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Taxable cannabis sales for the first quarter of 2025 were the lowest quarterly sales in five years; tax revenues from weed sales provide funding for child care, substance abuse education, impaired ...
California lawmakers are poised to approve a six-month delay in implementing the state’s in vitro fertilization law, pushing ...
Following a petition from Democratic state attorneys general, the American Medical Association adopted a position that ...
UCSF Health To Lay Off About 200 Workers: UCSF Health will eliminate approximately 200 positions across its network, officials said Wednesday, citing “serious financial challenges” and the need to ...
Stanford Medicine Halts Gender-Affirming Surgeries For Those Younger Than 19: Stanford Medicine has stopped providing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 — becoming the second major ...
5-Day Strike Will Shutter Most Of Children’s Hospital Oakland: Health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland plan to begin a five-day strike today over what they say are cuts in take ...
LA County Likely To Reinstate Indoor Mask Mandate Next Week: Los Angeles County is poised to impose new indoor mask rules next week as data show the hyper-infectious BA.5 omicron subvariant is pushing ...
Sacramento Bee: CalPERS Health Premium Rates Are Going Up For 2024. Here’s How Much More They’ll Cost CalPERS health insurance policyholders will officially see their premiums grow close to 11% on ...
County Mental Health Services Could Lose Out On Millions: A major proposal from Gov. Gavin Newsom to overhaul the state’s behavioral and mental health system is likely to take nearly $720 million away ...
Death Valley Came Close To Hottest Temp On Earth: An unfathomable heat descended here on Monday, the hottest place in a rapidly warming world. At the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, a digital ...
Hospital Workers Go On Strike In Redwood City: Hundreds of support workers at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City walked out of the job Monday to strike for better wages, benefits, and working conditions ...