SACRAMENTO — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Trump Administration rule that opponents said would have harmed the bargaining rights of more than 500,000 home healthcare workers in California and several hundred thousand additional workers across the nation. San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria found that the U.S....
Update: National Guard Flyover Will Salute Front Line Workers in Fresno and Across California
Four F-15C Eagle fighter jets, with the California Air National Guard’s 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno will perform a series of flyovers across a large swath of California, beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The pilots will fly in salute to healthcare workers, first responders and everyone on the front...
Hoping Fresno's Summer Heat Will Kill COVID-19? Think Again.
COVID-19 may not like the heat, at least not in a lab setting. But countries already in summer climates are experiencing "'rapid" virus spread. Experts say human behavior and humidity levels in different settings play a big factor. New Report Sent to White House A new report by the National Academies...
Fighting COVID-19: UC Medical Centers Launch Clinical Trial to Assess Antiviral Drug
Four University of California medical centers — San Diego, San Francisco, Irvine, and Davis — have begun recruiting participants for a Phase III clinical trial to investigate the safety and efficacy of treating adult patients with COVID-19 with remdesivir. GV Wire reached out to UC San Diego for an interview,...
Fresno Teachers Union Grievance Has Potential $150M Price Tag
Fresno Unified's teachers' union says the district has violated its contract by improperly spending millions of dollars — perhaps as much as $150 million over the past three years — to cover retirees' healthcare costs with money that's supposed to be spent only on active employees. Fresno Teachers Association President...
Kaiser Commits $130 Million to Train 10,000 for Medical Jobs
Kaiser Permanente and its labor partner are teaming up to create Futuro Health, a $130 million nonprofit to address California's healthcare worker shortage. Listen to this article: The partnership stems from the four-year contract reached last October between the healthcare provider and SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West. The idea is to...
AP Fact Check: Distortion in Trump's Impeachment Defense
WASHINGTON — In his first formal response to impeachment charges, President Donald Trump misrepresented the testimony of a key witness who described an exchange of favors in the Ukraine matter. The claim marked a week of frequent exaggeration and distortion by the president heading into the opening statements of his impeachment trial. Just...
New California Laws Help Animals, Fire Victims, Immigrants
SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of new California laws take effect with the start of the new year, including measures stemming from the devastating wildfires that have swept the state. Others address animal rights, criminal justice, businesses and health care. Among them: Wildfires — In a step to curb greenhouse gas emissions, California becomes...
What's the Safest City? SF, LA, or Fresno?
Fresno is a "safer" place to live than either San Francisco or Los Angeles, according to WalletHub. The personal finance website went beyond crime statistics in its "Safest Cities in America" ranking of 182 communities. Listen to this article: "Besides the types of hazards that can cause bodily injury...
Will You Get Dementia? Many May Not Understand Their Risk
Many older American adults may inaccurately estimate their chances for developing dementia and do useless things to prevent it, new research suggests. Almost half of adults surveyed believed they were likely to develop dementia. The results suggest many didn’t understand the connection between physical health and brain health and how...