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New California Laws Target Medical Debt, AI Care Decisions, Detention Centers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the nation braces for potential policy shifts under President-elect Donald Trump’s “Make America Healthy Again” mantra, the nation’s most populous state and largest health care market is preparing for a few changes of its own. With supermajorities in both houses, Democrats in the California Legislature passed — and Democratic Gov. Gavin
California Doctors Lose Homes and Much More to Devastating Fires
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Photos: See the California wildfires’ destructive force, in satellite images
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires are visible in this satellite image taken on Thursday. Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies hide caption toggle caption Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Fast-moving fires are blazing trails of destruction in the Los
Second California raw milk producer ordered to recall product because of bird flu contamination
Raw milk produced and packaged by Valley Milk Simply Bottled of Stanislaus County, CA, is the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The recall order came following the detection of the Influenza-A H5N1, also known as bird flu, virus in samples taken from a raw milk
California Official Comes out of Retirement To Lead Troubled Mental Health Commission
Veteran California public servant Will Lightbourne has stepped in as interim executive director of the state’s mental health commission after its previous executive director resigned following conflict of interest allegations. (Molly Castle Work/KFF Health News) Veteran California public servant Will Lightbourne has stepped in as interim executive director of the state’s mental health commission after
A California official helped save a mental health company’s contract: It flew him to London
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom in San Francisco on Sept. 19. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images) Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, adding the nation’s most populous state to a growing effort to protect
En California, legisladores presionan para que inspectores de salud locales visiten instalaciones de inmigración
Brotes de covid-19, paperas y varicela. Agua contaminada, comida con moho y conductos de aire que despiden polvo negro. Estas amenazas a la salud se han documentado dentro de las instalaciones de detención de inmigrantes administradas de manera privada en California a través de demandas, auditorías federales y estatales, y quejas presentadas por los mismos
A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
LOS ANGELES — They distribute GPS devices so they can track their homeless patients. They stock their street kits with glass pipes used to smoke meth, crack, or fentanyl. They keep company credit cards on hand in case a patient needs emergency food or water, or an Uber ride to the doctor. These doctors, nurses
Heat Rules for California Workers Would Also Help Keep Schoolchildren Cool
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Proposed rules to protect California workers from extreme heat would extend to schoolchildren, requiring school districts to find ways to keep classrooms cool. If the standards are approved this month, employers in the nation’s most populous state will have to provide relief to indoor workers in sweltering warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other