Regional hospital leaders voted Tuesday to add forty inpatient psychiatric beds across two campuses, citing wait lists that have stretched past three weeks for adults in crisis. The expansion will repurpose unused surgical recovery space and hire roughly sixty nurses, social workers, and peer counselors over the next eighteen months. Officials said half the beds…
Fire crews contained a fast-moving brush fire that threatened hillside neighborhoods after winds shifted Sunday afternoon, burning roughly eighty acres before lines held. Air tankers and hand crews worked through the night to protect homes on the eastern ridge, where embers jumped a service road earlier in the day. Authorities credited defensible-space inspections completed last…
The school board debated shifting the academic calendar to start earlier in August and release students before late-June heat waves strain aging classroom cooling systems. Parents split over how the change would affect sports schedules and family vacations, while teachers union reps asked for paid planning days before any transition. Facilities staff presented data showing…