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California ‘care court’ creates treatment roadmap for addicts, mentally ill
California officials unveiled a program intended to increase support for residents who struggle with severe mental illness, substance abuse issues and homelessness.Read More
DA charges officer for 2017 shooting of man in mental health crisis
A San Francisco police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter for shooting a mentally ill and unarmed man in the city’s Oceanview neighborhood in 2017, District Attorney Chesa...Read More
Lawyers make opening statements in Danville officer manslaughter trial
Both sides presented opening arguments Monday in Contra Costa County Superior Court in Martinez in the manslaughter case of Danville police officer Andrew Hall, who shot Laudemer Arboleda nine...Read More
Woman with Alzheimer’s disease missing from Oakland since Saturday
A woman reported to have mental health challenges and Alzheimer’s disease has gone missing from Oakland and police on Wednesday asked the public for help locating her. Kimberly Cooper,...Read More
Breed signs off on $26 billion two-year budget
Supervisor Matt Haney...said the work was nothing compared to sacrifices made by residents over the past year.Read More
Breed proposes new response team to handle wellness checks
In the ongoing effort to divert nonviolent 911 and 311 calls from police, San Francisco Mayor London Breed is proposing a second response team that would provide medical or...Read More
Man faces attempted murder charges for brutal stabbing of two women
A man accused of stabbing two Asian women, one elderly, in downtown San Francisco earlier this week has been charged with two counts of attempted murder along with elder...Read More
Walnut Creek officers will not be charged in death of Miles Hall
The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday morning that no charges will be filed against Walnut Creek police officers who shot and killed Miles Hall in June...Read More
City extends mental health resources to SF school district students, families
San Francisco Unified School District students and their families will now be eligible to receive mental health resources provided by the city as schools remain closed, Mayor London Breed...Read More
Judge sentences alleged Nazi sympathizer for falsifying mental health status in Army application
An alleged Nazi sympathizer from Concord has been ordered to pay more than $17,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to making false statements to a government agency for lying...Read More
Covid-19 update: Six senior facility residents die, virus sweeps through jail, Newsom goes big for PPE funding
It has been a grim past two days with a quickly rising death toll across the nation. Covid-19 has killed more than 3,800 people in the U.S. since just...Read More
Caring for your mental health: free resources for meditation, counseling and more
These are trying times. The shelter-in-place order and quarantines related to COVID-19 have turned normal life upside down. Between the financial stress and inability to visit with loved ones,...Read More
Convicted local pilot faces prison time, hefty fine for falsifying FAA medical forms
A Discovery Bay man was found guilty of making false statements to the Federal Aviation Administration on pilot medical certification forms, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Nicholas King...Read More
Mayor London Breed talks ‘tough love,’ housing density in inauguration speech
“We are no longer accepting that 'compassion' means anything goes on our streets."Read More
Kaiser mental health workers picket for better patient resources
Kaiser Permanente mental health professionals protested and picketed on Tuesday in Oakland and Los Angeles to demand the health care giant provide adequate resources to its mental health division,...Read More
Breed lays down budget priorities: homelessness, mental health, clean streets
San Francisco Mayor London Breed made her budget position clear with city department heads Monday. She wants homelessness, behavioral health and street cleanliness to take priority as the next...Read More
Supes unanimously pass Mental Health SF
San Francisco supervisors Tuesday unanimously passed an ordinance that aims to overhaul the mental health system and substance abuse system, and the way The City handles people in crisis....Read More
Mayor, supes reach agreement on Mental Health SF
The San Francisco mayor and supervisors announced Tuesday they will move forward with Mental Health SF, with some tweaks, which will reform The City’s mental health care system. The...Read More