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Maternity Care Deserts Expand as Rural Hospitals Close Labor and Delivery Departments

Tuesday, March 4

When Plumas District Hospital closed its maternity ward in 2022, Plumas County joined a list of 12 California counties with no healthcare facility that delivers babies. The Seneca and Eastern Plumas healthcare districts had discontinued labor and delivery services years before.The closure of labor... Read More.

Collision on 395 Sends Multiple Victims to Hospitals

Thursday, April 7

An all too familiar scene along highway 395 at sears Road. A vehicle was broadsided by an oncoming vehicle after attempting to cross the highway. Multiple people involved in the collision were transported to hospitals some by care flight for their injuries that CHP... Read More.

Faster Jail Transfers to California Mental Hospitals Upheld

Thursday, June 17

California cant lock up people for months in jails after they have been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a state appeals court said.In a 3-0 ruling Tuesday, a panel of the First District Court of Appeal upheld a 2019 lower court order that... Read More.