Years of wildfires, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic have raised the obstacles facing Sonoma County’s dwindling child care providers, but a new political coalition is aiming to boost the shorthanded network via a new tax measure. Our Kids Our Future, a Santa Rosa-based campaign that formed in July 2021, is leading a push to put… Keep Reading
The frozen food section is a popular one in grocery stores, but one popular brand that is added to many shopping carts is facing troubles on all sides of the aisles. Workers have alleged unsafe conditions at one of the company’s factories and one of its products is being recalled. Reports say a complaint against Amy’s Kitchen… Keep Reading
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has seen a steep decrease in mental healthTrusted Source across different groups, while new researchTrusted Source finds doctors are also reaching their limits during the pandemic. Canadian researchers analyzed anonymous data from an Ontario database involving 34,000 physicians who had 50,000 mental health visits during the first year of the pandemic. They found that 27… Keep Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A surge in coronavirus cases has been reported in the Bay Area and across California as well as the country due in part to the emergence of the highly-contagious omicron variant. The latest number of confirmed cases in the U.S. can be found at the CDC’s 2019 Novel Coronavirus in the U.S. page. (The… Keep Reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KRON) – State lawmakers moved forward with an effort to create a single-payer, universal health care system in California on Tuesday. In an 11 to 3 vote, the Assembly Health Committee approved a bill aiming to make single-payer, universal health care a reality. “I feel like the entire health care system has forgotten… Keep Reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Tuesday will start debating whether to create the nation’s first universal health care system, a key measure of whether the proposal has the support to pass this year. Progressives have tried for years to create a government-funded universal health care system to replace the one that relies on… Keep Reading
To implement single-payer health care, or not to implement single-payer health care? That’s the question facing state lawmakers after a group of Democratic legislators on Thursday unveiled a package of bills to create a universal health care program called CalCare. The proposal has already earned better reception than it did last year, when it was tabled without a… Keep Reading
Sonoma County has joined much of the rest of California in requiring people to wear masks indoors regardless of their vaccination status. The county on Wednesday announced its revocation of an exemption allowing vaccinated people to go maskless in some indoor public settings, including gyms, offices and churches. The order will take effect Thursday at… Keep Reading
Santa Rosa architect Mark Quattrocchi breathed a sigh of relief Wednesday when he learned that his staff at Quattrocchi Kwok Architects in downtown Santa Rosa would not have to wear face masks at work. The new state indoor masking rule — in effect from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15 — does not alter a nearly two-month-old exemption… Keep Reading
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a press release on Nov. 18, stating that the COVID-19 booster shot is now available to everyone aged 18 and older. The shot is only available to those in said age group who received their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine at least six… Keep Reading
