Kaiser Health News – Miranda Green

Los Angeles Weighs a Disaster Registry. Disability Advocates Warn Against False Assurances.

July 17, 2025August 29, 2025Miranda Green

In the wake of January’s deadly wildfires, Los Angeles County leaders are weighing a disaster registry intended to help disabled and senior residents get connected to emergency responders to bring them to safety during disasters. County supervisors approved a feasibility study this spring for such a voluntary database. Supporters applauded the effort to give more notice and […]

As Temperatures Rise, So Do the Health Risks for California’s Farmworkers

August 23, 2021November 10, 2021Miranda Green

COACHELLA, Calif. — Leoncio Antonio Trejo Galdamez, 58, died in his son’s arms on June 29 after spending the day laying irrigation pipes in California’s Coachella Valley. News of his death reverberated through the largely Latino community near the Mexican and Arizona borders — another casualty in a dangerous business. “Farmworkers are at the front […]

California’s Vaccine Appointment Website Has Glitches. No Surprise?

March 5, 2021November 10, 2021Miranda Green

Read the article at the San Diego Union-Tribune California rolled out a statewide covid vaccination website this week aiming to streamline the appointment process after months of criticism, but the site is riddled with its own snags, preventing many from signing up for shots. The vaccine sign-up website, My Turn, is the state’s answer to a […]

Tech Companies Mobilize to Schedule Vaccine Appointments, But Often Fall Short

February 11, 2021November 10, 2021Miranda Green

Read the article at Fortune.com On Jan. 14 at 8:43 p.m., Patrick McKenzie tweeted a plea for tech engineers to help him set up a website to track covid-19 vaccine availability in California. McKenzie, who heads a Bay Area financial services tech company, issued the call to “anyone in California [who] wants to do a […]

Bay Area Cities Go to War Over Gas Stoves in Homes and Restaurants

February 10, 2021November 10, 2021Miranda Green

Read the article at US News & World Report San Francisco restaurant owners, already simmering over covid-19 restrictions, are ready to boil over because of a city ban on natural gas stoves in new buildings that takes effect in June. The ban, which also affects other gas appliances, is part of a statewide campaign aimed […]

California Law Banning Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics Will Transform Industry

November 23, 2020December 27, 2020Miranda Green

Read this article in The San Francisco Chronicle» A toxic chemical ban signed into law in California will change the composition of cosmetics, shampoos, hair straighteners and other personal care products used by consumers across the country, industry officials and activists say. The ban, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom at the end of September, covers […]

Natives Feel Double Pain of COVID and Fires

September 22, 2020November 10, 2023Miranda Green

Around the country, many tribes have full-time fire crews that traditionally aid one another and federal firefighters, sending out teams to help with blazes. But COVID-19 has pushed them to reconsider how much help they can give and receive. (CSKT Division of Fire)