The closing words of the Pledge of Allegiance, “liberty and justice for all,” are resonating for us as we think about Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH). The choice facing its healthcare district is a difficult one: close labor and delivery or continue absorbing losses that threaten the hospital’s future.

Watsonville, CA · 12d

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We saved our hospital. Our community deserves answers before essential services are lost.

Saving a hospital takes more than purchasing its buildings; it takes protecting the care people depend on inside them. As Watsonville Community Hospital considers permanently closing maternity and newborn services, the community that invested so much in its survival deserves to see the alternatives before those doors close. In 2022,...

Watsonville, CA · 16d

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Watsonville Community Hospital board to consider closing maternity services, NICU at Wednesday meeting

➤ Para leer el artículo en español, haga clic aquí. The Pajaro Valley Health Care District board of directors, which oversees Watsonville Community Hospital, will decide Wednesday whether to close the hospital’s maternity services, which includes labor and delivery, and its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).

Watsonville, CA · 14d

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Santa Clara County employees win legal battle over COVID-19

(The Center Square) - Another group has won a long-fought battle over COVID-19 lockdown policies in California. After more than four years of litigation, Advocates for Faith & Freedom, together with Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP, secured a settlement for Santa Clara County employees who challenged the county’s vaccine mandate and worker restrictions policies. The county is in the San Francisco Bay Area. Under Gov. Gavin Newsom, California experienced some of the strictest COVID-era restrictions in the country, including restrictions against people of faith. The policies resulted in multiple lawsuits that the Democratic governor lost, including at the U.S. Supreme Court, The Center Square reported. The state and county governments ultimately agreed to multiple multi-million-dollar settlements with churches and pastors who faced jail time for refusing to comply with COVID-era lockdown policies, The Center Square reported. In this case , Santa Clara County employees were able to receive COVID-19 vaccine mandate exemptions based on their sincerely held religious beliefs but were then prevented from working and stripped of their salaries, according to the litigation. At the time, in 2022, the county imposed a system classifying employees as low, medium or high risk. The risk-tiered system categorized employees including

Santa Clara County, CA · 19d

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Watsonville nurses asking to keep obstetrics, Little Hoover Commission housing study

Watsonville Community Hospital nurses hold a town hall. Nurses are asking Watsonville Community Hospital to keep obstetric services open. Nurse Roseann Ferris was one of the speakers at a town hall over the weekend, intending to call attention to proposed cuts. "Back in July, they closed the NICU," said Ferris,...

Watsonville, CA · 13d

The Financial Wire

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Providence Health Plan’s Medicare Advantage members in six Oregon counties must choose new coverage by December 7 as the insurer exits most of its lines

Providence Health Plan will not offer Medicare Advantage in 2027 or any year after, and its Oregon members have until December 7 to pick coverage that starts January 1. The plan says its policies “will be discontinued effective January 1, 2027,” according to its member notice page, and Medicare Advantage is part of a broader... The post Providence Health Plan’s Medicare Advantage members in six Oregon counties must choose new coverage by December 7 as the insurer exits most of its lines appeared first on The Financial Wire .

Oregon · 17d

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Advocates unveil sweeping plan to advance health equity in California

For the past two years, Latinx advocacy groups have been devising an ambitious plan to change the landscape of health equity for Latinx and Indigenous communities. Now, they are ready to begin pushing for their recommendations to become actionable policies. The Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC) brought together...

California · 13d

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Stanislaus County Tops Every CA County in Opioid Prescriptions, Data Show

Stanislaus County now has the highest opioid prescribing rate of any county in California, according to newly reviewed state data, a distinction that local health advocates call alarming even as the county's own prescribing numbers have fallen sharply from their peak a decade ago. The finding has pushed a local coalition of government officials, health care workers, educators and grieving families to sharpen its push for answers.

Stanislaus County, CA · 16d

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Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties expand healthcare access

Santa Clara and Contra Costa counties are trying to broaden healthcare access for thousands of residents who are expected to be uninsured next year as changes to Medi-Cal and Medicare will make it harder to be eligible for coverage. "Our goal is to get as many people enrolled as soon...

Santa Clara County, CA · 17d

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Soquel Creek Water District Reviews Plan to Sell Water to Santa Cruz

The Soquel Creek Water District Board of Directors reviewed a proposal at their Oct. 6 meeting to sell up to 550 acre-feet of water a year to the City of Santa Cruz. Protecting district customers and the groundwater basin would remain a priority, according to a staff report from General Manager Melanie Mow Schumacher, but the proposed agreement would give Santa Cruz another water source and generate revenue for the district at the same time. Final prices, the length of the agreement and other terms are still being considered.

Santa Cruz, CA · 15d

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Watsonville Community Hospital may close maternity services to avoid shutting down

➤ Para leer el artículo en español, haga clic aquí. Watsonville Community Hospital leaders say they’re facing difficult decisions in the next few weeks that will determine whether the struggling facility can remain open long term. Between now and April 1, “something significant” is going to...

Watsonville, CA · 18d

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Sutter simulation lab brings training to Santa Cruz

Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz welcomed the Sutter Health mobile simulation lab back into town for its second training on Oct. 20. In this round of training, participants responded to a patient having post-surgery arrhythmias, or change in heartbeat rhythm. After a classroom training led by the...

Santa Cruz, CA · 16d