Re the CalMatters article: “Why hospitals are struggling to meet earthquake safety deadline” The issue of seismic safety at hospitals is of utmost importance to the future of patients who live in remote areas in California. As the CEO of a rural hospital, I know California’s rural hospitals would love...
Race to Zero: Can California’s Power Grid Handle a 15-Fold Increase in Electric Cars?
As California rapidly boosts sales of electric cars and trucks over the next decade, the answer to a critical question remains uncertain: Will there be enough electricity to power them? State officials claim that the 12.5 million electric vehicles expected on California’s roads in 2035 will not strain the grid. But...
Storms Send a Loud Message: Upgrade Your Plumbing, California!
The rain and snow storms that have pummeled California for weeks have taken nearly two dozen lives and caused billions of dollars in damages to public and private property. The flip side, however, is that they dropped immense amounts of water on a state that has suffered through severe drought...
EXPLAINER: Tackling Threat of Mudslides in Soaked California
SAN DIEGO — Relentless storms from a series of atmospheric rivers have saturated the steep mountains and bald hillsides scarred from wildfires along much of California's long coastline, causing hundreds of landslides this month. So far the debris has mostly blocked roads and highways and has not harmed communities as in 2018...
Dems Begin Scramble for Feinstein’s Seat. Does GOP Have a Chance?
Metaphorically speaking, the ink is still wet on the vote tallies from the 2022 election, but last week saw the beginning of what will be California’s highest-profile political contest of 2024 — a duel for the U.S. Senate seat that Dianne Feinstein has held for three decades. Feinstein, who will...
Californians’ Patience on Homelessness Wears Thin: Walters
Last week, a viral video showed the owner of a San Francisco art gallery using a water hose to spray a homeless woman camped outside the doorway of his business. The gallery owner, Collier Gwin, semi-apologized later, telling a television interviewer, “I totally understand what an awful thing that is...
‘People Are Losing Their Lives’: California Sues Over Insulin Prices
SACRAMENTO — California on Thursday announced it will sue the companies that make and promote most of the nation's insulin, accusing them of scheming to illegally increase the price of the drug and demanding they return millions of dollars to some diabetics who state officials say were overcharged for the...
Groundwater Drilling Increases as California Enters 4th Year of Drought
Despite heavy rainfall in early 2023, California is facing the possibility of a fourth consecutive year of drought. In the past, residents have relied on pumping groundwater to supplement the limited water supply. However, as CBS Los Angeles meteorologist Evelyn Taft found during a visit to the San Joaquin Valley,...
SF Art Gallery Owner Who Hosed Down Homeless Woman Finds it ‘Hard to Apologize’
The owner of an art gallery seen in a viral video spraying water from a hose onto an unhoused woman is defending his actions and not apologizing. The video was recorded by the owner of a nearby café who saw the incident and found it cruel, given the weather conditions...
Hypocritical Newsom Touts Freedom While Disrespecting Reporters
A reporter for West Virginia’s public broadcasting system was fired last month after exposing the state health agency’s abuse of disabled people. Amelia Ferrell Knisley said she was axed after ignoring orders to stop reporting that the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources was hiding information about treatment...