San Joaquin Valley Archives - Local News Matters

California’s San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. The roughly 250-mile region, stretching from Stockton to Bakersfield, has about 200 physicians per 10,000 residents, according to the California Healthcare Foundation. In the Bay Area, that ratio is more than twice as high. Medical schools are almost non-existent too — with not a single standalone program offering […]

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San Joaquin Valley needs more doctors. New medical schools are years away

San Joaquin Valley cherry harvest likely to be the pits again after weather batters crop

Artificial intelligence use at center of 1-day strike by Kaiser mental health care workers

Central Valley pollution remains California’s worst as zero-emission vehicle adoption lags

Large invasive rodents carry disease and attack crops across California wetlands

San Joaquin County faces behavioral health crisis, with too few workers to meet demand

Expiration of COVID-era tax credits could spike health insurance costs by more than double for lower-income Valley residents

Methane makeover: As California dairies race to cut emissions, the solutions face pushback

I contracted Valley fever. I could have died

Central Valley districts ‘deeply outraged’ as U.S. Department of Education aims to freeze funds supporting English learners

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