State Government‘People don’t think clearly in crisis:’ California law enforcement turns to mental health clinicians on toughest 911 callsMarch 28, 2022California law enforcement agencies are embracing new approaches to mental health crisis calls. But some activists still want a solution without police, including volunteers in Nevada County who came together after a fatal shooting.
Health CareHealth Officials See Bright Future in Poop SurveillanceMarch 27, 2022Sewage surveillance is proving so useful in mapping covid trends that many public health officials say it should become standard practice in tracking infectious diseases.
Health Care‘An enormous disabling event’: Long COVID could have inequitable impact on CaliforniansMarch 27, 2022Latino, Black and low-income people with inadequate health care could suffer the most. California doesn’t have many long COVID specialists, and disadvantaged communities are underserved.
State GovernmentOverdue: State owes community clinics millions for COVID vaccinationsMarch 19, 2022A year after ramping up to vaccinate 6 million low-income residents, community clinics are in dire final straits waiting for state money. Some are cutting services.
Health CareHow UC Davis unified the city and university to fight COVID-19March 12, 2022The University of California-Davis has spent close to $50 million preventing the spread of covid on campus — and among residents and workers in the adjacent city of Davis.
State GovernmentNew bill could have California voters weigh in on daylight saving time — againMarch 11, 2022 | Nicole NixonCalifornia voters passed a ballot measure in 2018 which could have led to the end of daylight saving time in the state. Spring forward four years, and residents will still be changing their clocks this weekend.
Health CareAs U.S. COVID deaths near 1 million, advocates press for a memorial dayMarch 10, 2022Millions of people in the U.S. have lost someone they love to COVID-19, and advocates hope to have those losses marked each year on the first Monday in March. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareSacramento, Yolo and other area counties have dropped their mask mandates. Here's what that means.March 2, 2022 | Janelle SalangaCounties and the state cite a reduction in cases, widespread availability of vaccines and a need to “learn to live with COVID’” as reasons that the universal masking requirement is being lifted.
