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Community on the clock: EMS sets 48-hour deadline for hospital to restore trauma coverage
Community Regional Medical Center faces a Friday deadline to fix its lacking neurosurgical trauma coverage or lose its Level 1 trauma status.
Cautious optimism? Fresno Co. COVID-19 numbers are looking good
Although the Creek Fire is ravaging a significant part of Fresno County, there is some good news: COVID-19 case counts are on the downturn.
Immanuel Schools rebuffed by Calif. Supreme Court in fight with Newsom
The California Supreme Court denied a petition from Reedley-based Immanuel Schools to rollback Newsom's coronavirus orders on private schools.
Smittcamp knocks Newsom’s Valley crackdown: “They want to make criminals out of people who are trying to make a living”
Fresno County DA Lisa Smittcamp pushed back hard on the Newsom administration and its coronavirus task force in the Valley.
Community Medical plan for replacement trauma docs fails to materialize
Fresno's largest hospital, rated a Level 1 Trauma Care Center, has been without 24-hour trauma coverage for more than a week.
Amid contract standoff, Community Medical taps temporary neurosurgical physicians
Unable to come to a deal, Community Medical Centers will turn to a group of neurosurgical physicians from Southern California to fill in in.
McCarthy gets early morning wake-up call, courtesy of Bakersfield activists at his front door
The House Minority Leader received more than a dozen protesters at his front door at 4:30 a.m. on Friday.
Vohra urges Fresno Co. to take care over Labor Day, not ruin recent COVID-19 progress
With COVID-19 case trends headed in the right direction in Fresno County, Dr. Rais Vohra issued a measured call to action.
Downgrades, finger pointing: A plain-English explanation of the Community Hospital dispute
For starters, despite a lapse in neurosurgical coverage, Community Regional Medical Center's trauma center is maintaining its Level 1 status.
Kern Co. DA, defense lawyers trade barbs over judge’s homicide sentencing
The Kern County District Attorney’s Office and the county’s criminal defense bar association are waging a war of words.
