Sharp Seeks Prompt Payment From Cash-Strapped Palomar: Palomar Health faces a demand from Sharp HealthCare to immediately repay $26 million — the principal and interest on a loan — or face a lawsuit ...

Naloxone Now Available Directly Through CalRx For $24: California residents can buy the overdose reversal nasal spray naloxone directly from the state through the CalRx program, Gov. Gavin Newsom ...

Homeless Californians Struggle With Their New Reality: People who live on the streets say they’re already feeling the difference: Places where someone used to be able to sleep in peace have suddenly ...

Newsom Signs Executive Order To Boost Men's Mental Health: Gov. Gavin Newsom called Wednesday for California to better address the “alarming rise in suicides and disconnection among California’s young ...

California Counties Feel Sting Of Funding Cuts: Contra Costa County Supervisor John Gioia doesn’t see a way around the most vulnerable residents in his community soon facing longer wait times for food ...

Hospice Workers Hold One-Day Strike: Frustrated by delays in securing their first union contract nearly two years after organizing, workers at one of the Bay Area’s oldest hospice care organizations, ...

San Francisco Sees Dip In OD Deaths: Accidental overdose deaths in San Francisco have dropped to the lowest monthly number so far this year. According to the Department of Public Health, 38 people ...

State Sues El Dorado County Over Ban On Syringe Programs: In a recently filed lawsuit, the Department of Public Health argued that local ordinances prohibiting syringe programs used to prevent the ...

Death Toll From LA County Fires Might Be Vastly Undercounted, Study Says: The official death toll from the wildfires earlier this year stands at 31, but a study published Wednesday in JAMA estimates ...

Palomar Health Loses Grant For Mental Health Hospital: A major project designed to add 120 beds for mental health care in north San Diego County has lost a $50 million state grant, making the ...

When a person who was homeless dies, it's a long process before they can be settled in their final resting place. U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter gathered local officials and law enforcement ...

Center For Cancer Prevention Opens In LA: With a goal of reducing disparities in cancer care and improving access for underserved communities, global lifestyle brand Ralph Lauren has opened the Ralph ...