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Category Archives: Military
Errors, Delays at Oakland VA Office Leave Northern California Vets in The Lurch
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by Aaron Glantz, California Watch Staff at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Oakland office regularly made incorrect decisions when evaluating disability claims and failed to inform veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan that they are entitled to free mental … Continue reading
Remembering Life Aboard Coast Guard Icebreakers
On Monday Climate Watch Senior Editor Craig Miller wrote about a Coast Guard icebreaker ship, the Glacier, that's headed to the scrapyard… Glaciers are slipping away everywhere. It was tough to see this one go. I’m talking about a ship, … Continue reading
60 Receive Antibiotics in Fatal Bacterial Meningitis Case
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(Bay City News) A laboratory at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been shut down following the weekend death of a researcher that was apparently caused by deadly bacteria he was working with, a VA official said today. … Continue reading
Victim of Bacterial Meningitis at VA Lab Named; Lab Worked With Several Strains
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The 25-year old lab worker who died on Saturday from a bacterial infection has been identified as Treasure Island resident Richard Din. Din died of a form of bacterial meningitis that he likely caught while working in a San Francisco … Continue reading
Calif. Still Leads Nation in Iraq, Afghan War Casualties
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by G.W. Schulz, Center for Investigative Reporting When Chief Warrant Officer Nicholas Johnson’s Black Hawk helicopter went down during bad weather April 19, killing him and three others, he became the 671st service member from California to die in the … Continue reading
Lab Accident at San Francisco VA Leaves Man Dead of Bacterial Meningitis
A young lab assistant at the VA Medical Center in San Francisco died on Saturday after becoming infected with a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis that he had been working with in the lab. Officials at the VA wouldn't release … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: How Six Agencies Rid One Island of Cats in 18 Months (Without Hurting Them)
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Complex effort to rid San Nicolas Island of cats declared a success (Los … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: FBI Arrests Tech Fund Manager in S. Pasadena for Alleged Insider Trading
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Federal Officials Charge Seven in Insider Probe (Wall Street Journal) Onetime employee says … Continue reading
Women Veterans Suffer from PTSD at Same Rate as Men
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The number of women in the military has doubled in the past decade. According to the Pentagon, about 10 percent of the 2.2 million troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have been women. These women are more likely to … Continue reading
Breakfast Blend: Robert Balzer, Early Champion of California Wines, Dies in Orange
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Rachael Myrow here, host of the California Report, with a handful of links to cool and/or important stories outside the Bay Area local readers should check out. Scheduled foreclosure auctions soar in California (Los Angeles Times) Robert Lawrence Balzer, Wine … Continue reading
