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Optum laying off 364 employees in California, many at urgent care facilities
Optum, a health care company owned by UnitedHealth Group, is laying off 364 workers in California, many of them at urgent care facilities.The company is laying off 525 people nationwide.According to a letter from Optum sent to the Employment Development Department, layoffs and departmental closures are being carried out in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties.Locations include Glendora, Montebello, Covina, Pasadena, Long Beach, Redlands, Highland, Los Angeles, Beaumont, Irvine, Hayward, El Segundo and Cerritos.Optum didn't give a reason for the layoffs and didn't say if severance pay is being offered. The layoffs will take place in series of eight "waves," starting in September and ending in January.
Judge threatens to sanction Hunter Biden’s legal team over ‘false statements’ in a court filing
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in California is threatening to sanction Hunter Biden’s lawyers, saying they made “false statements” in a court filing asking the judge to throw out the tax case against President Joe Biden’s son. U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi accused lawyers...
Whoopi Goldberg Honored For Launching First Branded, Tested Woman-Owned Cannabis Brand In California
Whoopi Goldberg is being honored. The veteran-actress-turned-television-host has received the Key to West Hollywood! The honor was a result of her commitment to the LGBTQIA+ community and for her work as an entrepreneur, owning the first branded and tested woman-owned cannabis brand in California, Gold Derby reports. Goldberg’s foray into cannabis dates back to 2016.… Continue reading Whoopi Goldberg Honored For Launching First Branded, Tested Woman-Owned Cannabis Brand In California
‘Thread that needle’: Kamala Harris’ criminal justice policies in California angered progressives and police
As the new Democratic standard bearer, Vice President Kamala Harris has described her contest with former President Donald Trump in blunt terms — tough prosecutor versus civil and criminal defendant. “I took on perpetrators of all kinds, predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke...
Elk Grove Strauss Festival this weekend
The Annual Strauss Festival in Elk Grove is proud to be presenting Two Kingdom Tournament on Strauss Island as our 2023 production. Over 80 features dancers, ranging in age from 4 to over 75 , will perform over four nights, starting July 25. For more info www.straussfestival.com.
YOLO with the Yolo High Wheelers
SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - It takes little effort to find baseball in its purest form, somewhere multi-million-dollar salaries don’t lure players into a money game. One has only to look at a Little League diamond, a high school ballpark or a college’s personal-sized stadium; these places are where athletes participate for the love of the game.
Alum’s Liquid Cooling Research Earns IEEE ITherm Best Poster Award
Gutta Prudhvi Reddy, an alum of the UC Davis mechanical and aerospace engineering master's program, earned the IEEE Intersociety Conference on Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, or ITherm, 2024 Best Overall Poster Award for his research titled "Assessment of Bubble Pump Model for Fluid Directional Motion for Asymmetric Heated Ratchets."
Eight Aggies Named To Phil Steele’s Preseason Big Sky All-Conference Team
DAVIS, Calif. – Eight UC Davis football student-athletes earned Preseason Big Sky All-Conference honors from Phil Steele, as Lan Larison (first team); Zach Kennedy (first team); Rex Connors (first team); Hunter Ridley (first team); Trent Tompkins (second team/third team); Miles Hastings (third team), Evan Bearden (third team) and Josh Gale (third team) earned the nod as part of Phil Steele's Football Championship Series 2024 season preview.
Davis native Mark Barr heads to 2024 Paris Paralympic Games
DAVIS, Calif. — There are 131 Californian athletes who qualified for and are heading to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games. America's Olympic team, Team U.S.A., includes 10 athletes from the Greater Sacramento region. Here’s a look at Paralympian Mark Barr from Davis. Barr, 37, will compete in...
Taste of Downtown returns to Fairfield on Thursday
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Fairfield is the place to be Thursday night for any food and drink lovers. The annual Taste of Downtown allows attendees to sample a number of dishes from downtown Fairfield restaurants, bars and cafes. “From innovative small plates to artisanal tastings, the Taste of Downtown showcases.
‘He Picked the Wrong House’: Intruder Leaves In Stretcher After Barging into Home and Attacking California Man’s Two Sons
A strange intruder and alleged would-be robber found out the hard way not to mess with a Black California father’s family. The 29-year-old suspect was […] ‘He Picked the Wrong House’: Intruder Leaves In Stretcher After Barging into Home and Attacking California Man’s Two Sons
3 rushed to hospital following Interstate 5 crash in North Natomas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A car crash was reported Thursday morning on southbound Interstate 5 near the offramp for Del Paso Road in Sacramento's North Natomas neighborhood, California Highway Patrol logs show. Emergency medical services were dispatched to the scene around 11:07 a.m. It was unclear what caused the crash,...
Car crash reported on Jackson Road in Rosemont
ROSEMONT, Calif. — A car crash was reported Thursday morning on Bradshaw and Jackson roads in the Rosemont area of Sacramento County, California Highway Patrol logs show. CHP was dispatched to the crash site around 7:08 a.m. It was unclear what caused the crash, but at least two vehicles...
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