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North Sydney Marks Pride 2026 With Events, Art, Stories | Mirage News

MusicThroughout June, Council will host a mix of community celebrations, library programs and creative experiences,...

SXSW 2026 Day 7 Photos: Highlights from Austin’s Music Festival

Music SXSW 2026 wrapped up with another incredible day of live music across Austin, Texas, as Day Seven showcased a mix of emerging talent,...

Wizkid, Asake, Tems, and Burna Boy nominated for 2026 BET awards

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California’s Primary Care Shortage Persists Despite Ambitious Moves To Close Gap

Sumana Reddy, a primary care physician, struggles on thin financial margins to run Acacia Family Medical Group, the small independent practice she founded 27 years ago in Salinas, a predominantly Latino city in an agricultural valley often called “the salad bowl of the world.” Reddy can’t match the salaries offered by larger health systems —

California’s Medicaid Experiment Spends Money to Save Money — And Help the Homeless

SAN DIEGO — Sporting a bright smile and the polished Super Bowl ring he won as a star NFL player in the late 1980s, Craig McEwen doesn’t fit the archetype of someone teetering on the brink of homelessness. Evicted from his San Diego County apartment last July, McEwen — who endured repeated concussions during his

California’s Massive Medicaid Program Works for Some, but Fails Many Others

Newborns. Former inmates. College students. Expectant moms. People with disabilities. Foster kids. Homeless people. Single dads. Your neighbor. Your co-worker. You. California’s Medicaid program, called Medi-Cal, serves a whopping 15.4 million people, offering care from cradle to grave: Half of all births are covered by Medi-Cal, as are more than half of all stays in

California’s first electric short-hop ferry launches in 2024

One of the Bay Area’s most popular ferry routes is going electric. The Angel Island Ferry is partnering with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to retrofit one of its watercraft, The Angel Island, as an EV. As part of the partnership, PG&E will help install charging infrastructure at the Angel Island ferry terminal and boost

California’s Medical Misinformation Law Facing Legal Challenges

Special Reports > Features — A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement for plaintiffs in two cases by Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today February 3, 2023 Late last month, a federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction in a pair of related lawsuits filed in opposition to the state's new medical misinformation

California’s Resolve Questioned After It Grants Medi-Cal Contract Concessions

California’s decision last month to cancel the results of a long-planned bidding competition among commercial health plans in its Medicaid program has some industry insiders and consumer advocates wondering whether the state can stand up to insurers and force improvements in care for millions of low-income beneficiaries. In a backroom agreement announced in the final

The Key to California’s Survival Is Hidden Underground

Water is urban planners’ nemesis. Because the built environment is so impervious to liquid, thanks to all that asphalt, concrete, and brick, water accumulates instead of seeping into the ground. That’s how you get the extreme flooding that has plagued California for weeks, so far killing 19 people and causing perhaps $30 billion in damages.Traditionally

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