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When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado, the state’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted ...

The family of a 92-year-old man who was beaten to death in a Banning nursing home in May has sued the facility and its parent ...

(KRON) — Mariner Health Care Inc., a major California nursing facility, has reached a $15.5 million settlement over alleged understaffing, leading to negligent care and mistreatment of their patients, ...

Lorena Burkett, a registered nurse at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, says the state’s nursing shortage is rooted in heavy workloads that dissuade young people from entering the field and drive ...

Nearly 60% of California counties face nursing shortages. Nurses blame management-driven staffing crises and poor working conditions, while hospital administrators cite skyrocketing costs and federal ...

A 68-year-old woman with schizophrenia was found face down and barely alive in the rain by a passerby, 12 miles from her nursing home a day after she wandered off. She died of hypothermia. A ...

Michael Kaplan is an award-winning reporter and producer for the CBS News investigative unit. He specializes in securing scoops and crafting long-form television investigations. His work has appeared ...

The California Supreme Court rejected a 1st Amendment challenge to a state law that protects the rights of gay and transgender people in nursing homes and forbids employees of those sites from using ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to block a California law from taking effect next year that will require nursing homes to have a 96-hour backup power supply, potentially giving the industry a reprieve from ...

TURLOCK — California, like much of the nation, is not producing enough nurses working at bedsides to meet the needs of an aging and diverse population, fueling a workforce crunch that risks ...