Recent reporting
Find my reporting for KFF Health News/California Healthline here.
Newsom’s Push To Block Law Could Save California Nursing Homes Over $1 Billion KFF Health News
California’s Medical Board Can’t Pay Its Bills, but Doctors Resist Proposed Fixes KFF Health News
Find my reporting for The Imprint here.
Selected wildfire reporting
‘What are we going to be left with?’: Lives and homes destroyed as North Complex Fire burned through Berry Creek The Mercury News
‘This is when I die’ . . . unforgettable tales of escape from the Camp Fire The Mercury News
‘We will begin again’: Magalia neighbors reunite after deadly Camp Fire The Mercury News
It could happen again: Why residents who fled Bay Area wildfires never got evacuation alerts The Mercury News
Pandemic: nursing home + health care investigations
‘Collateral damage’: With tight restrictions on visitors at California nursing homes and hospitals, families worry from a distance The Mercury News
How COVID-19 exploded from the chaos within nursing homes The Mercury News
Coronavirus: “Nightmarish conditions,” infections, abuse in facilities owned by Bay Area nursing home operators The Mercury News
Hayward nursing home’s large COVID-19 outbreak preceded by long history of neglect and abuse, lawsuit claims The Mercury News (Related: Hayward nursing home, parent company must pay almost $20 million for neglecting patients, jury says)
Should California’s health-care industry get blanket protection from COVID-19 charges, lawsuits? The Mercury News
At least 436 people in Alameda County’s long-term care centers died from COVID-19, records show East Bay Times
Other reporting + writing
Oakland’s transparency problem: Thousands of public records requests are backlogged The Mercury News + East Bay Times
Contra Costa cops seized $1.1 million from people not charged with a crime in past four years, records show The Mercury News
Find more of my reporting from The Mercury News and East Bay Times here.