Crystal Bermudez is your community news reporter covering northern Santa Barbara County, including the Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Ynez valleys. A sudden cutoff of health insurance benefits has ...

The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously May 20 to remove a majority of the governing board of Santa Clara Family Health Plan in favor of filling the seats with county employees. It's one of ...

Phoenix Union High School District launched a telemedicine program to improve student and staff access to health care. The program, offered at two pilot schools, allows students and staff to see a ...

California Nurses Association announced Friday that Dignity Health nurses have ratified a new four-year contract. Renée C. Byer [email protected] A union representing nurses working for Dignity ...

SANTA MARIA ... The Okonite Company unilaterally cancelled health insurance coverage for all 160 workers at the plant working under union representation after the previous collective bargaining ...

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Santa Clara Family Health Plan (SCFHP) hosted its third annual Older Adult Resource Fair, a free health event for adults aged 60 and older ...

Santa Clara County established the Family Health Plan in 1995 to integrate care for people eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal. The goal was to give enrolled members a more coordinated, person ...

A national union representing farm workers has filed a lawsuit against Health Canada, accusing the agency of failing to enforce pesticide safety. The United Food and Commercial Workers ...

These 2025 high school graduates can look back with pride and forward with confidence, as we salute them in our annual ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County’s 2025 to 2026 budget hearings, where the Board of Supervisors will weigh funding options for its various agencies and departments in the coming fiscal year ...

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