A report from the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury titled "Diagnosing the Crisis in Behavioral Health: Underfunded, Understaffed and Overworked" found the Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Division of the Health Services Agency was understaffed, with around a 30% staff vacancy rate. This include...
NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, Ted Williams, took a remarkable step this morning: During the opening period of Public Comment, Ted engaged the frustrated spokeswoman for the group known as ‘The Patriots’ who for weeks, in her 3 minute Public Comment has attempted to get the Boar...
Mendocino County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) was notified by Manzanita Services, that after many months of addressing administrative turnover and staffing challenges, sadly the Manzanita Services Board decided to close the agency as of March 10th, 2023. BHRS staff have been working...
"We're going to be able to release people into a safe place, and they're going to stay compliant and continue to do their treatment instead of ending up in the jail and that becomes the mental health de facto," says Gabby Olivarez, Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Servic...
Shocking Footage Emerges of Tarrant County Deputy's Intense Confrontation in Fort Worth Robbery. On Monday, November 27, 2023, at 3:42 p.m., the Fort Worth Police Department went to the Fort Worth Community Credit Union because someone shot a Tarrant County Sheriff’s Deputy there. This happ...
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