Coccidioidomycosis

Brown administration says prison complaints are blame-shifting

2013-05-23 11:08:00

Gov. Jerry Brown's administration disputes complaints that the governor's vocal legal challenges to orders to improve prison conditions has brought progress to a halt. The federal court-appointed medical receiver in charge of prison healthcare filed a...

Court receiver says Brown ignores prison conditions

2013-05-22 17:15:00

In a report Wednesday to federal judges, the official overseeing prison medical care said Gov. Jerry Brown's public opposition to crowding reductions, and his corrections officials' refusal to move inmates at risk of a deadly disease, show California is...

Assembly approves off-reservation tribal casino

2013-05-02 12:59:00

SACRAMENTO -- Assembly Speaker John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) employed a little legislative arm-twisting to persuade lawmakers to pass a measure that would allow a Central California Indian tribe to open a casino just off a major state highway. The...

28 solar workers sickened by valley fever in San Luis Obispo County

2013-05-01 13:57:00

Epidemiologists are investigating an outbreak of valley fever that has sickened 28 workers at two large solar-power construction sites in San Luis Obispo County. Staff from the California Department of Public Health, and investigators from the...

Federal agency steps into valley fever investigation

2013-05-01 15:33:00

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped in to investigate outbreaks of valley fever in two California prisons, where more than three dozen inmates have died with the fungal disease. Staff from the Atlanta-based centers'...

CDC probing valley fever outbreaks in two California prisons

2013-05-01 19:48:00

SACRAMENTO — The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stepped in to investigate outbreaks of valley fever in two California prisons where more than three dozen inmates have died after contracting the fungal disease. Staff from...

California ordered to move prisoners at risk of valley fever

2013-04-30 00:00:00

SACRAMENTO — The federal official in charge of healthcare in California prisons has directed that more than 3,000 inmates be moved out of state lockups that are infected with a lethal fungus known as valley fever. The Monday directive from medical...

State must remove thousands at risk of valley fever at two prisons

2013-04-29 16:00:00

The federal court official in charge of running healthcare for California's troubled prison system on Monday directed the state to immediately remove more than a third of the inmates at two state prisons because of the risk of valley fever. The...

Valley fever cases jump in California, other southwestern states

2013-03-28 15:38:00

Valley fever cases have skyrocketed in California and other Southwestern states, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There were more than 22,000 cases in 2011 in�California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, up from�2,...

Senate pares back select committees after years of criticism

2013-03-22 17:32:00

Just before the Legislature broke for its spring break this week, Senate leaders took steps to rein in the number of select committees, which in the past have been used to pad the payroll, sometimes with political cronies, but with few or no meetings....

State seeks own plan to curb valley fever outbreak in prisons

2013-03-21 08:00:00

This post has been updated. See the note below for details. California corrections officials are seeking help from other state agencies before moving on recommendations to divert large numbers of inmates from valley fever-stricken prisons. “...

State voters sour on high-speed rail

2013-03-20 21:40:00

SACRAMENTO -- Public support continues to lag for California’s $68-billion bullet train, a centerpiece of Gov. Jerry Brown’s long-term vision for the state. Though California voters approved nearly $10 billion in state bonds to pay for the...

California corrections officials say they are still trying to develop a plan to cope with outbreaks of soil-borne valley fever at two prisons, including Avenal.

2013-04-29 00:00:00